undercut

"You can't take these two pills at a time. Since the new drug you've been prescribed is going to undercut the effect of the drug you've been taking already, you're supposed to take them on a two-hour gap/period??"(there should be two hours between the intake of the drugs)?

Would this sentence be grammatically correct? What about the use of the verb "undercut"?

ostap77 said:

"You can't take these two drugs at a time. Since the new drug you've been prescribed is going to undercut the effetc of the one you've been taking already, you're supposed to take them on a two-hour gap"(there should be two hours between the intake of the drugs)?

Would this sentence be grammatically correct? What about the use of the verb "undercut"?

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It depends on what the actual effect will be. If it stops the first drug working, then I would say "inhibit". If it makes the effect less, I would say "lessen" or possibly "minimise" if it left it at a very low level.

emsr2d2 said:

It depends on what the actual effect will be. If it stops the first drug working, then I would say "inhibit". If it makes the effect less, I would say "lessen" or possibly "minimise" if it left it at a very low level.

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"undercut" would be the wrong verb for making the effect less? Is it just the wrong context to us it in? Is it "on a two-hour gap or period"?

ostap77 said:

"You can't take these two pills at a time. Since the new drug you've been prescribed is going to undercut the effect of the drug you've been taking already, you're supposed to take them on a two-hour gap/period??"(there should be two hours between the intake of the drugs)?

Would this sentence be grammatically correct? What about the use of the verb "undercut"?

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Do not take these two pills at the same time. The new drug you've been prescribed will inhibit/lessen/minimise the effects of the drug you're already taking. You should take the two pills two hours apart / You should leave two hours between taking the two different pills.

"Undercut" is usually used in connection with money, when one company or individual charges a lower price than another in order to gain business.