Cranberry is a miracle fruit for urinary problems. That stands true, but just partially.
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The impact of food/drink/drug interactions reflects differently on each person. It depends on a dose of the drug, of our age, sex, how we are built and generally how healthy our organism is.
It must be said that food/drink/drug interactions can happen to every one of us, but usually the most sensitive groups are children and older people who use several different pills at the same time.
A lot of people know that it is good to drink yoghurt with antibiotics. On the other hand, drinking milk with antibiotic slows down drug absorption which as the side effect decreases the effect of the antibiotic.
Cranberry is a miracle fruit for urinary problems. That stands true, but just partially. People who drink antibiotic for urinary inflammation should not eat or drink cranberry juice at the same time. Cranberry acidulates urine (decreases PH value) which adverse the effect of the antibiotic. Along with antibiotic therapy people should drink a tea for urinary system and only when the therapy is over to continue to drink cranberry juice.
Herb fibres, particularly pectin (a part of the apple skin), slow absorption of most drugs. Since it is very hard to count the names of the drugs named differently from country to country, we will just say that herb fibres interact with some drugs for hearth diseases and some pain killers.
Cheddar and parmesan, the sort of cheese, can block effect of antidepressants. For the same reason it is good to avoid milk products, chilli peppers, herring, codfish and chicken liver. Boiled or roasted vegetables, an onion for example, may increase effect of some drugs.
Grapefruit is the king of food/drink/drug interactions. It interacts with drugs for high cholesterol, allergies and depression, high blood pressure, pain and impotency, and drugs for healing cancer... Grapefruit is very specific. Some of grapefruit's ingredients disintegrate through liver's enzyme making which makes our liver overworked and it can't disintegrate drugs properly. Because of that the higher amounts of the drug enter our blood and the drug that should heal us becomes the poison.
People who drink antibiotic and consume grapefruit can suffer of infection longer than usual and necessary. Contraceptive pills and grapefruit also don't go together.
Generally speaking about drugs and what to drink with them, the answer is always the clean water from a pipe. Not a mineral water but natural water, not a fruit juices but, again, the natural water.
Ask your doctor for an advice what to eat and drink and what to avoid while you are on therapy. ■
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Cranberry is a miracle fruit for urinary problems. That stands true, but just partially. People who drink antibiotic for urinary inflammation should not eat or drink cranberry juice at the same time. Cranberry acidulates urine (decreases PH value) which adverse the effect of the antibiotic. Along with antibiotic therapy people should drink a tea for urinary system and only when the therapy is over to continue to drink cranberry juice. 
Grapefruit is the king of food/drink/drug interactions. It interacts with drugs for high cholesterol, allergies and depression, high blood pressure, pain and impotency, and drugs for healing cancer... Grapefruit is very specific. Some of grapefruit's ingredients disintegrate through liver's enzyme making which makes our liver overworked and it can't disintegrate drugs properly. Because of that the higher amounts of the drug enter our blood and the drug that should heal us becomes the poison.