INTERACTION OF DRINKING WITH BANANA
Drugs are substances or a combination of materials, including biological products used to affect or investigate physiological systems or pathological conditions in the framework of establishing a diagnosis, prevention, cure, recovery, health promotion and contraception, for humans.
The interaction of drugs and food is a serious problem that needs to be considered, because it can cause reactions to the side effects of these drugs and can also cause less than optimal therapy.
Drug interactions are the main factors that can cause Adverse Drug Interactions. Drug levels that are too high in plasma can cause adverse side effects. Conversely, drug levels that are too low can cause therapy failure. Drug interactions with food can be positive or negative. The risk of drug and food interactions increases if consumed at the same time.
Drug and food interactions are the consequences of a physical, chemical or physiological relationship between drugs and food or nutrients consumed either from food or supplementation. Food-drug interaction is a condition where the nutritional factors contained in food have a significant effect on drug therapy.
The phenomenon of how to take medicine that occurs in most Indonesian people is looking for food or drinks that can help reduce the bitter taste when taking medicine, such as tea, milk, rice, bananas and so on. Even though food or drink that is consumed together with the drug can cause food-drug interactions that can affect the effect of the drug on the body.
The reason why taking medicine shouldn't taste like a banana?
When taking medicine, some people usually use bananas to make it easier to swallow the medicine. In fact, bananas are not recommended for consumption with drugs!
Bananas are an excellent fruit that is often taken with medicine to help swallow and reduce the bitter taste of medicine, especially for some people who cannot take medicine with plain water. Some people use bananas with medicine to make it easier to swallow the medicine.
Basically the drug has a different content - different. The composition of the drug can give a reaction to bananas. This is why you can't take medicine together with bananas. Bananas contain minerals that can interact with drugs.