Abstract
In general, drug interaction means interplay between one drug and the other drugs. Recently, attention has been drawn to the significance of interaction between drugs and
foods.
When one considers the effect of foods on drug administration, drug absorption, metabolic steps, rate of excretion and pharmacological active metabolites must be borne in mind.
In some cases, even similar drugs are differently affected by foods depending upon drug characteristics and physical and physiological properties such as irritation to stomach.
As stated above, there are various causes for the effect of food on drug administration and these causes are getting more and more complicated.
At this stage, we collected the articles about influence of foods on drugs from journals and member magazines and then they were summarized in order to guide patients to proper administration of the drugs.
