Food to Drug Interactions

Question 1

Advise patients not to drink or eat grapefruit with

Answer 1

calcium channel blockers, statins, antihistmaine, corticosteroids, macrolides, carbamazepine, amiodarone, and quinidine

grapefruit interfers with the small intestine enzyme CYP3A4

Question 1

Advise patients not to drink alcohol when taking

Answer 1

metronidazole

will cause severe vomiting, patients need to wait 48 hours after completion of medicaiton before drinking alcohol

Question 2

advise patients not to eat large amounts of foods containing vitamin K when taking

Answer 2

warfarin

they can have small quanities occasionally

Question 3

advise patients taking MAOIs to avoid these foods

Answer 3

aged cheese, cured/smoked meats, soybeans, beer, liqueurs, and red wines, pickled/fermentd foods, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, dried or overrippened fruits

any food that contains Tyramine, the interaction will be severe hypertension

Question 4

Fluroquinolones and tertacyclines should not be taken with

Answer 4

dairy products such as milk, yogurt or cheese

it will decrease the amount of medication in the bloodstream

Question 5

advise an alcoholic to avoid taking this drug while drinking

Answer 5

acetaminophen

the combination increases a risk for toxicity

Question 6

the combination of SSRIs and alcohol increase the risk for

Answer 6

GI bleeds