ISLAMABAD: People begin their day with coffee because it serves as their essential morning beverage. However, people who drink coffee need to know that their common practice will produce unexpected results which will interfere with their body’s medication effects.
Medical specialists say that coffee can interact with a wide range of medications, which include cold and flu treatments and thyroid disorder medications and heart disease treatments and pain management drugs and mental health medications.
The combination of coffee with these treatments will lead to two outcomes which include diminished drug effectiveness and heightened likelihood of experiencing adverse reactions.
Caffeine constitutes the primary reason because it interacts with drugs to produce different effects which alter how the body processes these substances.
Cold and flu medicines
The body needs caffeine to function because it drives the nervous system to operate, while common cold and flu remedies provide identical effects. The combination of these substances will produce symptoms which include rapid heartbeat, anxiety, headaches, restlessness and sleep problems.
Thyroid medications
Levothyroxine and other low thyroid treatment medications do not provide complete absorption when taken with coffee. The treatment becomes less effective because this process interferes with medication intake which creates treatment failure.
Mental health medications
Coffee consumption blocks the body from absorbing antidepressant medication which leads to diminished treatment effectiveness and increased treatment risks.
Painkillers
Caffeine already exists in various pain relief medications that include aspirin and paracetamol. The combination of coffee with these medications will create two dangerous outcomes which include stomach irritation and internal bleeding.
Heart and blood pressure medicines
Coffee consumption causes temporary blood pressure elevation which results in increased heart rate. The body responds to these changes by decreasing the effects of heart disease medicines and hypertension drugs.
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