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Alcohol interactions with prescriptions: Concerns for underage patients
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30435
Subject(s) - medical prescription , alcohol , internet privacy , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , medical emergency , business , computer security , pharmacology , computer science , chemistry , biochemistry
Many prescription medications have alcohol warning labels — and even though alcohol is illegal for young people, many drink. Another problem is the ubiquity of the labels themselves – so many medications have them that consumers, and even physicians, may be tempted to disregard them. If the prescriber knows a lot about the medications, but little about alcohol, and isn't prepared to talk to an underage (or any) patient about alcohol interactions anyway, the problem is compounded. Finally, the medications not indicated for pediatric use may leave out important information when prescribed off‐label.