Drug-food interactions

    Drug medications can affect the way your body uses nutrients in food. Also, Certain Foods or Nutrients in food can affect the action of medications. Drug-nutrient interaction is the effect of medication on food or a nutrient in food. Medication interact with foods and nutrients in several ways, it can decrease appetite or change the way a nutrient is absorbed, metabolized or excreted.

 

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF DRUG-FOOD INTERACTION.

- WARFARIN (BLOOD THINNER) AND VIT.K RICH FOODS(e.g spinach, broccoli) decrease warfarins effect.

- CRANBERRIES AND WARFARIN increases bleeding risk.

 

- STATIN (CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING) AND GRAPE FRUIT JUICE Increases stain levels and risk of side effects.

 

- DIABETES MEDICATIONS (e.g METFORMIN) AND FIBER RICH FOOD (e.g Bran) Reduces absorption of glucose from the guts into the bloodstream.

- SUGAR SWEETENED FOODS Worsen blood glucose control.

 

- BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS (e.g CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS) AND CALCIUM RICH FOODS (e.g DAIRY) Increases medications levels.

- HIGH SODIUM FOODS Decreases medications effectiveness.

 

- THYROID MEDICATIONS (e.g LEVOTHYROXINE  AND SOY PRODUCTS decrease absorption.

- THYROID MEDICATIONS AND IRON SUPPLEMENTS decreases absorption.

 

- ANTIBIOTICS (e.g TETRACYCLINE) AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Decreases antibiotic absorption.

- CALCIUM RICH FOODS Decreases Antibiotics effectiveness.

 

- ANTACIDS (e.g TUMS) AND IRON RICH FOODS Decreases Antacid effectiveness.

- CALCIUM RICH FOODS Increases Antacid Effectiveness.

 

- CORTICOSTEROIDS (e.g PREDNISONE) AND HIGH SODIUM FOODS Increases fluid retention.

 

- DIURETICS (e.g FUROSEMIDE) AND POTASSIUM RICH FOODS (e.g Banana) Decreases Diuretics effectiveness.

- ELECTROLYTES RICH FOODS AND DIURETICS helps replenish lost electrolytes.