7 Medications You Should Never Take With Milk

Milk is an excellent source of calcium, but it can interfere with how certain medications work.

Here are seven medications that can interact with milk and timing tips to help ensure your medicine works as intended.

1. Tetracycline antibiotics

Milk can lower the absorption of these antibiotics because calcium binds to the medicine in the stomach. With older tetracyclines, absorption can drop by 50% to 90%, which can also make the medicine not work.

Doxycycline is less affected , but absorption can still drop by 30% to 40%, which can matter for certain infections.

To avoid this, don’t take tetracyclines with dairy . Wait one hour before or two hours after consuming dairy or calcium-fortified drinks and foods to ensure proper absorption.

2. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics

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