Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to health, and thermos cup of goji berries has become the standard of health. But here I would like to remind you:
If you have some chronic diseases and are still taking medication, be sure to read the following carefully. Even if you don't have a chronic disease, you may not know the contraindications of some common drugs, and even hot water is on the list!
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Urgent reminder for authoritative medical journals!
In September 2021, the authoritative medical journal "European Heart Journal" issued an urgent reminder: when taking some cardiovascular drugs, drinking goji berry tea may cause a toxic reaction!
In the article, a case that actually occurred was described in detail.
The patient is a 75-year-old woman who had undergone cardiovascular surgery 3 years ago. Maintenance treatment has been maintained by taking warfarin after surgery.
Just two years ago, the patient had to take flecainide for treatment because of premature atrial beats. During this period, the effect has been very good, and there have been no side effects.
However, just recently, the patient suddenly appeared dizzy, nausea and fatigue, and finally shock was sent to the emergency department.
In the hospital, she was diagnosed with flukani poisoning, and the culprit of the poisoning was the goji berry tea she had been drinking every day recently!
Goji berries are obviously a "good thing", why can they cause poisoning?
In the end, it is because goji berries will enhance the anticoagulant effect of warfarin, which will eventually lead to complications such as subcutaneous bleeding. In addition, goji berries also inhibit a variety of enzymes that can metabolize warfarin and flecainide, and poisoning accidents occur.
According to the data of the "China Cardiovascular Health and Disease Report 2019", the existing cardiovascular disease population in the mainland is very large, about 330 million. Therefore, these more than 300 million people must pay attention to various contraindications during the period of taking drugs.
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These cardiovascular drugs contraindicated foods,
A lot of people don't know anything yet!
Statin lipid-lowering drugs: eat less grapefruit
As lipid-lowering drugs, statins are currently the most widely used. If taken with grapefruit, it will increase liver toxicity and muscle toxicity, which we have talked about before. Compared with taking the drug with boiled water, the blood concentration of the drug will be 10-15 times higher if you take it with grapefruit juice!
Antihypertensive drugs: Eat fewer bananas
If you are taking antihypertensive medication and are still in the adjustment phase, be sure to eat fewer bananas. Because this may increase the side effects of antihypertensive drugs, and even lead to low blood pressure.
Diuretics: drink less coffee
Because coffee itself has a diuretic effect, if you happen to be taking some diuretics that have antihypertensive effects, such as hydrochlorothiazide and furosemide, it is likely to cause the loss of calcium ions in the body too quickly.
Anticoagulants: Eat less leafy greens
The warfarin mentioned above is a typical anticoagulant, before and after taking warfarin, it is best not to eat or eat less such as spinach, amaranth, cabbage and hollow cabbage, leeks and other green leafy vegetables, as well as kiwifruit, bananas and animal liver and other vitamin K-rich foods, so as not to form blood clots.
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Contraindications to the combination of common drugs,
Even hot water was on the list!
Antibiotics: Do not drink milk and juice
Milk and juice are the most common combinations we use when drinking medicines, except for hot water. However, it is not known that milk will reduce the activity of antibiotics (quinolones, tetracyclines, oxytetracycline, erythromycin, metronidazole), and fruit juice will accelerate the decomposition of antibiotics, so be sure to avoid milk and juice when taking antibiotics.
Antidiarrheal drugs: Do not drink milk
On the one hand, milk will greatly reduce the anti-diarrhea effect, on the other hand, because milk contains lactose, it may also aggravate diarrhea.
Berberine, iron: Do not drink tea
Milk and juice can not be drunk, so drink tea is no problem, right? No!
Because the tea contains tannin, once it enters the human body, it will decompose into tannic acid. At this time, if you are taking berberine, it will cause alkaloid precipitation, which will reduce the efficacy of the drug. Iron and tea together will form iron salts, which will lose their efficacy and stimulate the gastrointestinal tract.
Aspirin: Don't drink juice
Because drinking juice at this time will aggravate the stimulation of the gastric mucosa by the drug, which may cause stomach bleeding in severe cases.
Ibuprofen: Don't drink coffee and cola
Coffee and cola look like "child-friendly", but do not drink during the period of taking ibuprofen. Because this will aggravate the stimulation of the gastric mucosa by the drug, it is more likely to cause gastric bleeding and gastric perforation.
Multi-enzyme tablets: Do not drink hot water
This is what many people have not expected, the reason why you can not drink hot water, is because once the active protein in the multi-enzyme tablet encounters heat, it will coagulate and degenerate, and then lose its original digestive effect.
Drugs containing alkali and acid: avoid vinegar
Alkali-containing acid-containing drugs are most typical of calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and berberine hydrochloride tablets, etc. When taking these drugs, try to avoid vinegar.
Calcium: Avoid spinach
If you eat spinach while taking calcium, the potassium oxalate in spinach will precipitate calcium ions, which is difficult for the body to absorb. What's more, it's easy to produce stones.
Allergy medications: Avoid cheese and meat products
During the period of taking allergy drugs, if cheese or meat products are consumed, it may cause histamine to accumulate in our body, resulting in uncomfortable symptoms such as dizziness, headache and shortness of breath.