Some Medications and High Temperatures Don’t Mix, Officials Warn

State and federal health agencies say this week’s heat wave could pose a risk to people who take certain drugs such as psychotropics and beta-blockers.

A woman shops in the pharmacy area of a Wal-Mart store in Mount Prospect, Ill., on Sept. 21, 2006. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

About 80 million Americans on the East Coast and Midwest are under a heat advisory this week, and officials warn that those taking certain medications should be on the lookout for symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

High temperatures were expected to peak in the eastern Great Lakes and New England on June 19 and June 20, and in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic on June 21 and June 22, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.