1. Antacid (e.g Mis mag) & any other drug most especially tetracyclines & Magnesium supplements. 2. If you are taking drugs to reduce BP don’t take NSAIDs. 3. Thyroid hormone and Omeprazole 4. Grape juice and any other drug👇🏿
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5. Antibiotics and diary products like milk. 6. Trimethoprim and anti-hypertensive agents. 7. Clarithromycin and Amlodipine. 8. Warfarin and NSAIDs (e.g Indomethacin, Ibuprofen, Diclofenac).
Using the above drugs concomitantly can result in drug interactions, which may either lessen the effects of the drugs or worsen the condition in which the drug is to treat or create another problem for the patient.
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In a comment section on IG a girl said she uses Ciprofloxacin for her period cramps.
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic and in no way indicated for period cramps. Menstrual cramps is not an infection that you are treating with antibiotics...👇🏿
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This is totally a bad practice and not advisable.
On the long run that can lead to antibiotic resistance.
1. Use heat. 2. Avoid sugar, carbonated beverages,alcohol and caffeine/coffee. Also cut on salts. 3. Reduce stress. 4. Drink loads of water. 5. Exercise regularly. 6. Vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids are helpful. 👇🏿
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7. Massage with essential oils. 8. If the pain is still severe you can use an NSAID, preferably piroxicam, it is more effective in handling menstrual cramps. Don’t take more than 40mg in a day and make sure to take it with food as it can irritate the stomach.
-Use heating pad (which you can order online) but if you can’t, get a cloth, soak it in hot water (not too hot) press the water out and keep the cloth on your lower abdomen.
Substitute cold water with warm water it will help your body better deal with the menstrual cramps.
Mrs A (real name withheld) who has come of age, was not feeling so good about herself, she was feeling weak, and so fatigued, so she went to the hospital to see a doctor, she told the doctor how she felt and he ran a test, he said she had hyperglycemia...
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...(high blood sugar, i.e diabetes), so he gave her Metformin and Glibenclamide, she went home, took the drugs and slept, one of her sons who was also a doctor but wasn’t in town called and asked of his mom, his brothers said she was fine, that she went to the hospital and...
the doctor gave her drugs, he asked which drugs, he was told, “metformin and glibenclamide”, he was alarmed immediately, he said their mother doesn’t have diabetes that those drugs wasn’t supposed to be given to her. He asked where their mother was, he was told she was sleeping,