TL-027 · Health
Ask a pharmacist whether you can take a medicine with your current medication — Japanese
A pharmacy conversation for showing the exact medicine name and strength and asking whether it can be taken with your current medication.
Quick answer
今飲んでいる薬と一緒に服用しても大丈夫ですか？
Meaning Can I take this with the medicine I'm already taking?
Ima nonde iru kusuri to issho ni fukuyō shite mo daijōbu desu ka?
When to use it
Use this when buying an over-the-counter medicine while traveling and you want a pharmacist to check it against a medicine you already take.
Core phrases
今、この薬を服用しています。
Ima, kono kusurio fukuyōshiteimasu.
I'm currently taking this medicine.
この薬との飲み合わせに問題はありますか？
Kono kusuritono nomi awaseni mondai wa arimasu ka?
Is there any problem taking these medicines together?
服用する時間を空けたほうがいいですか？
Fukuyōsuru jikano aketahōgaiidesu ka?
Should I space out the doses?
薬の名前と含量はここに書いてあります。
Kusurino namaeto ganryō wa kokoni kaitearimasu.
The medicine name and strength are written here.
パッケージや薬の写真を見せてもいいですか？
Pakkēji ya kusurino shashino misetemoiidesu ka?
Can I show you the package or a photo of the medicine?
What you may hear
服用中の薬の名前と含量を確認します。
Fukuyōchūno kusurino namaeto ganryōo kakuninshimasu.
Let me check the name and strength of your current medicine.
成分を確認しますので、少々お待ちください。
Seibuno kakuninshimasu node, shōshōo machikudasai.
I'll check the ingredients. Please wait a moment.
How to respond
はい、薬のパッケージをお見せします。
Hai, kusurino pakkēji oo miseshimasu.
Sure, I'll show you the package.
一緒に飲めない場合、別の薬はありますか？
Isshoni nomenai bāi, betsuno kusuri wa arimasu ka?
If I can't take them together, is there another option?
Mini conversation
You
今飲んでいる薬と一緒に服用しても大丈夫ですか？
Ima nonde iru kusuri to issho ni fukuyō shite mo daijōbu desu ka?
Can I take this with the medicine I'm already taking?
Other person
服用中の薬を見せていただけますか？
Fukuyōchūno kusurio miseteitadakemasu ka?
Could you show me the medicine you're taking?
You
はい、これです。名前と用量はここに書いてあります。
Hai, koredesu. Namaeto yōryō wa kokoni kaitearimasu.
Yes, this one. The name and strength are written here.
Other person
成分を確認します。少々お待ちください。
Seibuno kakuninshimasu. Shōshōo machikudasai.
I'll check the ingredients. Please wait a moment.
You
はい、お願いします。
Hai, o negaishimasu.
Yes, please.
More natural
“Can I take these together?” is natural, but showing the exact medicine name and strength gives the pharmacist much better information.
Good to know
Products with similar names can contain different ingredients or strengths in different countries. Do not decide compatibility from a translated phrase alone—show the actual packaging, ingredient list or prescription information to a pharmacist or clinician.
Related situations
Use GLANOS Talk in the real conversation
View GLANOS TalkTranslate, listen, and show the phrase when you need it.