Drug-to-Food Interactions
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| What are 3 ways that food affects how medications work in the body? | -Slow digestion
-Alter the pH of the stomach
-Change the bacterial flora of the intestines
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| What does "take on an empty stomach" mean? | Take medications 2 hours after food was last ingested
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| Why are antacids, PPI's, and H2 Agonists taken on an empty stomach? | Food is also an antacid so it will render the medication ineffective
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| Why should fluoroquinolones not be taken with dairy products? | Dairy products can bind to the medication and make it ineffecticve
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| Why are NSAID's usually taken with food? | Because they can irritate the stomach lining
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| What happens when you take anticholinergic medications with alcohol? | Increased sedation
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| What is the effect of having alcohol with disulfiram? | Severe nausea and vomiting due to decreased ability to digest alcohol
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| What are medications with similar effects as disulfiram when taken with alcohol? | -Cephalosporins
-Chloral hydrate
-Metronidazole
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| Why should patients limit alcohol consumption when taking tylenol? | Increased risk of liver damage
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| What about grapefruit juice makes it interact with so many medications? | It's a CYP450 inhibitor so it increases the level of medication metabolized by CYP450
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