How coffee and caffeine interact with your prescription medications
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Many people don’t start until the day has coffee. However, if you take prescription drugs or supplements, this caffeine stroke can do more than strengthening you: how your body absorbs the medicine, increases side effects, or the effect of a drug may be boring.
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Caffeine interacts with different types of drugs and explained below how to take your time to keep your coffee clear.
Drugs affecting heart rate and blood pressure
Match coffee with drugs affecting the cardiovascular system can create undesirable overlap. (Istock)
Caffein itself temporarily raises the heart rate and blood pressure, so it can create an undesirable conflict to match the cardiovascular system with drugs affecting the system.
Blood thinner
Caffeine can affect how blood clots do blood thinners. This means that according to medical experts can increase your risk of bruising or bleeding when combined.
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Cold and allergy medications
Many “non -pensive” counter -over -cold and allergy drugs already contain stimulants to combat fatigue. Add coffee and combination can cause insomnia, tension or blood sugar. For this reason, experts often recommend skipping caffeine while taking stimulating -based cold drugs.
On the contrary, sleepy formulas containing difhadramine do not interact with caffeine in this way.
Many “wavy” stalls over the counter cold and allergy drugs already contain stimulants to combat fatigue, so experts recommend jumping coffee. (Istock)
Melatonin supplements
On the Flip side, melatonin encourages rest. It weakens the effectiveness of drinking coffee with close or melatonin. Research also shows that frequent use of caffeine can suppress your body over time.
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Blood Pressure Drugs
It may cause an increase in the risk of heart -associated complications such as its short -term increase in blood pressure, stroke or heart attack.
According to the Academic Medicine Center and Community Hospital Network, university hospitals, blood pressure drugs rely on consistent absorption to keep levels constant – caffeine can easily deteriorate as in the following drugs.
Research shows that frequent use of caffeine can suppress your body over time. (Istock)
Drugs due to fixed absorption
Some drugs work properly only when absorbed under certain conditions. According to experts, caffeine can disrupt this balance.
Thyroid hormone treatments
The American Thyroid Association warns that the coffee taken one hour after the thyroid drug can sharply reduce absorption. They recommend you to wait 30-60 minutes before reaching your cup.
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Osteoporosis treatments
Some osteoporosis drugs should be taken on an empty stomach with flat water; Match them with coffee can completely prevent their absorption. Research at Osteoporosis International attributes high caffeine intake to the risk of more bone loss over time.
Many drugs are best taken only with water, so throwing coffee into the mixture can make it less effective. (Istock)
Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs
Caffeine narrows blood vessels and squeezes the blood-brain barrier, potentially reduces how much Alzheimer’s drugs reach the brain and therapeutic benefit.
Drugs that interact with our nervous system and muscles
Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulating, ie it can strengthen or resist drugs that affect brain chemistry.
Asthma treatments
Some asthma drugs open the airways by relaxing the muscles, but it contains side effects, tension and restlessness similar to caffeines. According to Harvard Health, they can intensify these experiences when handled together.
Experts recommend you to wait 30-60 minutes between taking medication and drinking caffeine to prevent interactions. (Istock)
Mental health drugs
Caffeine and some antidepressants are metabolized by the same liver enzymes. If you mix them very closely, the parasitic may reduce antidepressant power or increase the stimulating effects of caffeine compared to university hospitals.
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The same source notes that caffeine can intervene in antipsychotic drugs and reduce its intended effects.
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None of this means that you need to leave your coffee in the morning, because in most cases it is the caffeine itself; When do you drink.
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Giving your drug to your medication for at least 30 to 60 minutes (or longer depending on your prescription) allows both of them to work as intended.
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When you doubt, confirm with your doctor or pharmacist. A small change in timing can keep your treatment on its way and keep your coffee habit intact.
