Statistics from the Red Cross Society of China show that, Every year, about 400,000 people die abnormally in medical damage incidents in our country. Four times the number of people killed in traffic accidents. Among them, A large part of the cause of death is unsafe medication. Not following the doctor’s advice, not following the instructions, blind medication and other seemingly insignificant medication errors, It may damage public health and even cause family tragedies of disability and death. In response to the widespread problem of safe drug use among the public, the China Food and Drug Administration will fully launch the 2014 [National Safe Drug Use Month] from September 1 to October 31. Statistics: 70% of residents cannot understand the Read More …

Studies have shown that, About 40% of the people have had the experience of taking the wrong medicine, sometimes taking the wrong medicine is not because the doctor prescribed the wrong medicine or bought the wrong medicine, but often because the patient himself was negligent. In 2012 alone, I came into contact with many cases of drug errors in my work. Here, I sum up 7 problems that everyone must pay attention to before taking drugs. First, pay attention to distinguish tablets with the same color, shape and size or similar ones. Once, I was on the night shift, A patient called, Said he just mistook chlorpheniramine tablets for prednisone tablets, Twelve tablets were taken by mistake, Ask what to Read More …

The statistical analysis results of [2013 National Safe Drug Use Month and Drug Safety Network Knowledge Competition] published by China Food and Drug Administration show that, Ninety percent of the Chinese people lack understanding of how to use drugs safely and rationally. The problems with an error rate of more than 50% in the competition are concentrated in the following eight aspects, covering the following aspects: drug safety for infants, drug use during pregnancy, drug taboos and adverse reactions, drug storage and usage, etc. 51.07% of netizens lacked understanding of the careful use of antibiotics such as chloramphenicol in newborns. Chloramphenicol is mainly inactivated by liver metabolism. As newborns, Especially in premature infants, Poor excretion capacity, Excessive doses can cause Read More …