Tag: Western Pharmacy

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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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Multi-effect Pills Have Good Compliance in Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Fixed dose compound therapy (hereinafter referred to as “multi-effect pill”) is to make antiplatelet, antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs into a single pill according to a certain dose. It is mainly used for prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is suitable for areas where medical resources are scarce because of its relatively low cost and good compliance. First, multi-effect pills reduce systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol The results showed that the systolic blood pressure in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 13.4 mmHg and that in the control group by 6.3 mmHg. The total cholesterol level in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 33.3 mg/dl and that in the control group by 4.3 mg/dl. Second, multi-effect pills are Read More …

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Eight Precautions to Be Mastered in Safe Medication

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 …

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Eight Common Mistakes in Medication in Chinese

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 …

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Stay away from three types of drugs to give your baby the best protection.

During early pregnancy, 99% of the drugs apply to the “all or nothing” theory I mentioned earlier. It may not cause harm to the fetus, However, There are indeed several special drugs that do not apply to this theory. These drugs include ribavirin and isotretinoin (formerly known as: Isoretinoic acid) and vaccines against measles, rubella and mumps. Due to the long clearance half-life of these special drugs in the human body, It takes a long time, sometimes even several months, for the body to completely expel the drugs from the body. At the same time, these drugs are clearly teratogenic, so not only pregnant mothers but also pregnant women must not contact them. Otherwise, drug residues in the body will Read More …

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Different dosage forms and different usages of drugs: tablets, capsules and granules

Everyone knows the common sense that taking medicine depends on drinking water. But some [busy people] swallow pills in order to save trouble, There are also some [fierce warriors] who do this to show their swallowing skills. In their view, You can take the pills in one swallow, As to whether the tablets were taken to the place where they should work, They don’t think so much. In fact, Dry swallow the pills, It is the easiest way to stick the tablets to the esophageal wall. Some drugs with irritation to esophageal mucosa (such as potassium chloride, bisphosphate, etc.) remain in esophagus for a long time, It may cause retrosternal pain, burning and other discomfort, and in severe cases it Read More …

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Are you still calling antibiotics anti-inflammatory drugs?

I have a cold, take what medicine? Take some cold medicine and amoxicillin quickly to diminish inflammation. In our country, this kind of dialogue can be said to be quite common. Everyone is accustomed to [anti-inflammation], amoxicillin has almost become the standard of small medicine boxes for families. Who knows? This is called [abuse of antibiotics]. If you eat amoxicillin indiscriminately, you can’t cure a cold, but you have a share of the credit for damaging your health. All this is caused by people taking [antibiotics] as [anti-inflammatory drugs]. Anti-inflammatory drugs? Antibiotics? I can’t tell the difference between silly and silly. Speaking of the harm of abuse of antibiotics, many people may have heard of it, but few people realize Read More …

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Lethal minefield for children’s cold medicine

The most consultation I received on Weibo is probably what to do if my baby eats too much cold medicine and eats it wrong. After all, cold medicine is the most commonly used and easily bought medicine for young parents. Early in the morning yesterday, some netizens anxiously consulted on my microblog: [My baby was two years old and three months old. He took ammonia cafe Huang Min oral solution. He ate too much and should eat 2.5 ml at a time. As a result, he ate 10 ml, 10 ml and 25 ml three times a day. The vomiting was unsuccessful and there would be side effects of what? What should we do? ] I immediately asked her to Read More …

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Drug Driving Is Stronger than Tiger: Don’t Let Cold Medicine Block the Way Home for Festivals

As the holiday approaches, many friends around me have begun to count down the holiday with their fingers, and some friends, like me, have put their own cars home on the agenda. In order to ensure the safety on the road, we all know that we cannot drink or drive fatigue while driving, but few people know that we cannot take medicine casually while driving. A neglected traffic [killer] If a traffic accident occurs when driving under the influence of alcohol, the driver belongs to [knowingly committing it]; However, when driving out of traffic accidents after taking medicine, it is often the driver’s [careless fault]. Many traffic accidents are caused by drivers who do not know that drugs will also Read More …