Some Health Tips

Do not take medication with milk’ the words often heard or spoken by the people when they want to take oral medication. Why milk should not be mixed with the drug?

Drugs or antibiotics taken orally can be effective for a person if consumed and absorbed by the body. Oral medication to be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract to get into the blood stream and then sent to the area who are sick or have infections to treatment.

There are various factors that affect the body’s ability to absorb the drug well, including the relative acidity of the stomach, the presence or absence of nutritional fat or other nutrients, as well as whether there are certain elements in the body such as calcium.




As quoted from Everydayhealth.com, Saturday some drugs such as antibiotics that contain tetrasiklik family will react with the milk. Calcium contained in milk will bind drugs or antibiotics that prevent the absorption of the drug in the body.

In addition there is a good medicine consumed after eating or after eating, this is due to food intake can affect drug absorption. Therefore become very important to follow the instructions for use are printed on the bottle or pack of medicine, as well as the criteria people should always ask the pharmacist drugs consumed.

And what about other beverages such as coffee, tea or juice?

Other beverages such as coffee, tea or juice generally contain various compounds such as caffeine that might react with the drugs consumed thereby affecting absorption.

For it is always advised people taking the drug by using the known water content does not have any, so it does not affect drug absorption. Addition of water can help dissolve the drugs consumed in the stomach so that the process of absorption for the better and easier.