the best time to take a medication

October 2011

Patients often ask about the best time to take a medication.

Timing is everything. Taking certain meds at the wrong time could cause them to be less effective...or cause unwanted side effects.

Taking some meds WITH food helps minimize side effects. For example, food reduces stomach irritation from ibuprofen...nausea from oxycodone...flushing from niacin...and stomach upset from prednisone.

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Med Administration the best time to take a medication
Insulin avoiding mishaps when dispensing insulin
Opioids two new opioid formulations, Oxecta and Lazanda
Antidepressants citalopram doses should not exceed 40 mg/day for anyone...or 20 mg/day for most patients over age 60
Influenza a LESS concentrated Tamiflu (oseltamivir) suspension and the first INTRADERMAL influenza vaccine
Interactions confusion over interaction alerts between oral potassium chloride (Micro-K, etc) and certain INHALED meds (Spiriva, etc)
Depression Rxs for the medical food, Deplin, for depression
Allergic Reactions serious allergic reactions to the antipsychotic, Saphris (asenapine)
Nausea & Vomiting what works for motion sickness
Antibiotics which oral doxycycline product to dispense
Diabetes whether NON-oral corticosteroids (fluticasone, triamcinolone, hydrocortisone, etc) can cause high blood sugar
Anticoagulants dispensing oral "anticoagulant" blood thinners...Coumadin, Pradaxa, and Xarelto

the best time to take a medication

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