1. Paracetamol will work faster on an empty stomach
2. Eating oily food & taking anti-malaria like the Artemether/lumefantrine will make it work better
3. Cimetidine may cause sexual dysfunction in men
4. If you’re severely depressed don’t take ciprofloxacin,it may worsen it.👇🏿
2. Eating oily food & taking anti-malaria like the Artemether/lumefantrine will make it work better
3. Cimetidine may cause sexual dysfunction in men
4. If you’re severely depressed don’t take ciprofloxacin,it may worsen it.👇🏿
5. The time in which you take your medications is very important. It’s not just there. Some drugs have higher effects in the morning, others in the evening, if it’s prescribed for you to take it in the morning, do that.
6. Take tetracycline 2hrs before or after taking zinc containing products.
7. Tetracycline can HARM the FETUS. If you are pregnant or have plans of becoming pregnant while taking tetracycline, call your doctor immediately.
7. Tetracycline can HARM the FETUS. If you are pregnant or have plans of becoming pregnant while taking tetracycline, call your doctor immediately.
8. Taking tetracycline with alcohol or within the period of alcohol intake is highly not advised.
9. If you have epilepsy don’t take ciprofloxacin as it can precipitate seizure attack in people with epilepsy.
9. If you have epilepsy don’t take ciprofloxacin as it can precipitate seizure attack in people with epilepsy.
10. Don’t take take dexamethasone for weight gain. Using it for such will only harm you. Only use it when prescribed. Dexamethasone dampens your immune system, it is only to be used when prescribed as the benefits outweighs the risks. Using it on your own is bad.
11. Dexamethasone increases blood sugar and should not be taken by someone who is diabetic (when taken, the blood sugar should seriously be monitored). Talk to your healthcare provider about that.
12. Dexamethasone interacts with birth control pills. If you happen to use birth control pills while on dexamethasone also use another method of contraception like the barrier method (using a condom).
13. Don’t take NSAIDs (e.g ibuprofen, piroxicam, diclofenac, etc) on an empty stomach. They will irritate your stomach and predispose you to ulcer and gastrointestinal bleeding.
14. Taking diclofenac, ibuprofen, felvin for ulcer pain is su!c!dal. Diclofenac, just like the rest, is a painkiller, yes, but it can cause ulcers too, so it’s wrong to take it for ulcer pain.
15. Don’t take two NSAIDs concurrently:
Don’t take ibuprofen and diclofenac. Don’t take felvin and ibuprofen together, etc. Doing that increases your risk of kidney damage and ulcers.
Don’t take ibuprofen and diclofenac. Don’t take felvin and ibuprofen together, etc. Doing that increases your risk of kidney damage and ulcers.
16. Don’t take dexamethasone together with ibuprofen or diclofenac. Doing this results in increased side effects. And there is no scientific study that has proven that there’s a significant advantage when both drugs are combined, rather the side effects are heightened.
17. It’s particularly wrong to use alcohol or soda of any kind to take your drugs.
18. While taking your anti-malaria meds don’t take vitamin C, blood tonic, or multivitamins as they can cause treatment failure. It will look like the meds did not really work.
18. While taking your anti-malaria meds don’t take vitamin C, blood tonic, or multivitamins as they can cause treatment failure. It will look like the meds did not really work.
19. If you’re pregnant avoid energy drinks.
20. Don’t give children energy drinks.
20. Don’t give children energy drinks.
If you’re pregnant avoid energy drinks. You don’t need them. In fact energy drinks do not really give you energy but that’s a topic for another day. Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine. This high level of caffeine is not good for pregnant women. It’s not it for them.
Energy drinks contain stimulants, this stimulants may increase the risk of a pregnant woman coming down with high blood pressure.
The high amounts of caffeine in energy drinks may result in a woman giving birth to a child with low birth weight and that can be very dangerous as children born with low birth weight find it hard to survive. Most have to be placed in the ICU to survive.
DON’T GIVE CHILDREN ENERGY DRINKS. Don’t try that. It is very wrong. Energy drinks are off limits for children.
Why?
Energy drinks contain high amounts of caffeine and in children it can have side effects such as:
-Increased anxiety
-Mood swings
-Abnormal heart rhythms
Why?
Energy drinks contain high amounts of caffeine and in children it can have side effects such as:
-Increased anxiety
-Mood swings
-Abnormal heart rhythms
Also, the high level of caffeine in energy drinks have negative impact on their sleep. Consumption of energy drink by children especially in high amounts may predispose them to seizure and even sudden death.
Energy drinks may also negatively impact the blood pressure of children. Just don’t give children energy drinks. Don’t. Thank you.
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