Food + Pills: Alarming Drug Food Interactions
A number of foods in our diet often interacts with the medicines that we are taking as a result of this drug food interaction the efficacy of the drug/medicines may get decreased or that interacting food can increase the level of co-administered drug above the safe range that can result in the drug toxicity. So, in order to avoid such drug food interaction and to get maximum benefit and minimum side effects of the medicines that we are taking, we need to be aware of the most common drug food interactions. By getting aware of these drug food interaction we can uplift our quality of life and can bring the success to our treatment regime. So, get to know about the most common drug food interaction in the below mentioned Scrollable table
Your Dinner Table Could Be the Reason Your Medicine Isn’t Working!
💊 DRUG FOOD INTERACTIONS 🍽️ |
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| Medicines/Drugs/Generic salts 💊 | Interacting FOOD 🍽️ |
| Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin AND tetracyclines e.g. doxycycline and minocycline. | Avoid: Milk/ yogurt/dairy food/tea/coffee and Aluminium and magnesium containing syrups (mostly antacid syrups consist of these drugs). Advice: Give a gap of at least 2 hours between these interacting drugs and food/syrups |
| Ibandronate | Don’t eat with any food. Advice: TAKE WITH PLAIN WATER ONLY Not even mineral water |
| Amlodipine, nifedipine, isradipine, verapamil, diltiazem Ritonavir, indinavir) Atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, pitavastatin CARBAMAZEPINE AND MIDAZOLAM FINERENONE | Grapefruit juice can increase the level of these drugs in blood Advice: Avoid combining these drugs with grapefruit juice |
| Warfarin tablet | Spinach or broccoli Advice: Don’t eat spinach or broccoli while taking warfarin |
| Phenelzine, selegiline and other Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) | Aged cheese Meat Chicken liver Pickled or smoked fish Advice: these foods should be avoided with phenelzine or selegiline etc. |
| All ACEIs e.g. Captopril, lisinopril, ramipril etc. & Finerenone | Mangoes, oranges, bananas, dates (khajoor), potassium containing supplement Can increase in potassium level. Advice: these foods should be avoided with these drugs/Medicines |
Disclaimer:
The information provided regarding drug–food interactions is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your doctor, pharmacist, or other qualified healthcare provider before starting or stopping any medication, or before making dietary changes that may affect your treatment. Drug–food interactions can vary depending on individual health conditions and medications used. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read here.
