contraindicate
Medically warn off
To contraindicate is to make a treatment or procedure inadvisable, typically because of a medical condition or competing medication.
The term appears almost exclusively in medical contexts: Pregnancy contraindicates certain vaccines.
If aspirin is contraindicated for you, something about your situation makes taking it risky.
The noun is contraindication: Liver disease is a contraindication for this drug.
Harmful response to intervention
- drug interactionSubstances altering each other's effects
- allergyAdverse immune response
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- side effectUnintended secondary outcome
comorbidity · toxicity · overdose · intolerance · patient history · prescribing · pharmacology · medication
adverse reaction
Harmful response to intervention
- drug interactionSubstances altering each other's effects
- allergyAdverse immune response
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
side effect · comorbidity · toxicity · overdose · intolerance · patient history · prescribing · pharmacology · medication · incompatibility
caution
Careful attention to risk
flag · signal · notify · preclude · rule out · discourage · deter · dissuade · admonish · heads-up
prohibit
Formally disallow
disallow · prevent · bar · rule out · exclude · block · interdict · proscribe · ban · veto