Drugs are something that are generally consumed when a person is sick. Have you ever felt it went to the doctor but has not healed as well? Maybe we do not have to say the medicine did not work but look at whether the way to take his medication is correct or not.

Lots of opinions about how to take medication, such as “if you take any medicines should eat rice in advance, do not take medicine with milk, etc.”. Opinions can be true, but many are mistaken.

Although once everyone would have to take medication. But perhaps many do not pay attention to the drugs consumed. Many people take OTC or prescription drugs without concern for potential side effects or contraindications of the drugs taken.

Here are some things to consider in taking medication:

A. Drinking Period
Here it mean when the sick and must take medication three times a day then take her medicine should not be arbitrarily. We often drink alone if remembered, or drinking is not clear when and like to forget. Purpose 3 x 1 tablet a day meant to take his medication every 8 hours, if 2 x 1 tablet means 12-hour drinking. Because in a single day there are 24 hours so divided the number of times drinking. So even though we had to take medication three times a day but the period is not appropriate or even delayed the drug levels would not be effective.

B. Eat before or after eating
“It should be drunk anytime” But on the other hand people wonder, did the drug is safe to drink without eating first. Would not this will affect the stomach and thousands of other questions that arise minds about possible interactions between drugs and foods.

Many people assume that important to drink the medicine I’ve found it’s not as simple. Some drugs have a good absorbsinya stomach if the stomach is empty or filled.

Actually, how food can affect drug action? Drugs administered orally are going through digestive tract first. Therefore the result of drug action in humans is very likely influenced by food or drink is consumed. The mechanism could occur through inhibition of drug absorption or by affecting the activity of enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract, or enzymes in the liver.

There are two possible outcomes of drug interactions and foods. The first food and drug interactions can reduce or even eliminate the efficacy or benefits and the second drug may increase side effects or the effects of the drug itself.

We recommend you read the rules of use carefully, then said to be drunk before meals, drink, drugs means an empty stomach (1 / 2 to 1 hour before meals). Conversely if a written drunk after meals, meaning that when the stomach filled with food drink (finished eating until ½ hour after meals) and there are more drugs taken at meal times.

C. The right dose
That is according to the recommended dose, eg if the drug can be in the form of solution (syrup) in order to drink a teaspoon of meaning not a small tea spoon in our house. Common small spoon in Indonesia is only about 3ml, while the right dose to one teaspoon is 5 mL. Usually the existing drug syrup medicine spoon (tsp) 1 tsp which is equal to 5 mL.

For a large spoon (tablespoon) in our homes may be just around 7 mL, while the right dosage to one tablespoon is 15 mL.

So if the drugs are given is not the right dosage (according to) the administered dose was also not suitable, it could be less or excessive dosage that will ultimately be fatal.