What special precautions should I follow?
Before taking Triamcinolone:
Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to triamcinolone, aspirin, tartrazine (a yellow dye in some processed foods and drugs), or any other drugs.
Always inform your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and non-prescription medications you are taking, especially anticoagulants ('blood thinners') such as warfarin (Coumadin®), arthritis medications, aspirin, cyclosporine (Neoral®, Sandimmune®), digoxin (Lanoxin®), diuretics ('water pills'), estrogen (Premarin®), ketoconazole (Nizoral®), oral contraceptives, phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin®), rifampin (Rifadin®), theophylline (Theo-Dur®), and vitamins.
If you have a fungal infection (other than on your skin), do not take triamcinolone without talking to your doctor.
Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had liver, kidney, intestinal, or heart disease; diabetes; an underactive thyroid gland; high blood pressure; mental illness; myasthenia gravis; osteoporosis; herpes eye infection; seizures; tuberculosis (TB); or ulcers.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking triamcinolone, call your doctor.
If you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking triamcinolone.
Additionally, if you have a history of ulcers or take large doses of aspirin or other arthritis medication, limit your consumption of alcoholic beverages while taking this drug. Triamcinolone makes your stomach and intestines more susceptible to the irritating effects of alcohol, aspirin, and certain arthritis medications. This effect increases your risk of ulcers.
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