Should babies take anti-inflammatory medicine before or after meals?

Various types of anti-inflammatory drugs are common household medicines and are also commonly used in clinical medicine. Eating spicy food, staying up late, and being sick will all cause you to get inflamed to some extent, and you will need anti-inflammatory drugs. Anti-inflammatory drugs are the same as regular medicines and should be taken 20 to 30 minutes after a meal. The same applies to baby medicines as well, to reduce the irritation to the stomach. This article introduces the time to take anti-inflammatory drugs and the taboo foods. Let’s take a look.

1. Should anti-inflammatory drugs be taken before or after meals?

Most anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken 20 minutes after a meal, but please refer to the instructions of the drug for specific dosage. Note: Most medicines should be taken orally 2 hours after meals to avoid strong irritation to the stomach; however, digestive aids and stomachic drugs should be taken before meals to aid digestion. Anti-inflammatory drugs are not digestive aids or stomachic drugs, and some of them may even cause gastrointestinal reactions, so anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken within 2 hours after a meal.

2. Should anti-inflammatory drugs be taken before or after meals?

1. Penicillins: It is best to take them after meals. Ampicillin should be taken on an empty stomach, while amoxicillin can be taken before or after meals. 2. Cephalosporins: They can be taken before or after meals for older children and adults; but infants and young children should take them on an empty stomach. 3. Macrolides: Erythromycin ethylsuccinate can be taken before or after meals; erythromycin enteric-coated tablets and enteric-coated pills are best taken on an empty stomach; azithromycin capsules should be taken 1 hour before and 2 hours after meals; roxithromycin should be taken before meals. 4. Quinolones: Can be taken before or after meals, but not with dairy products. 5. Tetracyclines: It is best to take it after meals, but not with milk and coffee at the same time. 6. Antifungal drugs: should be taken after meals. 7. Antimycobacterial drugs: It is best to take them on an empty stomach. 8. Antiviral drugs: Zidovudine and lamivudine can be taken before or after meals, while saquinavir should be taken after meals.

3. Should anti-inflammatory drugs be taken before or after meals? What should not be eaten when taking anti-inflammatory drugs?

1. Anti-inflammatory drugs should not be taken with foods such as milk and mung beans as it will affect absorption. In addition, they should not be taken at the same time with live bacteria preparations such as lactase, as antibiotics can kill these live bacteria. 2. Conflict between aspirin and alcohol: Alcohol is first oxidized into acetaldehyde in the body and then becomes acetic acid. Aspirin will hinder the oxidation of acetaldehyde into acetic acid, causing acetaldehyde accumulation in the body, aggravating symptoms such as fever and body pain, and easily causing liver damage. 3. Ibuprofen conflicts with coffee and cola. Ibuprofen (Fenbid) irritates the gastric mucosa, while the caffeine in coffee and the cocaine in cola stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, aggravating the side effects of ibuprofen on the gastric mucosa and even inducing gastric bleeding and gastric perforation. 4. Antibiotics conflict with milk and juice. Do not drink milk or juice 2 hours before or after taking antibiotics, because milk will reduce the activity of antibiotics and make it impossible to fully exert its effect; and the fruit acid rich in juice (especially fresh juice) will accelerate the dissolution of antibiotics, which will not only reduce the efficacy but also may increase toxic side effects.

4 Should anti-inflammatory drugs be taken before or after meals: Precautions for taking anti-inflammatory drugs

1. People with allergies should use antibiotics with caution, and drugs that cause allergies are contraindicated. 2. Macrolides, sulfonamides, anti-tuberculosis and anti-fungal drugs should be used with caution in patients with liver dysfunction. When the latter two are used for a long time, liver function should be checked regularly. Cephalosporins can also damage liver function at higher doses. 3. Elderly and young patients should avoid using nephrotoxic and ototoxic drugs such as gentamicin, streptomycin, and kanamycin. 4. Sulfonamides inhibit thyroid function and are therefore contraindicated in patients with hypothyroidism. 5. If there are no clear signs of infection, the use of antibiotics should be avoided as much as possible to prevent the development of drug resistance (bacteria adapt to and resist drugs) and dual infection (after sensitive bacteria are killed, insensitive bacteria infect the body due to loss of antagonism). 6. While taking antibiotics, especially cephalosporins and ornidazole, you must not drink alcohol, otherwise you will experience a disulfiram-like reaction, heart suppression, and the risk of sudden death.