taking tablets with liquids other than water...

[joko]

they usually say take with water...but is there any reason why you couldnt take them with say tea, or lemonade, or milk etc

i understand heat might affect some...but isnt it just liquid to help it go down?

also with soluble tablets...in the past i have dissolved say cocodamol or berrocca in lemonade as ive had nothing else available and seems to be fine...but is it?

could the sugar have an effect?

thanks

[ummmm]

I thought they just put water as that's the liquid that's available at all times.

[sandyRoe]

I think grapefruit juice can have a harmful reaction with some medications. I take tablets for high blood pressure and on one of the packets it warns against drinking that juice. I never liked it, so no problem.

[ChuckFickens]

grapefruit juice effects the ability of the intestine to absorb some medications. (and somewhat counter intuitively, this results in a higher level of the drug in the bloodstream!)

[Mamyalynne]

As long as there are no contraindications, such as stated above with grapefruit juice, then any liquid will do. I often take soluble paracetamol in diluted squash.

[askyourgran]

Headwreck there a certain fruit juices that cannot be drunk while taking certain tablets, the most likely ones are grapefruit and cranberry. I couldn't eat rhubarb when I was taking Calcium and Vitamin D tablets for osteopena. Google it if you need to know which ones. By all accounts these fruit juices double the effects of the tablets.

[Sqad]

ANY fluid will do. No big deal.
If you are taking BP lowering (Calcium channel blockers or cholesterol lowering drugs, don´t take with grapefruit juice)