Saturday, March 7, 2009

Food Drug Interaction

Common Medication Which Cant Be Taken With High Protein Diet



When high protein diet combine with allopurinol , blood flow to the kidney will increase dramatically. Body excretion will be increased and it lead the drug ineffective for treating the gout.

Brand name Of This Medication : Allorin , Zyloric , Allopurinol

With high protein intake , the blood concentration for propanolol will increase for 2-3 more than usual. It will lead to hypotension , bradycardia. When taking high protein , the dosage for propanolol need to be lowerd down.

Brand name Of This Medication : Inderal , Sorasilol , Angicin , Servanolol

High protein intake will lead to increase hepatic metabolism and theophylline will be excreted out faster than normal (35-40% faster than normal metabolism). This will lead the drug below therapeutic effect due to insufficincy theophylline in the system. Dosage of the theophylline needed to be increased if patient insist to high protein diet

Brand name Of This Medication : Theovent , Neulin Uni-Dur , Uniphyllin

High protein will lead to less absorption of levodopa. It due to metabolism will produce neutral amino acid. This kind of amino acid need to be transported out to the blood stream using the same transporter as levodopa. Eventually , less levodopa will be absorbed in the blood stream compared to normal concentration.

Brand name Of This Medication : Larodopa , Madopar

High protein diet will lead to less absorption into the system and lead this medication ineffective in controlling patient seizure

Brand name Of This Medication : Dilantin m Epileptin


High protein intake will lead to mal-absorption in the body. Compare take vibramycin in stomach , the absorption decrease almost 50%. Less absorption will lead the medication not effective in treating all type of infection.

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