Like Coffee? What You Need to Know About Coffee & Meds
My husband showed me an article on coffee and how drinking coffee can adversely affect the medications you may be taking. Many Americans are on medications and probably give little thought as to how their morning cup of coffee might affect their medications. And there are ways to still enjoy your coffee and avoid those coffee-drug interactions? In what ways might coffee interfere with prescription medications? Absorption: Coffee can interfere with the absorption of a medication. Metabolism Changes: Coffee needs some liver enzymes for metabolism and these liver enzymes may also be needed to metabolize a medication. This can lead to the levels of medication potentially increasing or decreasing in the bloodstream. Blood Sugar: Coffee, especially if mixed with sugar and/or milk, can affect blood sugar levels which can make it harder to manage diabetes. Drug interactions: ...