Many people take dietary supplements daily, believing they provide essential vitamins and minerals. The newspaper "Sada" highlighted several supplements that should not be taken alongside medications due to the risk of serious complications or interference with the drug's action. Here are the details:
1. **Fish Oil Supplements**: When taken with blood pressure-lowering medications, they can enhance the effects of these drugs, potentially causing dangerously low blood pressure. Additionally, combining them with blood-thinning medications may lead to bleeding.
2. **Calcium**: Its negative effects occur when taken with bone medications, and it also adversely affects blood pressure medications, certain antibiotics, and thyroid hormone medications.
3. **Vitamin D**: It reduces the efficacy of some high blood pressure medications, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and diuretics, potentially leading to significantly elevated calcium levels in the body.
4. **Zinc**: When taken with antibiotics, it hinders the body's ability to absorb both the supplements and the antibiotics. It's recommended to take antibiotics 2-6 hours after zinc supplements and to take zinc at least two hours before rheumatoid arthritis medications.
5. **Calcium and Magnesium**: They should not be taken together as this may reduce their efficiency and effectiveness, as well as the body's ability to absorb them. It is advisable to separate these two by at least two hours.
6. **Zinc and Copper**: Zinc negatively impacts the body's ability to absorb copper. It is best not to take zinc supplements without consulting a doctor. If both need to be taken daily, a separation of at least two hours is recommended.
7. **Iron and Tea**: Green or black tea can hinder the absorption of iron. It is suggested to maintain a gap of at least two hours between tea and iron supplements.
8. **Potassium and Calcium**: Taking them together may result in inefficient absorption. It is advisable to keep a gap of several hours between their intake.
