this is a great question. osteo bi-flex is a very popular product. it’s actually a vitamin and herbal supplement. it contains glucosamine and chondroitin. it's supposed to help with joint pain. now there are studies that go back and forth as to whether or not it really works. but one of the things that we don't really have is good data on does it interact with medications? so once again i recommend it to patients that they need to have a medication list on them at all times that contains all their prescription medications as well as things like this. so i can double-check to see. we don't know long-term if it will interact with any of the medications but it's fair to be safe and check it out and if they have any types of adverse reactions or breaking out in rashes or maybe the medications aren’t working as well it could be because they are interacting. we do know that osteo bi-flex can interact with certain diabetes medications and with blood thinners. so once again we want to be really precautious about giving patients this particular over-the-counter supplement. doctors physicians nurse practitioners physicians' assistants everybody needs to know about everything that you are taking. it's just that important.
how safe is taking osteo bi-flex with the many fibromyalgia medications and pain meds i take?