diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChipsInput/ChipsInput.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChipsInput/ChipsInput.tsx
index 7fd03b4d..32e4e332 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChipsInput/ChipsInput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChipsInput/ChipsInput.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ const ChipsInput: React.FC<ChipsInputProps> = ({
 
   const handleSuggestionClick = (selected: string) => {
     onChange([...value, selected]);
-    setInputFocused(false); // Close dropdown after selection
     setInputValue("");
   };
 
@@ -131,7 +130,10 @@ const ChipsInput: React.FC<ChipsInputProps> = ({
           {filteredSuggestions.map((item, idx) => (
             <li
               key={idx}
-              onClick={() => handleSuggestionClick(item)}
+              onMouseDown={(e) => {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                handleSuggestionClick(item)
+              }}
               className="px-3 py-2 cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-100 text-sm"
             >
               {item}
diff --git a/server/api/views/listMeds/views.py b/server/api/views/listMeds/views.py
index 796d9b17..72a7a310 100644
--- a/server/api/views/listMeds/views.py
+++ b/server/api/views/listMeds/views.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def post(self, request):
             return Response({'error': 'Diagnosis not found'}, status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
         meds = {'first': [], 'second': [], 'third': []}
 
+        priorMeds = data.get('priorMedications', "").split(',')
+        exclude_result.extend([med.strip() for med in priorMeds if med.strip()])
         included_set = set(include_result)
         excluded_set = set(exclude_result)