Don't eat fruits before and after taking the medicine 
 
 
Peng Yongjiang The second affiliated hospital of zhengzhou university 
 
 
China's traditional Chinese medicine to 

        Many people take medicine, in order to dilute the bitterness and astringency of drugs such as discomfort taste, often like to eat some fruit after taking medicine to adjust the taste, in fact, this is a very unscientific. The expert reminds, patients before and after taking the drugs within half an hour, it is best not to eat fruit, because of some fruits may contain can react with the drug substance, thus reduce the effects of the drug. 
 
        Some fruit contains a tannic acid composition, which exist in the immature fruit more, such as not ripe persimmon, apple, apricot and so on, in spite of these substances is a natural plant ingredients, but it's easy to react with drugs, leading to drug in the body gathered precipitation, solubility decreases, resulting in lower efficacy. What's more, some drugs and fruit after reaction of the ingredients, can produce toxic substances, serious damage to people's health. 
 
        Most fruit contains citric acid and grape acid, they will change the human intestinal PH value, thus indirectly affects drug effect. Some is sensitive to the PH of the drugs, such as oral penicillin drugs, together with the hawthorn acid larger fruits such as grapes into the stomach, is bound to affect the efficacy of drugs. In addition, men will cause hydrochloric acid in gastric juice secretion in chewing, further cause stomach acidity unbalance, which affect drug absorption. Some drugs, for example, on an empty stomach can absorb 60%, medication after a meal or may only absorbs 40% after eating the fruit. There are many fruits contain more fiber, it can also affect the drug metabolism. 
 
        Fruit nutrition is rich, usually containing a certain amount of calcium and magnesium, and other metal ions, these components can be generated with certain drugs, such as tetracycline synthesis reaction, formation of hard dissolved compounds, resulting in the absorption of drug in the body. People often take cholesterol-lowering drugs, antibiotics, sleeping pill, antiallergic drugs, etc., are likely to interact with the material in the fruit, disable drugs, even produce side effects. For example, some allergy medications may react with grapefruit, citrus fruits, cause arrhythmia, even cause fatal ventricular fibrillation. Patients with allergic rhinitis in allergy medications such as than that at the same time, if drink grapefruit juice etc, may occur severe toxic reaction, severe cases may cause poisoning death. 
 
        The expert thinks, in general, 30 minutes before, during, and after taking medicine, it is best not to eat, especially not to eat fruit, vegetables, etc.
 
 
 
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