When doing the medication reconciliation assignment, I had noticed some safety concerns. The first safety concern I noticed was that indomethacin can interact with lisinopril. Indomethacin reduces the hypotensive effects of lisinopril, so it is important that blood pressure is closely monitored when taking these two medications together. It is also important to avoid alcohol and aspirin due to its interactions with rosuvastatin, indomethacin and lisinopril, and wait 2 hours before taking an antacid after taking rosuvastatin. The patient showed significant knowledge of each medication and why they were taking it. They also showed appropriate understanding of how and when to use their albuterol inhaler. The only interaction that was unknown to the patient was between indomethacin and lisinopril. By doing this assignment, I was able to learn more about these drugs which allows me to apply this knowledge during my clinical rotations.
