There will inevitably be minor diseases and disasters in life. Do you know how to take medicine? Medicine is one of the ways to relieve the discomfort of the body. Do you have any changes in your medicine taking posture in the face of drugs with different materials, shapes and sizes? The doctor reminds us that according to the different drugs, the posture also needs to change, so that all the drugs can be played. Let's learn the medicine taking posture together!
The posture of taking medicine is very exquisite!
Most patients pay more attention to time and dose, but few people know that the posture of taking medicine will also affect the efficacy. Improper medication posture, not only does not give full play to the efficacy, but also may cause damage to the body.
Generally speaking, when taking most of the drugs, it is better to use the upright position or upright position, especially the big pill and capsule preparation, which can make the drugs enter the stomach through the esophagus smoothly. If the patient lies in bed and swallows the tablet or capsule, it is easy to make the drug stick on the esophagus. If the drug directly stimulates the esophageal mucosa, it will cause inflammation and ulcer. If the drug cannot enter the gastrointestinal tract, it will also affect the efficacy. Therefore, if the patient's condition allows, it is better for the patient to do a little activity after taking the medicine, so as to avoid the drug staying in the esophagus.
Some drugs are special in lying position, so patients need to take them deliberately. For example, nitroglycerin can dilate peripheral blood vessels and reduce blood pressure. If a patient takes a standing position when taking nitroglycerin, he may faint due to postural hypotension. Therefore, nitroglycerin should be taken in a semi recumbent position, and this position can reduce the amount of returned blood, which is conducive to the rapid relief of angina pectoris. When taking sleeping drugs with short sleep induction period, patients should lie down immediately after taking them to avoid accidents.
In the treatment of gastric ulcer with gastric mucosa protective agent, the patient should take the left lying position. Because the treatment mechanism of this kind of medicine is that the medicine combines with mucin in gastric mucus to form a protective film, covering the ulcer surface, so as to promote the healing of the ulcer surface. Therefore, we should adopt different lying posture according to the different parts of ulcer.