When Is The Right Time To Take The Medicine ?

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After you get a medicine from pharmacy store, you will get some advices when you can consume the medicine and the frequency or intensity of the medicine you must take. For example pharmacist tell you to take the medicine three times daily after meal (3 x sehari setelah makan) or three times daily before meal, can you get the difference ? What is the meaning of after meal and before meal ?

Medicine is a chemist substances that have therapeutic effect. Therapeutic effect of the medicine could be decreased or increased by the foods. Why ? Yeah, because the medicine can interact with foods so the absorption of the medicine could be affected. So, when is the right time to take the medicine ? After meal means you must take the medicine instantaneous after meal. But if you take the medicine 2 hours after meals, the foods in your stomach's been proceed and absorbed, this condition likes when you take the medicine before meal because your stomach is empty. What about before meal ? Before meal means you must take the medicine when your stomach's empty.

For example an antibiotic erythromycin and ampicillin and an analgesic paracetamol will be absorbed well when there is no food in your stomach or when it's empty. So, these medicines are better taken before meal. An antiepileptic fenitoin or antihypertention propanolol will be absorbed well when there is some food in your stomach. So, these medicines are better taken after meal. Some medicine can irritate your because usually this medicine is acid, and it will have a role to 

Knowing the right tome to take the medicine is an important thing. So, don't be pretend you don't know it ! Ask the pharmacist to help you..

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