WAIT! Do NOT put that antibiotic pill in your mouth until you’ve read this
WAIT! Do NOT put that pill in your mouth!
That would be my message to every person taking an antibiotic. Because I have one key detail they must know before they swallow.
In a recent article, a drug expert told a BBC reporter that people need to be more aware of bad interactions between foods and drugs.
He said… “For example, milk can stop the absorption of some antibiotics if taken simultaneously.”
Well THAT seems like kind of a big deal!
And yet, the report just mentions it in passing. As if milk and antibiotics were so rare they would hardly ever be combined.
I checked the BBC website. Same thing. Just a passing mention. But a little more digging produced a shock.
Tetracycline is the antibiotic. It also happens to be one of the most widely used antibiotics in the world!
Imagine how many people on tetracycline pop their morning pill with a swig of milk.
We have enough problems with antibiotic resistance without adding a milk moustache.
Sources:
“Drinking grapefruit juice with some medications can be deadly, study warns” Michelle Castillo, CBS News, 11/27/12, cbsnews.com
