Tag: Correct medication

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The baby has toothache, so medication should be cautious.

The American Food and Drug Safety Association (FDA) mentioned in a recently released drug safety newsletter that The 2% lidocaine gel used for oral anesthesia should not be used to relieve toothache in infants due to the serious risks it may cause. The agency said: [Oral treatment of toothache with 2% lidocaine gel is not approved, and infants may cause serious harm or even death due to the use of this drug.] This year, FDA evaluated 22 related cases of oral 2% lidocaine gel used in infants to treat oral diseases (including toothache and stomatitis) or swallowing excessive 2% lidocaine gel by mistake, and reported serious side effects (including death) in the above cases. FDA warns: [Local analgesics and other Read More …

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The Easy Mistake of Giving Children Medicine

Not long ago, I read a report on drug safety for children published by the Global Organization for Child Safety, June 2014. Some of the data in the report are amazing. 1. 86.4% of the children were poisoned at home. 2. Among the causes of poisoning among children, the proportion of drug poisoning has increased year by year, from 53% in 2012 to 64% in 2013. 3. In 2013, Beijing Children’s Hospital collected 369 cases of children taking drugs by mistake. 4. Among the causes of drug poisoning in children, there are mainly children taking it by mistake, adults taking it by mistake, and adults taking excessive doses. The following figure: 5. 69% of parents usually put the medicine where Read More …

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Placebos cannot cure diseases, and placebos may also [be harmful]

Placebo agent is already familiar to many people. Most of the understanding of placebo comes from [randomized double-blind controlled] experimental settings in medicine. Placebo and placebo effect have caused great discussion and controversy throughout the history of medicine, and have continued to this day. What are the characteristics of placebo effect? As a substance that should not produce any biological effects, it works through what? What factors can affect the placebo effect? Is placebo therapy clinically and ethically appropriate for patients? The history of placebo The word Placebo comes from Latin and its original meaning is [to make pleasure]. It first appeared in the Great Dictionary of New Medicine published in England in 1785 and has clearly pointed out that Read More …

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Right and wrong about metformin

Not long ago, the Endocrine Credit Association of the Chinese Medical Association organized a number of clinical experts and pharmaceutical experts to formulate and publish the “Consensus of Experts on Clinical Application of Metformin” to guide Chinese clinicians and patients to correctly understand and rationally use metformin. It is not common for an authoritative academic group, a group of top medical experts, to issue < < consensus > > for a single drug. Today’s free time, let’s also talk about metformin. Before the text, let’s dispel the doubts that some people, especially conspiracy theorists, may have: [Is there any what issue in recommending a medicine with such great fanfare? ] In fact, metformin is an old drug that has been Read More …

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[Medicine that only menstruates three times a year] Is it what Medicine?

Editor’s Note: Recently, a 2012 [old news]: < < Australia Develops New Drugs: Can Allow Women to Menstruate Only Three Times a Year > > has gone viral on the Internet. Even some medical workers are confused by it. Is the advent of such a [divine medicine] really the gospel for all women? Should we celebrate the whole country, [Xi Da Pu Ben]? Is this drug safe? Any side effects? Is it really good to have menstruation only three times a year? In order to find out, Clove Garden specially invited two experts (Klaith and Tian Jishun) to analyze this problem in depth from the perspectives of drug safety and obstetrics and gynecology respectively. A few days ago, some netizens Read More …

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Three menstruations in a year, is it happiness or sadness?

Editor’s Note: Recently, a 2012 [old news]: “Australia Develops New Drugs: Can Make Women Menstruate Only Three Times a Year” went viral on the Internet. Even some medical workers were puzzled by it. Is the arrival of such a [magic drug] really a gospel for all women? Should we celebrate the whole country, [Xi Da Pu Ben]? Is this drug safe? Any side effects? Is it really good to have menstruation only three times a year? In order to find out, Clove Garden specially invited two experts (Klaith and Tian Jishun) to analyze this problem in depth from the perspectives of drug safety and obstetrics and gynecology respectively. Dear female friends, if someone recommends a new drug to you and Read More …

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Paracetamol fights colds, don’t be greedy!

When buying drugs in pharmacies, we often see the words [OTC] printed on one corner of the package-the so-called [over-the-counter drugs]. The clinical application of these drugs is generally long, the drug effect is determined, and the adverse reactions are rare or slight. Even if there is a lack of professional knowledge, the product instructions alone are sufficient for reasonable and safe application. Therefore, even if there is no prescription issued by a practicing doctor, we can easily buy it. However, some [over-the-counter drugs], once used incorrectly, may cause extremely serious clinical problems-acetaminophen is an example. It is basically found in common cold medicines. You may not be able to respond to acetaminophen, but it is also called paracetamol. Did Read More …

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Vitamin Z: Doctors’ Antibiotic Complex

Vitamin Z is not a vitamin, It is a popular term among American doctors. Refers to the doctor forced by the patient’s request, Antibiotics given to patients as placebos. A typical example is viral pneumonia. Particularly in children, Knowing that antibiotics are useless for viral pneumonia, But at the request of the patient’s parents, Antibiotics such as azithromycin are usually prescribed, In this case, antibiotics act like vitamins, There is no therapeutic effect, Only psychological comfort effect. Clinicians often have an antibiotic plot in their hearts. In the days when there were no antibiotics, Bacterial infections are the biggest headaches for doctors, Some people joke that, Every gray hair on the doctor’s head represents a patient who died of bacterial Read More …

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Truth Nimesulide: A Second-Line Anti-inflammatory Analgesic Prohibited for Children Under 12 Years Old

[Sincerely appeal to friends with little babies, do not use nimesulide granules for antipyretic treatment of children’s fever. The trade name is Ruizhiqing. Since work, I have met five such patients, with Wright’s syndrome and four invalid rescue deaths! Another little angel left tonight, hoping to tell friends with babies that this medicine has been banned for children under 12 years old, and they should not go to private pharmacies and clinics to listen to poor doctors and give it to children. From ICU doctors of children’s hospital] In the past two days, some netizens have seen the above information in WeChat, and some netizens have asked me to verify the authenticity of this information. I will analyze it here. Read More …

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7 Common Medication Errors

According to a recent survey by Lloyds Pharmacy, 46 percent of patients do not take their medicines correctly. [It is estimated that 10 percent of hospitalizations are due to incorrect medication,] said Sultan Dajeni, an expert at the Royal Institute of Medicine Experts such as Dr. Sandipp Barajan, a rheumatologist at the Stabash Hospital in the UK, Paul Litter, a professor at the Primary Health Care Research Department of the University of Southampton in the UK, Nitin Marcartier, a pharmacist at Lloyds Pharmacy in the UK, and Sunil Kochha, a pharmacist at the Pharmacist Information Network, summarized the seven most common mistakes in taking medicine. I. Tablets Break and Take The structure of dosage forms such as sustained-release tablets can Read More …