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Medicine with food or without food?
Taking medicine with food or without food?
1) why should we intake food before taking medicine?
2) what If we take medicine or tablet without food? Does it leads to Gastritis
3) what happens If we take tablet without eating food?
Please clarify sir/madam
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Some medicines need to be taken "before food" or "on an empty stomach". This is because food and some drinks can affect the way these medicines work.
For example, taking some medicines at the same time as eating may prevent your stomach and intestines absorbing the medicine, making it less effective.
Alternatively, some foods can interact with your medicine, either by increasing or decreasing the amount of medicine in your blood to potentially dangerous levels, or levels that are too low to be effective
As a general rule, medicines that are supposed to be taken on an empty stomach should be taken about an hour before a meal, or 2 hours after a meal
remember there are medicines like pain killers (NSAID) and few antibiotics are known to cause gastritis if you take them in empty stomach
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Depends upon the medication.
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly provide me detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Bisweswar Das
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Bhubaneswar
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Dr. Saurabh Tiwari
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Lucknow
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