Can I eat oranges while taking anti-inflammatory medicine?

Sometimes drugs will react incompatiblely with food, because it is very likely that the substances in fruits and vegetables will combine with the drugs and react, consuming the effective ingredients of the drugs, reducing the medicinal properties of the drugs and ultimately making them ineffective. So some people feel bitterness in their mouths after taking medicine and want to eat an orange to relieve the pain. Is this the right time? Can I eat oranges after taking anti-inflammatory drugs?

1. You can eat oranges after taking anti-inflammatory drugs.

Oranges will not react with anti-inflammatory drugs to produce substances that are harmful to the body, nor will they affect the efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs and have a negative effect on the treatment of the disease, so you can eat oranges after taking anti-inflammatory drugs.

2. It is better to eat oranges half an hour to an hour after taking anti-inflammatory drugs.

Anti-inflammatory drugs are better absorbed when taken on an empty stomach. Eating oranges will affect the absorption time of the anti-inflammatory drugs to a certain extent. It usually takes half an hour to an hour for anti-inflammatory drugs to be completely absorbed, so it is better to eat oranges half an hour to an hour after taking the anti-inflammatory drugs.

Orange benefits:

1. Oranges can quench thirst and help digestion, relieve gas, and remove greasiness. They are best eaten half an hour after a meal. In addition, oranges have the effect of promoting salivation and quenching thirst. The orange peel is better for strengthening the stomach and removing greasiness. The large amount of vitamins contained in the orange can also help sober up and detoxify.

2. The peel of the anti-emetic sweet orange has a light sweet fragrance and has the effect of inhibiting the motility of gastrointestinal smooth muscles. Therefore, you can also eat some oranges to stop vomiting when you feel nauseous or have stomach discomfort. For example, people with vestibular sensitivity who are prone to motion sickness, or when you have severe early pregnancy reactions, you can carry an orange with you to relieve discomfort.

3. Orange peel has the effect of relaxing the chest, lowering qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It is a good medicine for treating gastrointestinal colds, coughs, loss of appetite, and chest and abdominal pain. Experiments have shown that orange peel contains 0.93% to 1.95% orange peel oil, which is effective for chronic bronchitis and easily accepted by patients. Narcotine contained in sweet orange fruit has an antitussive effect similar to codeine, but without the central nervous system inhibition phenomenon and is non-addictive.

4. The vitamins and gelatin contained in oranges can promote gastrointestinal motility, accelerate the passage of food through the digestive tract, and allow fecal lipids and cholesterol to be excreted faster with feces. It helps to cleanse the intestines and eliminate harmful substances in the body.