Afraid of allergy, can you take allergic drugs in advance?
Allergy is very common in daily life. At this time, many people will choose to buy their own drugs to solve the allergy problem.
Most antiallergic drugs are over-the-counter drugs and can be bought in major pharmacies. However, in the process of medication, there are still many misunderstandings. We will step on them if we are not careful. Let’s have a look.
Myth 1: Worried about allergy, so take antiallergic drugs in advance,
If we take antiallergic drugs rashly, we cannot determine the real allergen.
If you are worried that a certain food will cause your allergy, you can try it a little when you eat it for the first time. After observing that there is no problem for a day or two, you can basically eat it at ease.
If there is an allergic reaction, we’d better go to the hospital first to find out the allergen.
Even if the allergen is identified and you know that you are allergic to seafood such as crabs, it is not recommended to take antiallergic drugs before seafood (let alone boil seafood with antiallergic drugs).
After all, antiallergic drugs are drugs and have the risk of adverse drug reactions, so it is not advisable to use antiallergic drugs to prevent allergy.
Myth 2: Take a variety of similar antiallergic drugs together,
Once allergic, many people will rush to the pharmacy to buy medicine: they bought loratadine, worried about the poor effect, and at the same time they bought cetirizine…
However, both drugs are second-generation antihistamines and have similar mechanisms of action. If you use one more drug, you will take more risks from one drug, which is really unnecessary. What can be solved by one drug alone, we try not to use two drugs at the same time.
If the effect of using a drug is not good, it is still necessary to seek medical treatment in time and use it under the guidance of a doctor.
Myth 3: Take antiallergic drugs while ignoring drug interaction,
When using antiallergic drugs, if you are using other drugs at the same time, carefully read the column of drug interaction in the instructions.
If loratadine is being used, it is not recommended to use ketoconazole, theophylline and other drugs at the same time. When taking antihistamines and antiallergic drugs, do not take them at the same time as compound anti-cold drugs containing antihistamines (such as chlorphenamine), etc.
Myth 4: The time for taking medicine is not fixed, so remember to take it.
When we take medicine, we may be more casual. Eat it at 8 o’clock this morning, 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, and 12 o’clock the day after tomorrow.
However, in doing so, the concentration level of the drug in the body will obviously fluctuate and the drug effect will become uncontrollable. Therefore, the drug should be taken at a fixed time every day.
For drugs with obvious lethargy effect, such as chlorphenamine maleate and diphenhydramine, it is recommended to take them before going to bed so as not to affect our study and work during the day.
Medication is no small matter. Let’s help you solve the doubts about medication that you will encounter in your daily life.