AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question my mother is 85 and takes methadone (liquid) as a pain-killer; also takes nitroglycerin when the chest pain occurs; should she take those medicines within some minimum interval between each other; what are side effects by taking them in short interval; is the severe headache connected, in some way, with taking those medicines? thanks
Answer Hi Ljubica,
Normally I would not allow a cardiac patient to use methadone, but at the age of 85, the rules of medicine do change. I would yet leave an interval of about 4 hours between the two. Yes, headache is due to nitroglycerine, and is common for many people. Frankly at the age of 85 I woudl advice you not to change her treatment or ask any changes specially if she is comfortable. At this age, her comfort is more important than anything else.
Ravi Ghooi
