Healthy Living
Avoiding Food And Drug Interactions
What you eat or drink may delay, accelerate, decrease or increase drug absorption. Beware of consuming large amounts of:
Dairy products - Calcium-containing foods can decrease the effect of certain antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan), levofloxacin (Levaquin) and doxycycline. They also can interfere with the thyroid replacement drug levothyroxine (Synthroid, Levothroid, others(
Source: "Health Tips: Avoiding Food And Drug Interaction." Mayo Clinic Health Letter (January 2011), p.3.
See last November, 2013 for a discussion of Grapefruit and next month for more on the subject.
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