How to drink water when taking medicine, do you know?

Lu Lu, Henan Provincial Third People's Hospital

A mouthful of medicine, a glass of water, has almost become the "standard" when everyone drinks medicine.

When you take the medicine with water, have you ever thought about how to drink this glass of water? Many people may not care about it, isn't it just the water that takes the medicine, and what else can you do?

In fact, taking medicinal water is a "technical work". The amount of water is more or low, and the water temperature is high or low, which will affect the drugs under the medicine.

What do you use to drink?

It is better to choose warm water when taking medicine, except for some special circumstances.

Is it feasible to use tea, fruit juice, milk, wine and other medicine? The answer is, not recommended.

Tea

Tea contains a large amount of tannin, which is easy to act with the ingredients in the medicine and affect the efficacy of the drug.

For example, tannin can produce precipitation with drugs that treat iron deficiency anemia (such as iron, iron sulfate, iron carbonate, etc.), which hinders iron absorption and causes decline in medicinal effects.

At the same time, tea also contains caffeine, catexine and other ingredients. It has the effect of excitement of the central nervous system, which will affect sedative hypnotic pills (such as Barbi, stability, and sleeping nine).

juice

Fruit juice (especially fresh fruit juice) is rich in fruit acid, which can produce chemical reactions such as decomposition and compounding with some drugs, which is not conducive to drug absorption.

For example, grapefruit juice will increase biological utilization of antihypertensive drugs (non -Luo Di, Nifine, Nika Horizon), leading to hypotension symptoms; it will also cause blood lipids to reduce blood lipid drugs (Atticiac, Luozatin, Louvas, Increasing the adverse reactions of myocardin) myocardinism, myolatitis, and transverse muscle dissolving.

milk

Some antibacterial drugs (such as tetracycline, cephalosporin, norfloxacin, Levofloxacin, etc.) and milk will form insoluble cheek with the calcium reactions in milk Essence

If the agent (such as collagen gum) If you take milk with milk, milk can neutralize gastric acid, and at the same time form a protective film in the stomach, which is not conducive to the effect of the pyrine, it will cause the effect of the pyrine to decrease.

liquor

If you take some cephalosporin drugs (such as cephalosporin, cephalospetone, etc.) and nithermole (such as metronidazole, tinidazole, etc.) during drinking during drinking, it may induce a sulfurite -like reaction, and severe cases can cause death. Essence

mineral water

Mineral water contains minerals and metal ions, which has adverse effects on the effects of some drugs and is not conducive to the absorption of drugs.

Water volume selection is particular

Most tablets and particles can usually drink a sip of water to wet the throat first, and then use a water delivery of about 150 to 200 ml.

After taking the capsule, it is easy to attach to the esophagus wall. It is best not to drink water less than 300 ml.

If you need to take a variety of drugs at the same time, it is best to take a second type after taking one drug. Do not take all the drugs at one time. Store in the pharynx, esophagus or stomach, affecting drug absorption.

Oral puffing tablets need to be added with water to expand and dissolve. Do not swallow it directly as an ordinary tablet, otherwise it will absorb water in the throat and block the airway.

It is necessary to reduce the amount of drinking water or should not drink water immediately

Gastric mucosal protection drug

Such as citrate citrate potassium, pectin, sulfur and aluminum aluminum, etc., its pharmacological effect is to form a protective layer on the surface of the mucosa of the digestive tract after taking the medicine. water.

Cough

For example, cough syrup, the drug can be adhered to the pharynx after taking it, which directly acts on the lesion site to play a cough effect. After taking it, it is not advisable to drink water immediately to avoid diluted drug solution.

Increases or ruling agents

For example, nitroglycerin needs to be taken under the tongue when preventing angina pectoris. At this time, there is no need to take water for water; chloro -jinfish should not drink water immediately after use, which will affect the efficacy.

Drugs that need a lot of water

Drugs that may cause damage to the urinary system

Sulfa (such as linzine sulfidin, sulfrazine, etc.) drugs, metabolites are prone to precipitated crystals in the urine, which can cause urinary system damage. It can increase the urine concentration of urine through a large amount of drinking water to avoid precipitating precipitation Crystal damage the urethra.

Antibody

When taking propyl or benzide, you should maintain a sufficient amount of water (about 2500ml a day). If necessary, take alkaline urine at the same time, which is conducive to the excretion of uric acid excretion and prevent the uric acid from depositing in the urinary tract. Formed uric acid stones.

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Water temperature selection is particular

Part of vitamin drugs

Such as vitamin C, etc., the structure is easily destroyed after heat and loses efficacy.

Help digestive drugs

Gastrointerase enzyme -agent, ispanase, polygon tablet, etc., enzymes are an active protein that can be degenerated after heat, which causes the drug to fail.

Activated bacteria

Such as bisidobacterium tritermia capsules, etc., the active ingredient activated bacteria will be destroyed after heating, resulting in losing efficacy.

Live vaccine oral drugs

Like pediatric paralysis sugar pills, excessive water temperature of this type of drug will cause vaccines to be survived and lose efficacy. Therefore, it is better to take the cool water when taking the medicine.

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