Why you shouldn't wash down your medications with tea, juice or soda: a doctor's answer
All tablets should be taken with clean water only.
This rule did not appear by chance.
The point is that in this case the substances dissolve and are absorbed normally.
You can't take medications with other drinks. For example, coffee. At the same time, you shouldn't take them right after a cup of aromatic drink. It will only do harm.
In addition, the drink reduces the effectiveness of blood pressure medications and antidepressants.
Doctor Olga Ulankina told Life about this.
Therefore, there should be a break of one to two hours between drinking coffee and taking pills.
As for tea, soda, juice or milk, you should not wash down your medications with them either. This can lead to a loss of effectiveness of the pills and increase side effects.
Ulankina added that citrus juices affect the acidity of gastric juice, as well as the absorption of drugs.
