Health Talk:4 Drinks You Should NEVER Take Your Drugs With

Most people don’t think twice before popping a pill and they even do it as a regular part of their daily routine before and after their meals without knowing that it has serious side effects.


If you are the type that have the habit of taking your drugs during breakfast along with some fruit juices, this could lead to a medicine reaction and studies have found that taking your medicines with some fruit juices can change how the medicine works and prove to be counter-productive as it reduces the effectiveness of drugs.

Below are 4 drinks you should never take your drugs with.

1. Grapefruit juice:

“This juice is known to react differently with different drugs, you may be likely to suffer from the side-effects of the medicines so avoid having grapefruit juice in the morning or with your medicines if you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or heart arrhythmia and studies have found that the medicines prescribed for these conditions could unfavourably interact with grapefruit juice”.


2. Pineapple juice:

“Pineapple contains a compound known as bromelain that could affect the drug’s blood clotting abilities, other than that, bromelain is also known to react with antibiotics and sedative drugs and if you’re suffering from a bacterial infection or on medicines for depression or anxiety, avoid having pineapple juice”.


3. Orange juice:

“If you think it’s safe to have your medicines during breakfast with a glass of orange juice, think again, studies have found that citrus rich juices can also make medicines less effective and researchers advise people against having it with their medicines as orange juice is known to significantly reduce the effectiveness of beta blockers”.

4. Apple juice:

Until recently, researchers were under the impression that only grapefruit juice could interact with medicines but recent studies have found that even apple juice can affect drug absorption, avoid having apple juice or grapefruit juice as these healthy beverages could interfere with the drugs”.