Food-drug interaction, when they do occur, cause any of the following reactions:
- Prevent a medicine from working the way it should
- Cause a side effect from a medicine to get worse or better
- Cause a new side effect
Below are examples of some common, avoidable food-drug interactions.
1. Dairy Rich Foods & Antibiotics
Foods rich in dairy products suchs as milk, chocolate (except dark chocolates), cheese and yogurt contain high amounts of calcium which binds easily to antibiotics rendering them unabsorbable and unusable by the body.
Statins are a class of drugs used in lowering low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the blood. Examples of statins include;
Proton pump inhibitors are a class of medication used in stomach acid suppression to effect healing of stomach and duodenal ulcers. Examples of proton pump inhibitors include;
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Foods rich in dairy products suchs as milk, chocolate (except dark chocolates), cheese and yogurt contain high amounts of calcium which binds easily to antibiotics rendering them unabsorbable and unusable by the body.
This interaction often leads to treatment failure with prescribed antibiotics. When on a course of antibiotics, it is best to avoid these type of foods to reduce the risk of treatment failure.
2. Alcohol & Paracetamol
Paracetamol is useful in relieving mild to moderate pain, fever, cold, cramp, toothache and headache.
However, when taken together, paracetamol causes a dangerous reaction with alcohol which could result in liver damage. Liver damage risks is higher if you take 3 or more drinks of alcohol daily.
If you have to take paracetamol, avoid use with alcohol.
3. Alcohol, Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) & Food
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are non-steroid drugtypes that relieve pain and associated inflammation (swelling). Examples of this type of drugs are;
- Aspirin
- Ibuprofen
- Naproxen
- Diclofenac
- Piroxicam
- Celecoxib
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) however upsets the stomach to varying degree and often times, are very likely to cause stomach ulcers along with stomach bleeding in a lot of people.
Taking NSAID's with food or on a full stomach causes a reduction in its ability to upset and ulcerate the stomach (this is a good thing).
Taking NSAID's with alcohol increases its ability to upset and ulcerate the stomach with an even higher risk of stomach bleeding. Avoid concormitant use together.
4. Grapefruit/Grapefruit Juice & Statins
Statins are a class of drugs used in lowering low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the blood. Examples of statins include;
- Simvastatin
- Rosuvastatin
- Atorvastatin
- Fluvastatin
- Pravastatin
Grapefruits and its juice contain furanocoumarin chemicals which, when taking together with statins, cause an increase in the potency of administered statin. Such increased potency would result in otherwise regularly doses of administered statin producing heightened, unexpected side effects.
Avoid concormittant use.
5. Food & Proton Pump Inhibitors
Proton pump inhibitors are a class of medication used in stomach acid suppression to effect healing of stomach and duodenal ulcers. Examples of proton pump inhibitors include;
- Omeprazole
- Lansoprazole
- Pantoprazole
- Esomeprazole
- Rabeprazole
Because of how they work, proton pump inhibitors perform a lot better when used 1 hour before food. When taking together with food or after eating, acid suppression is reduced which in turn reduces the extent to which proton pump inhibitors effectively heals stomach ulcers.
6. Coffee, Alcohol & Bronchodilators
Bronchodilators are medicines that relaxes and opens up the air passage to the lungs to relieve wheezing, shortness of breath, troubled breathing and chest tightness. Bronchodilators are used to treat breathing disorders such asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Examples of bronchodilators include;
Alcohol increase the side effects of theophylline, so if you have to use theophylline or theophylline containing drugs, do not use together with alcohol.
6. Coffee, Alcohol & Bronchodilators
Bronchodilators are medicines that relaxes and opens up the air passage to the lungs to relieve wheezing, shortness of breath, troubled breathing and chest tightness. Bronchodilators are used to treat breathing disorders such asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Examples of bronchodilators include;
- Salbutamol
- Salmeterol
- Theophylline
- Ephedrine
- Epinephrine
Alcohol increase the side effects of theophylline, so if you have to use theophylline or theophylline containing drugs, do not use together with alcohol.
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A generic drug that's well-known beneath the title of Vigro has sildenafil citrate as energetic ingredient and the title of this
ReplyDeleteingredient can be utilized as identify for generics.
This drug is often utilized in treating male circumstances akin to impotence or erectile dysfunction. Nonetheless newest researches confirmed up that sildenafil citrate is also used
to deal with hypertension within the lungs. It enhances the enzyme that displays the blood that flows.
The administered dose begins working into the physique after
half-hour from the second it had been taken and work for
about four hours. As any medication, Sildenafil Citrate may cause opposed reactions in patients.
Beneath are listed a few of its antagonistic results over the physique:
1. The common and extended intake of sildenafil citrate can result in cardiac
downside, irregular heartbeat, chest ache, strain and ache within the arm
and shoulder.
2. There may be reported that males who take sildenafil citrate might encounter sudden lack
of listening to, ear ringing, sudden imaginative and prescient loss, lightheadedness, fainting.
3. Another signs or antagonistic impact of sildenafil citrate on the physique are shortness of breath, nausea, arms swelling,
ft and ankles swelling.
4. There are some opposed results that aren't too extreme
when taken sildenafil gentle for therapy of erectile dysfunction. They embrace nasal congestion, reminiscence issues, stomach upset,
again ache, complications, momentary downside which don't
have any signal of seriousness however all the identical.
5. When sildenafil citrate is used to deal with
the hypertension within the lungs, there are used different doses and totally different course of (medical) therapy.
Thus adversarial results in such cure might incluse: sleeplessness, muscle aches, shortness of breath,
nosebleeds, flushness, fever, headache,
sinus infection or stomach upset.
All these are simply on brief time period and usually are not all that extreme however
in case you are disturb by these signs and grow to be unbearable to you then seek the advice of
your physician for higher remedy. In conclusion, the appliance
of sildenafil citrate will certainly have adversarial impact for
one cause or the opposite however guarantee that
you just seek the advice of your physician instantly everytime you discover any of opposed signs.