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1NEWS, Bandung —
Taking medicine has been advised to use water, not tea water. Actually, there are many doctors and hospitals that do not allow patients to drink medicine using tea, especially green tea. But somehow there are still many who do it for various reasons.
In fact, in digestion, the caffeine compounds contained in tea can bind to medicinal chemicals, causing the drug to be difficult to digest. The effect of drug interactions with caffeine can reduce the effectiveness of the drug in the body.
In addition, caffeine can easily stimulate the central nervous system, causing nervousness, stomach pain, difficulty concentrating, difficulty sleeping, increased heart rate, and increased blood pressure.
This side effect of caffeine also inhibits the drug from working effectively in the body to target the source of the disease.
The caffeine content in green tea (which is higher than other types of tea) which interacts with these powerful drugs can make the heart beat faster, increasing blood pressure.
There are types of drugs that are commonly consumed by the public and should not be taken with tea. The following types of drugs should be taken together with water.
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