now it is in the season of communication in spring and summer. The weather is cold and hot. They often wear short sleeves at noon and have to return sweaters at night. Such weather is easy to make people sick. Most young people go to pharmacies to buy some medicine and take it at home. However, most people don’t pay much attention to the problem of safe drug use, which will not only affect the condition, but also have hidden dangers to health. The method of taking drugs is an important issue that needs to be paid attention to as well as the side effects of drugs. If the way and time are not correct and the collocation with diet is unreasonable, it is not conducive to the exertion of efficacy, but also may lead to all kinds of unexpected dangers. Let’s take a look with you.
Drink medicine with hot water
many people like to take medicine with hot water when taking medicine. They think it is good for their health to take medicine and drink hot water when they are ill. In fact, this is not good. When taking medicine with particularly hot water, some drugs that are particularly sensitive to temperature will lose their original activity, such as some drugs containing enzymes, some live vaccines, etc., so it is best to take it with warm boiled water as far as possible.
break the capsule and take
some people feel that their disease is very serious. When they see the capsule prescribed by the doctor, they break the capsule and take it in order to speed up their recovery. In fact, this does not necessarily make the body absorb drugs quickly, but will have the opposite effect.
drugs are made into capsules because they may have strong irritation. Making capsules can alleviate the stimulation to organs. In addition, some drugs may act on the intestines rather than the stomach. Making enteric coated capsules can make the drugs reach the therapeutic organs faster and more accurately and accelerate the rehabilitation of patients. Therefore, it is not advisable to break off the capsules.
Drinking after taking medicine
for some men who like drinking, we must pay attention. If they take medicine in recent days, they should learn to refuse drinking. Because alcohol and many drugs will have special reactions. For example, alcohol and cephalosporin will produce disulfiram like reactions, mild nausea and vomiting, severe gastrointestinal bleeding, shock and even life-threatening.
don’t pay attention to the time of taking medicine
most people think that taking medicine is based on the time of three meals. In fact, the drug has a half-life, which refers to the time taken for the concentration of the drug in the blood to be reduced to half, generally referring to six to eight hours. Therefore, you can take it again after taking medicine for six to eight hours.
take medicine with mineral water
in addition to hot water, it is not advisable to take medicine with mineral water. There are many minerals in mineral water. If you take medicine with mineral water, the minerals in it will easily react with the medicine, forming stones in the liver, kidney and some urinary tract, causing additional damage to the human body.
Dry swallowing medicine
for some people, they think it is too troublesome to take medicine and drink water, so they swallow it directly. This behavior is very dangerous. Swallowing drugs dry will affect the dissolution of drugs, and even make drugs adhere to the pharyngeal tube and esophageal mucosa, causing inflammation of our esophagus.
simply take medicine with three meals a day
& ldquo; Three times a day & rdquo; It is stipulated by pharmacists after measuring the metabolic rate of drugs in the human body according to experiments, which means that 24 hours a day is divided into three sections on average, and the drugs are taken every 8 hours. Only taking medicine on time can ensure the stable blood drug concentration in the body and achieve the therapeutic effect. If the three times of taking medicine are arranged in the daytime, the blood drug concentration will be too high during the day, which will bring danger to the human body; And the therapeutic concentration can not be reached at night.
“ Take before meals & rdquo; It means that the drug needs to be taken on an empty stomach 1 hour before meal or 2 hours after meal to facilitate absorption. If you just eat a lot of snacks before dinner, it’s & ldquo; Before meals & rdquo; May not be equal to & ldquo; Fasting & rdquo;.
“ Take after meals & rdquo; It refers to taking medicine half an hour after meal, using food to reduce the stimulation of drugs to the gastrointestinal tract or promote the absorption of drugs by the gastrointestinal tract. Similarly, if you just eat a lot of snacks before dinner, you don’t have to wait until after dinner.
lying down taking medicine
lying down taking medicine, the medicine is easy to adhere to the esophageal wall. It may not only affect the curative effect, but also stimulate the esophagus and cause cough or local inflammation; Serious even damage the esophageal wall and bury the hidden worry of esophageal cancer. Therefore, it is best to take medicine in a sitting or standing position.
drink medicine against the mouth of the bottle
drink medicine against the mouth of the bottle is more common in drinking syrup or mixture. On the one hand, it is easy to pollute the liquid medicine and accelerate its deterioration; On the other hand, we can’t accurately control the amount of drugs we take, either we can’t achieve the efficacy, or we take too much to increase the side effects.
take multiple drugs
take multiple drugs, the interaction between drugs is difficult to avoid, and even cause some unexpected trouble.
the cause of accidental pregnancy may not be missing the contraceptive, but taking anti tuberculosis drugs or drugs to prevent cerebral hemorrhage while taking the contraceptive, resulting in the failure of the contraceptive.
the symptoms of depression can not be controlled, and it is not necessarily due to poor drug efficacy or individual differences, but taking anti allergic drugs while taking drugs to treat depression.
the failure of heart disease drugs may be caused by licorice tablets used to treat cough.
if you supplement magnesium while supplementing thyroxine, thyroxine will be in vain.
but we have to admit that few doctors ask us what drugs we are taking when prescribing us or when pharmacists sell us drugs. Therefore, if you suspect that several drugs you are taking or about to take may have adverse interactions, you must take the initiative to consult a doctor or pharmacist, and remember not to stop or change the medicine at will.
Drink too much water
drink too much water, which will dilute gastric acid and is not conducive to the dissolution and absorption of drugs. Generally speaking, a small cup of warm water is enough for taking solid drugs.
for syrup, a special preparation, especially cough syrup, drugs need to be covered on the surface of inflamed pharyngeal mucosa to form a protective film to reduce mucosal inflammatory reaction, block stimulation and relieve cough. Therefore, it is recommended not to drink water within 5 minutes after drinking syrup.
exercise immediately after taking medicine
as after eating, you can’t exercise immediately after taking medicine. Because it usually takes 30 ~ 60 minutes for the drug to be dissolved and absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract and play a role, during which enough blood is needed to participate in the circulation. Immediate exercise will lead to insufficient blood supply to gastrointestinal organs, and the absorption effect of drugs will be greatly reduced.
the following are some commonly used drugs that need to be taken on an empty stomach or full stomach
fasting
ampicillin, penicillin G, amoxicillin, erythromycin, rifampicin, xismin, weishuping, most traditional Chinese medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine, etc.
satiety
penicillin V potassium, aspirin, diazepam, compound SULFAPYRIDINE, ciprofloxacin, chlorpheniramine, pepsin to help digestion, etc.
the above problems are what we need to pay attention to in the process of medication. Remember, good medication habits can help the body absorb drugs faster, accelerate the recovery of the body and contribute to our health.