Do not take the pill with milk or tea
A FDA expert urged people to avoid hot tea, juice, soft drinks and even milk with pills.
Dr. Noushin Mohammad Hosseini added: Medicinal substances with liquids other than water, in cases where it is done without a doctor’s prescription or pharmacist’s recommendation, can eliminate the effect of the pills.
He stated: Taking some pills without water causes many problems in the sick person, so the best drink to take the pills is plain water.
The main expert of the National Committee for Prescribing and Rational Consumption of Drugs of the Food and Drug Administration said: The main purpose of the order is to take pills with water, due to the opening of their active ingredient in the stomach and the effect of treatment.
Mohammad Hosseini added: Consumption of some pills without water due to their structure, may cause many problems in the esophagus of the patient.
He also forbade patients from taking pills with hot tea, soft drinks, juices or even milk: eating pills with hot and boiling water and of course hot tea causes problems due to its heat.
In addition, the caffeine in tea itself is destructive to the drug; It has been observed that eating some antibiotics with milk or drinking sour juices due to their acidity has destroyed the therapeutic properties of the drug and in some cases has destroyed the structure of the drug.
Mohammad Hosseini reminded: Drugs such as iron should be used together with citrus juice due to easier absorption by vitamin C.