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Don't mix these drugs with other things that are hard on your stom- ach, particularly coffee, fruit juices or alcohol. Anti-coagulants. The drug warfarin (Coumadin, Panwar- fin, Sofarin) is frequently prescribed to stop the develop- ment of blood clots. Besides broccoli, other foods rich in vitamin K, including turnip greens, lettuce and cabbage, can handily undo the usefulness of the drug. If you're taking such drugs, eat no more than a few helpings of these foods a week and avoid vitamin K supplements. Asthma medications. A bal- anced*diet is important while taking the standard asthma drug, theophylline. According to one study, children wheez- ed more often when the drug was combined with a high- protein diet. Many asthmatics now take a kind of theophylline designed to disperse throughout the bo'dy slowly over the course of a day. When this drug is taken with food, however, par- ticularly fatty foods, a large proportion of the whole day's dosage can rush into the body at once. This phenomenon, known as dose-dumping, can cause irregular heartbeat and even convulsions. Unless your physician advises otherwise, take the drug with water on an empty stomach. Alcohol. You'd be wise to ask your doctor or pharmacist how any drug you take gets along with alcohol. If in doubt, don't drink. Here's just a sampler of the trouble alcohol can cause: It can add dangerously to the effect of barbiturate sedatives. Com- bined with nitroglycerin, often prescribed for heart pa- tients, it can lower blood pressure to dangerous levels, causing dizziness and even unconsciousness. With aspi- rin, it can cause excessive stomach bleeding. In com- bination with the diabetic drug chlorpropamide (Diabi- nese, Glucamide), it can cause nausea and flushing — as the elderly dinner party guest was surprised to find out. • When you get a new pre- scription, ask your doctor or pharmacist about any possi- ble food interactions — par- ticularly for long-term drugs. If you follow a non-standard diet — the Pritikin very-low- fat diet, for instance, or a high-calcium diet for osteopo- rosis — mention it to your prescribing physician. Tell your doctor if a drug seems to upset your stomach or seems to have an erratic effect. If you take more than one drug — including over-the- counter potions like antacids or laxatives — let the pre- scribing doctor know about all of them. If you're taking a drug without any problems, don't suddenly change the time you take it in relation to your meals. And tell your physi- cian if you plan to change your diet dramatically. This includes cutting back on cal- ories, fat or protein; stopping or starting vitamins; chang- ing the amount of fiber in your diet; and dramatically increasing or decreasing your intake of a particular food. If you are over 65, follow the above instructions rigorously. It's easy to confuse the symp- toms of drug-induced nutri- tional deficiencies lethargy, bone pain, confusion — with vague signs of old age. ❑ Reprinted from IN HEALTH magazine. Copyright 1990. Setting Fitness Goals It's lunchtime and you have to attend a meeting rather than your regular fitness workout. You think it doesn't matter because you can always exercise tomorrow. But tomorrow comes and you have too much work to do. More days go by and you haven't worked out; something keeps getting in the way. You really enjoy your exercise time and how you feel afterwards, but you just do not understand why you are not as motivated as you once were. Any number of factors can contribute to changing fitness habits, reports the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. One possibility is that you did not establish a clear direction or goal for your program. Realistic goals pro- vide focus to an exercise pro- gram.They help you get from where you are to where you want to be. The goal setting process is the same for physical fitness as it is for personal and pro- fessional development. At- tainable goals help you understand what it is possible out of many available options. Establishing goals brings in- to focus how your current fitness status relates to your ideal.