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Food-Drug Timing

Generic Name	Brand Name	Effect	Action
Alendronate	Fosamax	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 2 hours prior to a meal.
Cefaclor	Ceclor	Decreased Peak Concentration	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Ciprofloxacin	Cipro	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Deferasirox	Exjade	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 30 minutes before eating.
Dexamethasone	Decadron	Food Decreases stomach upset	Take with meals.
Didanosine	Videx	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Etidronate	Didronel	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Take 2 hours prior to a meal.
Glipizide	Glucotrol	Delayed Absorption with food	Take 1/2 hour before meal.
Ferrous Salts	Fer-in-sol, Feosol	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Avoid giving with dairy products.
Fludrocortisone	Florinef	Food Decreases stomach upset	Take with meals.
Hydralazine	Apresoline	Decreased Absorption with enteral feeds	Hold tube feeding 1 hour before and 1 hour after dose.
Indinavir	Crixivan	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Isoniazid	INH	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Itraconazole, capsules	Sporanox	Increased Absorption with food	Take with meals.
Itraconazole, solution	Sporanox	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Levothyroxine	Synthroid	Decreased Absorption with enteral feeds	Hold tube feeding 1 hour before and 1 hour after dose.
Lincomycin	Lincocin	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Lithium	Lithonate, Eskalith	Increased Absorption with food	Take with meals.
Mebendazole	Vermox	Increased Absorption with food	Take with meals.
Methylprednisolone	Medrol	Food Decreases stomach upset	Take with meals.
Minocycline	Minocin	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Nitazoxanide	Alinia	Increased Absorption with food	Take with food.
Nitrofurantoin	Furadantin	Increased Absorption with food	Take with meals.
Norfloxacin	Noroxin	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Penicillamine		Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Penicillin	Pen-Vee-K, Veetids	Decreased Peak Concentration	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Phenytoin	Dilantin	Decreased Absorption with enteral feeds	Hold tube feeding 1 hour before and 1 hour after dose.
Prednisolone	Prelone	Food Decreases stomach upset	Take with meals.
Prednisone	Deltasone	Food Decreases stomach upset	Take with meals.
Rifampin	Rifadin	Decreased Peak Concentration	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Sodium Fluoride		Luride	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Tetracycline	Sumycin	Decreased Absorption with dairy	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.
Zafirlukast	Accolate	Decreased Absorption with food	Take 1 hour prior to meals or 2 hours after.

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NOTE: These lists of drugs include only drugs that have been or are currently on The Children's Medical Center of Dayton formulary. The absence of a drug on this list does not necessarily mean that it has no drug-food interactions.

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