Does Eliquis Interact With Cold And Flu Medication?

Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2016

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Question : i just starting taking eliquis last week after getting out oh the hospital for heart flutter and a blotaion procedure. i now have the flu that i probably picked up while hospitalized. i need to take cold amd flu medison. does cold medicine have a negative drug interaction?

ingrediants
acetamophn 325mg
dextromethorphan HBr 10mg
phenliephrine HCI 5mg

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no interaction

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

there is no interaction between the drugs you've mentioned. If you don't use other drugs then there is no problem with the cold medicine.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar