Do acidic drinks destroy pills?

Question

I have heard that when you take vitamins or meds with acidic beverages, such as OJ, the acids dissolve the pill before it can react with your body. Is this true?

Answer 1

maybe in some cases, i cant think of any off the top of my head, except for the type of pills that dissolve on your tougne or in your cheek and things like nicotine gum. in some cases the extra acidity might even help your body absorb more of it. generally though your stomach is more acidic than most stuff youd drink, so its not much of a worry unless it says on the bottle or you were specifically told not to drink some products. vitamins though on the other hand will bind to certain drugs (most notably many types of antibiotics) so its best to space those a couple hours

Answer 2

Only in some cases. For example washing down a vitamin-c vitamin with OJ wont have any ill effects on the vitamin-c for obviuos reasons; however, there are many prescription drugs, particularly blood pressure meds, that are destroyed by grapefruit juice specifically because of the chemical properties of that particular class of meds.

Answer 3

Well.....i don't think so...when the fizzy drink comes to your stomach in the same time with the pill,i think it can't destroy the pill because the gas can not stay 4 a long time in ur stomach near the pill,the gas draw out from your body in the air ...so u can stay calm...:-*

Answer 4

There are only a few that that happens with and it states so clearly on the bottle.
Acids generally help pills get absorbed better.

Answer 5

Yes, some pills are not to be taken with Orange or Grapefruit juice. That is totally correct.

Answer 6

I'm not sure, but all the pill bottles do say take with water. May be it does in some cases.

Answer 7

it does not sound likely.