Posted by garnet71 on March 17, 2009, at 8:47:19
In reply to important to take meds with food?, posted by Roslynn on March 14, 2009, at 17:18:58
I'm not a medical person, but I'm guessing that eating foods helps with those meds that are metabolized in the intestinal system because eating activates digestive juices that might not be there to act on the med if you take it on an empty stomach; or it could prevent nausea for the same reason.
Anyway, I forgot to mention -- make sure you ask the pharmacist about each med. They would know more about the metabolism than physicians, generally.
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