It’s a bit strange but very true, some foods interact with medication, causing reactions that may be dangerous.

Most of us have the mistaken idea that plants and natural foods, necessarily have to be healthy and safe. Unfortunately not. More often than we imagine, many foods may interact with medications that were prescribed and we trigger adverse reactions, some severe and dangerous. Let us know how to prevent such difficulties.

If you are receiving medical treatment and note any unusual symptoms, this could be a harbinger of an undesirable interaction between the medication and some food eaten.
Since both share the same route of entry to the body, one may interfere with or disrupt the process by which the other is metabolized.
Some drugs interfere with the ability to absorb nutrients, also, some plants or foods may even decrease or increase the work of medicine.

Examples of foods that interact with medications

• Dietary fiber: affects the absorption of certain drugs, pectin and other soluble fibers slow the absorption of acetaminophen (analgesic)
• Bran: and other insoluble fibers cause the same with digoxin (heart medication)
• Vitamin K: broccoli, spinach and other leafy vegetables rich in vitamin k, if consumed in large quantities and often can oppose the action of anticoagulant drugs.
• We all know that alcohol: it can interact with antidepressants, with sedatives and other drugs that act on the central nervous system.
• Sources of caffeine: tea, coffee, chocolate, increase the risk of adverse reactions if consumed during the use of theophylline (used to treat asthma)

Note also that the dangers of toxicity increase when it comes to high-risk patients, such as people with diabetes, hypertension, in patients with high cholesterol and those suffering from congestive heart disease, in all they are the expected side effects more intense.

More examples of foods that interact with medications.
The Parmesan cheese, brie, cheddar and Roquefort, beans, sauerkraut, some beers, red wine, very ripe avocados, and spicy salami, should not be eaten if taken antidepressants related to monoamine oxidase (MAO) All can IOP spikes trigger strong. The same happens if the plant is used Hypericon (St. John’s wort) as an antidepressant.

Grapefruit juice interacts with certain drugs against high blood pressure, with some psychiatric medications, with estrogen, with oral contraceptives, drugs to lower cholesterol, and some non-sedative antihistamines, especially it can produce fatal reactions with a particular class of the latter.

The orange juice should not be consumed with antacids containing aluminum because it increases the absorption of this metal.
Milk and orange juice should be avoided if received oral antibiotics, for those decreases the effectiveness of the latter.
Milk, this drug interacts with food laxatives containing bisacodyl therefore should not be consumed because they greatly increase their impact by bringing unpleasant surprises.

The levels of digoxin, a drug used in heart failure, can be greatly diminished when taken with dietary fibers such as oats. But should not suddenly stop eating fiber because as rebound would greatly increase the concentration of digoxin in the blood and that is very dangerous.

The food and caffeinated beverages can not be consumed simultaneously with theophylline (used regularly to control asthma) as they cause a pronounced nervous excitability.
Patients taking cimetidine (for stomach), certain quinolone antibiotics and oral contraceptives should also avoid caffeinated products because of the danger of severe reactions.

The roast form chemical compounds which might interfere with asthma medications containing theophylline, facilitating relapse of the disease.
If you take certain anti-inflammatory or arthritis remedies be necessary to avoid a diet too rich in fats, because these foods interact with medications and may cause unpredictable serious kidney damage.
The antioxidants and beta-carotene intensify the toxic effects of alcohol on the liver.

Licorice, while spice and sweet, interacts with the following medications:
If you take digoxin can bring cardiac arrhythmias and even cardiac arrest.
With diuretics: may have dangerous drops in body potassium.
With calcium channel blockers can produce significant peaks of high blood pressure.

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