Tag: Drug Safety

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Isatis root, why refused to step down from the altar?

Dyes Open the Door to Modern Synthetic Drugs In the history of modern medicine, there is a famous dye complex, which originated from Nobel laureate and German scientist Paul Ehrlich. When studying cell dyeing, Ehrlich found that dyes are selective for different cells. So he believed that there should be a dye that can specifically dye cells infected by microorganisms and kill them. At a time when Germany’s chemical industry dominates the world, Ehrlich’s idea brought the chemical industry and the pharmaceutical industry together. Successfully discovered Salfoxan (an arsenic-containing compound) to treat syphilis. After that, Domak discovered the first antibacterial drug, Bailandox, This brought the German dye complex to a climax. They believed that only dyes can become drugs. However, 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 …

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Drug Addiction: One Step Away from Drugs

When it comes to drugs, people’s first reaction is likely to be < < Deadly Poison Master > > or < < Infernal Affairs > >. In fact, we are not as far away from drugs as we think. On the contrary, some [drugs] are also closely related to our lives, such as drugs. The past Life and Present Life of Drugs and Drugs Speaking of drugs and drugs, the relationship between the two can be described as [I have you, you have me]. As early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was customary for dignitaries to take Wushi Powder. There are different opinions on the prescription of Wushi Powder, but it is generally certain that the medicine is Read More …

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Do you have to take medicine all your life if you have hypertension?

We don’t need to stress again and again how common hypertension is. Who can’t find a hypertension among relatives and friends around us? Many adults suffer from hypertension, but they just don’t know it. Physical examination and free clinic always check a lot. It is estimated that as long as the life span is long enough, almost everyone may suffer from hypertension [1]. It is precisely because this disease is so common that every medical cheater wants to make a profit from it and every self-righteous layman wants to talk about it in Kan Kan. As a cardiovascular specialist, I would like to make it clear here that based on the most reliable evidence, (primary) hypertension almost always requires lifelong Read More …

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Why do some medicines have to be taken three times instead of one at a time?

When we were young, we all probably did such a strange math problem: a big water tank, a pipe drains water in and a pipe drains water out. Only in this way can how keep the water in the water tank full and not overflow? [How can anyone put water into the water tank like this? Isn’t there something wrong with this? ] I always thought so when I was a child. However, when I went to study for the course Pharmacokinetics, I suddenly understood the good intentions of the person who wrote the question. This is a simplified human medication model. Why can’t the medicine be filled at one time? In the above water tank model, the water tank Read More …