Here's the beginning of Christine O'Brien's article: (HT: Cancer-Free)
It should be headline news. That's the degree to which your safety is at stake.
But, of course, it isn't—it's buried in science news sites, with nary a mention in the mainstream medicine. Recent research out of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous interactions.
Researchers sent a questionnaire to 12,500 prescribers (physicians, physician's assistants, and nurse practitioners) in the United States. They were asked to classify 14 drug pairs according to whether or not dangerous interactions were possible.
The 950 respondents correctly classified only 42.7% of the combinations. Out of the 14 pairs, four of them were potentially dangerous—the majority of prescribers correctly identified only ONE of those four pairs. . . [more . . .]
The drug interaction website can be found here. (Very useful... check out how your drugs interact!)