Depends on the medication. Some need to be taken with nothing in the stomach because it could cause problems with the esophagus, some can't be taken with certain metals in the intestines, some have different absorptions if you eat something with fat... pretty much, it all depends on the actual medication.
Vance County, North Carolina (NC) County population in 2014: 44,614 (46% urban, 54% rural); it was 42,954 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 6,588. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,177. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 10,726.
Gaston County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 206,086. The county seat is Gastonia. Dallas served as the original county seat from 1846 until 1911. Gaston County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the third largest county in the metropolitan area, behind Mecklenburg County and York County, SC. It is located in the southern Piedmont region. Of North Carolina's one hundred counties, Gaston County ranks 74th in size, consisting of approximately 364.5 square miles (944 km2), and is seventh in population.