Q: Is it safe to take medicines with tea or just before tea? I am on heavy medication at the moment and have to take many medicines daily. Is it ok to take different kinds of prescribed medicine at the same time?

A:In general, there is no problem if medicines are taken with or before tea. However, taking all medicines at the same time is a different issue. Certain medicines are to be taken before food, others with meals, some 2 hours after meals etc. Besides, there could be drug to drug interactions. We will need to know the names of the mdicines to give specific reply.