Attention patients with high blood pressure! Taiwan Food and Drug Administration compiles three major dietary taboos. Bananas and durians are on the list?!
Most people must have a lot of medicines at home, such as topical skin ointments, long-term antihypertensive drugs for chronic disease patients, and even buccal tablets for cancer patients, etc. However, these commonly used drugs also have “contraindications”!
For example, can’t you take bananas and grapefruit at the same time as you take antihypertensive drugs? Is this information correct? What should patients with hypertension pay attention to in their diet and medication? The Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration specially launched the “Drug Caution Special” for this purpose, and invited pharmacist Wu Houze from the community pharmacy to provide further explanations to the public.
Will eating bananas increase the burden on the kidneys if you have high blood pressure? Adding kimchi to hot pot may make blood pressure medicine “ineffective”?
When patients with high blood pressure consume too much sodium, water retention in the body will increase blood volume, which may cause blood pressure to rise, making blood pressure-lowering drugs unable to achieve the desired effect. In this regard, Pharmacist Wu suggested that patients with high blood pressure should eat less high-sodium foods such as smoked foods, processed cans, pickles, seasonings, and hot pot soups.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration stated that people taking three types of antihypertensive drugs: “potassium-sparing diuretics”, “angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors”, and “vasotoxin receptor blockers” will also reduce potassium ions in the body. Excretion will increase blood potassium. Therefore, when patients with high blood pressure and kidney disease take the above drugs, they should pay attention to high-potassium foods (such as bananas, seaweed, raisins, enoki mushrooms, water spinach, spinach, sugar apples, durian, dried longan, etc. ) intake to avoid increasing the burden on the kidneys and causing hyperkalemia, which may lead to symptoms such as muscle weakness and arrhythmia. The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration reminds that not all patients with high blood pressure cannot eat bananas. This is mainly related to the medicines they take. If the public has any concerns, they can consult a pharmacist or doctor to ensure the safety of medication.
In addition, some patients with high blood pressure believe that the sodium content in table salt should be reduced, so they choose low-sodium thin-salt soy sauce or low-sodium salt. In this regard, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration stated that most low-sodium products on the market use potassium instead of sodium. For patients taking the above three types of antihypertensive drugs, it may cause hyperkalemia and increase the occurrence of adverse drug reactions.
Grapefruit can worsen blood pressure medication side effects! Taiwan Food and Drug Administration urges: Don’t use “these drinks” to swallow medicines
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration explains to the public the interaction between “grapefruit” and lowering blood pressure: Grapefruit and grapefruit juice contain furanocoumarin derivatives, which inhibit the metabolism of the CYP3A4 enzyme. Since many drugs are metabolized by this enzyme, such as calcium channel blockers and antihypertensive drugs, Pharmacist Wu reminded that patients with high blood pressure who take these drugs may increase the blood concentration of the drugs if they eat grapefruit while taking the drugs. , and increase the chance of side effects, such as flushing, headache, tachycardia, and in severe cases, hypotension. In addition, grapefruit inhibits drug metabolism for several hours or even two or three days, and it cannot be completely avoided even if the drug is taken at intervals.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration reminds the public to take medicine with warm water and not to swallow medicine with grapefruit juice, tea, milk, etc., unless the medicine bag is specially marked to avoid adverse reactions. Finally, it is recommended that people measure their blood pressure regularly in the morning and evening. If they change their diet, add or remove medicines and health care products, they should pay attention to changes in blood pressure.
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