The amazing benefits of drinking milk before taking medicine

In daily life, there are many medication habits and reminders that we need to pay attention to. Because only by truly achieving scientific and rational use of drugs in multiple aspects can we truly guarantee the health and safety of life. We know that medicine is usually taken with water, but most people may not know that before taking certain medicines, you can drink a glass of milk to "fill your stomach".

As we all know, milk is a protein-containing food with high nutritional value. And there is data showing that when we are using certain special medicines, if we drink some milk appropriately, it can help us prevent the medicine from damaging our stomach.

When using antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen, or glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone, dexamethasone, cortisone, it is easy to cause damage to the gastric mucosa, and sometimes even cause inflammation or ulcers in the human body. In addition to these two types of drugs, there are other drugs that can cause gastric mucosal damage, such as digitalis, iodine, tetracycline, reserpine, etc. At this time, if you drink a glass of milk before taking the medicine, the milk will form a special protective film on the surface of the gastric mucosa of the human body, thereby playing a role in protecting the gastric mucosa.

However, although proper milk can protect the gastric mucosa and prevent drugs from damaging the stomach, experts tell us that there are certain rules for drinking milk. Generally, it is not suitable to drink milk while taking medication. This is mainly because when the medicine and milk are mixed together, milk will also form a protective film on the surface of the medicine, just like it forms on the gastric mucosa. Such a film will tightly wrap the medicine, thereby hindering the release of the active ingredients of the medicine, thereby affecting the efficacy of the medicine. In addition, some drugs may interact with milk when used at the same time, such as tetracycline antibiotics, iron supplements, cardiotonic drugs, anti-Parkinson's drugs, antihypertensive drugs, antipsychotic drugs, etc.

Finally, a reminder: the temperature of the milk should be appropriate, not too hot nor too cold, to prevent excessively high or low temperatures from irritating the stomach. Of course, once significant gastrointestinal symptoms appear, simply drinking a glass of milk is unlikely to have any significant effect. At this time, we should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible and seek help from a doctor.

For those who need to use stomach-damaging medications for a long time, it is recommended that they drink an appropriate amount of milk 1-2 hours after taking the medication. This not only ensures the efficacy of the drug, but also prevents damage to the gastric mucosa to a certain extent, killing two birds with one stone.