After taking cold medicine can drink milk, milk is rich in nutrients, drink milk during the cold, can enhance the patient’s resistance. But be careful not to drink cold medicine and milk together, try to choose to drink two hours before or two hours after the medicine to reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines.
Calcium ions and iron ions in milk may react chemically with the ingredients in the cold medicine to form precipitate-like substances that are difficult to digest in the gastrointestinal tract, i.e., solid substances, thus affecting the release of the medicine, leading to a decrease in its effectiveness, and more seriously, gallstones or kidney stones may be formed. It is recommended that cold medicines be swallowed with warm water.
Follow your doctor’s advice on what to do while taking cold remedies.