food and drug interaction

Some drugs taken with a specific type of food can cause side effects that is why i chose to talk about that subject to familiarize people with that issue.

Some antibiotics should be taken separately from calcium,magnesium and iron supplementation or even apart from yogurt,milk and eggs. It is advisable to always read medication labels.

Some antidepressant drugs should be taken apart from beer,wine,soy,beans and cheese.

Iron supplements are best taken on an empty stomach but that might cause discomfort so take your pills without seeds,rice,beans,fibers,tea,coffee ,dairy products,eggs and apart from calcium,zinc ,copper and magnesium supplements as it might lower the absorption of iron in the intestine.

Avoid grapefruit when taking cholesterol lowering drugs such as zocor,lipitor and norvasc.

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