Module 1
Module 1
Module 1
Made by: KAVJ
Fruit juices
• Grapefruit + Cilostazol (Clazol) (blood thinner) =
Purpura (blood vessels burst and leak under the skin)
or bleeding
• Grapefruit + Aspirin (antithrombotic) = Purpura
(blood vessels burst and leak under the skin) or
bleeding
Statins
• Lovastatin (cholesterol lowering) = WITH food
• Rosuvastatin (antihyperlipidemic) = WITHOUT food
Antibiotics
• Ciprofloxacin = WITHOUT food (calcium and
magnesium)
NSAIDs
• Advil, Naproxen = WITH food
• Paracetamol = WITHOUT food
General Rules:
✓ Follow the instructions you receive with your medicine
✓ Medicines that are supposed to be taken on an empty
stomach should be taken about an hour before a meal
or 2 hours after a meal
✓ Forgetting these instructions on rare occasions is
unlikely to do any harm, but taking these medicines
with food regularly may mean they don’t work