Coffee is a drink that originated in the Arab countries and had its consumption extended to the rest of the world with the development of navigation technologies and trade between nations. This is a drink loved by many Brazilians and has many benefits for our health. However, some medications can interact with the drink, causing health risks.
Therefore, many wonder whether can you take medicine with coffee and in this article we clear it up. Check out.
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Consumption of medicines together with coffee
Currently, coffee is the second most consumed drink across the globe, especially in the first meals of the day. However, it is important to emphasize that this is a drink composed of several chemical substances, which, consequently, may end up interacting with some specific medications.
Impacts of coffee intake with some substances
According to studies conducted by Doctor of Pharmacy Wendi D. Jones, "Coffee can interact with tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), potentially leading to reduced drug absorption, which would lead to the patient not receiving the full prescribed dose."
This happens because coffee has a main compound called caffeine, which acts by giving more energy and disposition to the body. Thus, when the compounds of the drug ADTs come into contact with coffee, there is a loss of therapeutic effect, or even the induction of side effects, such as “rebound”.
In addition, other research carried out by LiveStrong also showed that the absorption of vitamins can also be impaired when ingested with coffee. “Coffee is a diuretic and can lead to loss of water-soluble vitamins like vitamin B and vitamin C when taken together”
In his studies, Jones further showed that ingesting the energy drink will make the digestive process go faster by increasing the contractions that force food through the digestive tract.
This means that, although it is a cultural habit to drink coffee in the morning, the best time to enjoying the drink would be in the afternoon, or even, at times when there was no medication intake.