Does it matter how you take your medications, just as long as you take them?!
Question: It absolutely matters. Some medications are more effective when they are taken at bed time. With others, it is important that they be taken with food. Some are ok to take once a day, others need to be spaced throughout the day. There are so many things that need to be taken into consideration. If you are having trouble taking your medications as scheduled, talk with your doctor about it. It is possible that he or she could work something out with a different medication, or schedule.
Answers: It absolutely matters. Some medications are more effective when they are taken at bed time. With others, it is important that they be taken with food. Some are ok to take once a day, others need to be spaced throughout the day. There are so many things that need to be taken into consideration. If you are having trouble taking your medications as scheduled, talk with your doctor about it. It is possible that he or she could work something out with a different medication, or schedule.
You should follow the prescription to a T. It will be your best bet.
It matters. You shouln't take them all at once. For example say I have two perscriptions. They both say to take one dose every 4 hours. I'd pick one to take first, then take it. Then I'd wait an hour the take the other. Hope this helps. ^_^
boomer gal is right, and here's a couple more things. It might matter what kind of food and medicine you do take with your pills. Some foods can slow the med down, some might speed it up. Some block the med almost totally, some react in bad ways.
Grapefruit juice is one that needs to be checked out before drinking it when you are on certain meds.
Antacids might be a problem.
Eating green leafy vegatables with warfarin [coumadin] can make it much less effective.
And taking aged foods, like cheese with lithium isn't good.
Go to NIH.gov, and choose Medine to look up your meds. and while you are on nih, look up the illness that is being treated by the med.