What is synergism?

In medicine, synergy is usually associated with the use of more than one drug simultaneously. It can be either positive or negative, or it may have a small or no effect. Basically, the concept of synergy is that things work together to create a more significant effect and understand how drugs can interact, can either create better treatment, or help determine which drugs should not be used together.

There are many drugs that are commonly combined and can work more efficiently than each other. Many prescription drugs containing medicines such as codeine or hydrocodes also contain common over the acetaminophen counter, as opioids combined with it can do more to solve pain. Similarly, codein is often combined with Promethazin in cough syrup, which can help the drug work better and support a quieter sleep. The HIV drug cocktail can also work better than each other.

Positive synergy exists in numerous other medicines where one medicine helps the other to workmore efficiently. Alternatively, doctors also have lists of medicines that seem not to interfere with each other. These drugs do not necessarily function synergistically, but they do not seem dangerous when they are together. For example, many adults with cardiac states will take more than two cardiac drugs to deal with different aspects of their states. People who have complicated disorders or mood conditions such as depression may have standard antidepressant or anticonvulsive with other drugs such as anxiolytics or antipsychotics.

The opposite of positive synergistic, when drugs increase their effects so much that they become dangerous, are called negative synergism. There are certain drugs that are usually not combined - unless it is needed extremely large - because they can prove life threatening. Any medicine that tends to suppress breathing usually does not mix with other medicines that may have the same salesSelector, because the end result may be a breathing stop.

Average painkiller of opioid pain would usually not be combined with anxiety drugs, or two opioids may not be used in combination. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS), which are common treatment of depression, are usually not together. The two SSRIS used together can produce so much free serotonin in the system that they cause serotonin syndrome, which is very dangerous.

Some cardiac drugs such as thinner warfarin blood, in one way or another interact with a very long list of other drugs. These drugs can either increase or reduce the levels of warfarin in the blood and need to be avoided. In fact, warfarin may also have a synergistic relationship with many foods and people who use this medicine.

Also related to human health is synergism that can occur when chemicals such as pesticides are mixed. The chemical itself does not have to be a problem but in combinationWith other chemicals, it could prove deadly. In order to avoid these potentially life -threatening reactions, the way chemicals interact, whether used for medicines or other purposes, must be examined and documented.