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    Take medicine, drink sweet drink and discount the efficacy

    • Last Update: 2013-08-30
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Sodas, sports drinks, fruit juices and milk drinks are the drinks that people prefer to drink However, because most of the above drinks contain additives or other sweeteners, if you drink a lot of the following drugs, it will greatly reduce the efficacy or enhance its side effects When the cold medicine containing paracetamol is taken on an empty stomach, it usually takes only 20 minutes to reach the highest blood concentration, while when there is sugar food in the stomach, the absorption of the medicine will be delayed for 2 hours, affecting its effect Glucocorticoid patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus need to take hydrocortisone, prednisone and other glucocorticoid drugs frequently If they often drink sugary drinks during taking these drugs, it may reduce the glucose tolerance and increase the risk of diabetes The commonly used hypoglycemic drugs such as metformin can't be taken together with sugary drinks, because sugary drinks can increase liver glycogen and blood sugar, which may counteract the effect of drugs and aggravate the disease Sulfonamides containing sugar beverage can acidify urine When taken together with sulfonamides (sulfaisoxazole, sulfadiazine and sulfamethoxazole), it may reduce the solubility of the drug, affect the efficacy, and make urine crystallize or hematuria Acid sugar beverage, an alkaline digestive medicine, can react with aminophylline, aluminum hydroxide and sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of stomach diseases, which can reduce the curative effect of the medicine and even make it invalid.
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