Available for Interviews: John Rodriguez, MD
Dr. John Rodriguez is a Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare2U and is passionate about the care provided to their patients. He manages all the care providers in Healthcare2U’s network of clinics and oversees care protocols and training.
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How to Optimally Take Your Medication:
Sometimes when you take medication, you’ll notice it takes longer to kick in. This is due to various factors, but a study1 done by Johns Hopkins University revealed that there are certain ways to take pills that work faster and better.
A few factors that affect how quickly
the medication you take is absorbed:
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- Posture: The study found that the best posture for the quickest absorption of medication is leaning to your right. Through a computer simulation, researchers were able to surmise that taking pills while lying on or leaning to the right side made the drugs travel into the “deepest part of the computer stomach” and dissolved twice as fast as taking pills upright in a sitting position.
- How much liquid, gas, and food you have in your stomach: Research shows that certain foods and liquids can alter the effects of the medications you take. Liquids such as grapefruit and cranberry juice, foods that are high in vitamin K, like leafy greens, salt substitutes, or foods that are potassium-rich, like bananas. In some cases, these can neutralize the effect of certain medications.2
Whatever medications you take, you should carefully read the directions or consult with your doctor if you’re unsure of the proper way to take them. Your doctor will be able to advise you best on what medications have certain requirements, as each can come with its own set of specific instructions.
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Interview: John Rodriguez, MD
Dr. John Rodriguez is a Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare2U and is passionate about the care provided to their patients. He manages all the care providers in Healthcare2U’s network of clinics and oversees care protocols and training.
Dr. Rogriguez co-founded Healthcare2U to ensure that organizations of all sizes and structures have unlimited, nationwide access to affordable and consistent primary and urgent care. He has over 20 years of experience working in private practice as an attending physician with one of the most prestigious healthcare systems in the country, Baylor Health Care Systems. Dr. Rodriguez and his company have been featured on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends and in publications like BenefitsPro, America’s Benefit Specialist, and Broker World.
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Sources
- Computational modeling of drug dissolution in the human stomach: Effects of posture and gastroparesis on drug bioavailability: Physics of Fluids: Vol 34, No 8 (scitation.org)
- Why must some medicines be taken on an empty stomach? – NHS (www.nhs.uk)