The Danger 8 Foods If Blended With Drugs

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Newsmoved: Washington DC - Free drink medicine need to be considered carefully. Besides useful to prevent inflammation in the body, taking medications in a proper manner needs to be done to improve the effectiveness of the drug in the blood work. But what would happen if taking any medications other than the mineral water? Food or drinks with a variety of flavors and colors will prevent the performance of the drug in the body, even worsen the drug system in the body properly, causing dangerous side effects.

As quoted by page Mirror, Wednesday (27/04/2016) Dr Aisling Hillick, GP of health applications babylonhealth.com, exposes the danger of mixing drugs with food and beverage, check it out:

1. Banana

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Some people believe bananas can help a person who have difficulty swallowing tablets or capsules of drugs manifold. When in fact, how this will affect blood pressure. Bananas are high in potassium does have good benefits, but take medications such as captopril, an ACE inhibitor, or angiotensin be dangerous if the same kind of food that is high in potassium. According Hillick by mixing medications with food was high in potassium will cause irregular heartbeat and palpitations.

2. Lime

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Hillick revealed that this type of lemon or lime juice if taken together with cough medicines will interfere with the process of drug and cause side effects such as hallucinations or drowsiness were able to have an effect for 24 hours.

3. Beverages Alcohol

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All forms or types of drugs if taken with alcohol will cause adverse effects. "Alcohol, paracetamol and codeine will make your metabolism work harder to solve the alcohol and drugs simultaneously. This can increase the risk of side effects including drowsiness - as well as liver damage," said Hillick.

4.Coffee

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If someone is taking drugs along with coffee effect will appear the first time is, palpitations, nervousness, and increased excitability. Hillick explained that caffeine will limit the effectiveness of the drug so that it will worsen the condition of the body.

5. Green Vegetable

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If you are being taking anticoagulant drugs that function to inhibit blood clotting, avoid receiving the intake of green vegetables. According Hillick, vitamin K in these types of vegetables it will give the effect of the blood clot. So, if you eat both of them simultaneously, the vegetables will interfere with the rate of drug action in the body.

6. Sweet Root (Licorice)

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When users cardiac medications along with eating licorice will lower the potassium in the body that are harmful for certain heart conditions. "Low levels of potassium can increase the side effects associated with digoxin - used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms," said Hillick. Licorice will cause weakness, cramps conditions and irregular heartbeat

7. Salmon Fish

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Salmon became a delicious meal to eat, but if the food is eaten by individuals who consume antidepressants can lead to disaster. Salmon, smoked salmon, and chicken livers are foods rich in tyramine (a compound that can damage the amino acid) and when mixed with a type of antidepressant drugs (MAOIs) will cause the tyramine levels become higher and increased blood pressure dangerously high.

8. Chocolate

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Who would not like this kind of food mood booster? Chocolate is good for the body can have adverse effects if taken concurrently with Ritalin-type drugs. Ritalin, which is useful for people with ADHD, it would be dangerous if mixed with a little chocolate because it will result in patients becoming excessive restlessness, insomnia, and heart palpitations.