Some medicines, but not Tachipirina, precede the obligation to take sometimes on a full stomach and sometimes not.
This is because some medicines are prescribed on an empty stomach to ensure more effective absorption.
Tachipirina
Changes in the gut with food can limit and therefore affect the effectiveness of these particular medicines. In some cases, food elements such as iron or calcium might bond to chemical structures in medicine.
For example, taking certain medicines while eating can prevent the stomach and intestines from absorbing the medicine, making it less effective.
Alternatively, some foods can to interact with the medicine, increasing or decreasing the amount of the medicine in your blood to potentially dangerous levels or levels that are too low to be effective.
Among the foods or drinks that are able to interact with medicines are:
- grapefruit juice
- blueberry juice
- foods rich in vitamin K, such as green leafy vegetables
- salt substitutes or potassium-rich dietary supplements, such as bananas.
For this reason you should always follow the instructions you receive with the medicine. If you are not sure how to take a specific medicine, it is better to talk to your family doctor or pharmacist.
However, as a general rule, medicines that should be taken on an empty stomach should be taken about one hour before a meal or 2 hours after a meal.
What to do with paracetamol
When a medicine is prescribed a empty stomachthis is done to ensure the most effective absorption.
Changes in the gut with food limit and therefore affect the effectiveness of these particular medicines. In some cases, food elements such as iron or calcium could bind to chemical structures in medicine.
The paracetamol of which Tachipirina is composed, is normally taken in treatment of fever and achesi of mild and medium entity, in both adults and children.
However, paracetamol is not included in NSAIDs (ie non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen or aspirin), which, on the contrary, must be taken on a full stomach. This is because NSAID drugs normally interfere with the cells of the gastric mucosa.
Regardless of the formulation, Tachipirina, whether in suppositories, drops or in buccal tablets, can be taken at empty stomach.
However, the instructions for use recommended in the package leaflet must be respected. Since Tachipirina does not have the same mechanism as NSAIDs, it is not active against inflammation, so we can use it in case of fever, neuralgia or mild and medium pain, however it is not indicated to fight them.
–
—
