We know that different medicines need to be eaten at different times, so that when the medicine is taken at the right time, the effect will be better. Most drugs are eaten after a meal, which can also help protect our stomachs from the effects of drugs. So how long does it take to take medicine after a meal is the best?
How long does it take to take medicine after a meal?
It is best to eat it from one quarter to half an hour after eating. If it is more than one hour, it will take a long time, because most people have more than half of the food in the stomach and digestion in an hour or so after a meal.
Different medications take different time
Drugs that need to be taken before meals: stomach pills, antidiarrheals, tonics and anthelmintics. Such as nourishing Liuwei Dihuang, Jianwei stomach Shuping, antidiarrheal activated carbon, deworming meemazole and so on.
Drugs that need an early morning fasting: generally some fast-acting laxatives or nourishing drugs. Common drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion, antidepressants, diuretics, and long-acting slow-release drugs.
Need medication after meals: In fact, most drugs, doctors recommend taking after meals, such as aspirin, antibiotics and so on. Most of these drugs are absorbed in the small intestine, reducing the stimulation of the gastric mucosa.
Drugs that need to be taken in meals: common metformin hydrochloride, in order to control blood sugar; and some drugs that stimulate the gastric mucosa, such as ibuprofen.
The above mentioned drugs are all Western medicines. If you are taking Chinese medicine, most of them are recommended to be eaten before meals, because absorption is the best at this time, but the specific situation depends on what medicine.
If the drug is more potent, it may be burdened by the body in the case of an empty stomach. In addition to the time of taking medicine, what else should I pay attention to?
Precautions during medication
1, avoid sweet and salty
Good medicine is bitter. Traditional Chinese medicine uses its bitterness to affect the excretion of the digestive gland and exert its efficacy. However, some people like to add sugar to the medicine in order to alleviate the bitterness. As everyone knows, iron and calcium in sugar will combine with protein and tannin in traditional Chinese medicine, which will greatly reduce the efficacy.
The correct way to make the bitter taste lighter: Let the Chinese medicine cool down to 37 degrees and then drink. Try to avoid contact with the tongue root when drinking.
The antihypertensive drugs, diuretics, adrenal sebaceous hormones and other drugs in western medicine are not salty. Because eating too much salt is easy to cause high Blood Pressure .
2, avoid acid and spicy
Many people taste heavy, but it is better not to touch the hot and sour diet during the medication. In particular, certain alkaline drugs, when exposed to acidic substances such as vinegar, will undergo a neutralization reaction. Common alkaline drugs are sodium hydrogencarbonate, aluminum hydroxide, calcium carbonate, and the like.
In addition, most Chinese and Western medicines are not spicy. For example, the traditional Chinese medicine in the snake galle Chuanbei cream, Liuwei Dihuang Wan, Western medicine in the treatment of hemorrhoids compound vitamin A acid gel, the treatment of gastritis live bacteria drugs. Spicy food during medication will reduce the efficacy and greatly reduce the efficacy.
Original title: How long does it take to take medicine after meals? Different medicines are different. Do you know?
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