Tag: Medication safety

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Food and Drug Administration Reminds Consumers Not to Buy Yang-strengthening Health Products

On September 26, 2014, the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration issued a notice reminding consumers not to buy health food claiming aphrodisiac function. The full text is as follows: Recently, media reports said that Since 2013, the number of cases of producing and selling health food with toxic and harmful ingredients claiming aphrodisiac function has risen sharply. Most of the sales locations are rented houses, small shops and adult stores. Illegal vendors have taken advantage of the psychology that some consumers are ashamed to see a doctor, covet cheap prices and are ashamed to report cases after being victimized, and have taken risks to sell aphrodisiac products to seek illegal benefits. Here, China Food and Drug Administration reminds Read More …

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[Medicine that only menstruates three times a year] Is it what Medicine?

Editor’s Note: Recently, a 2012 [old news]: < < Australia Develops New Drugs: Can Allow Women to Menstruate Only Three Times a Year > > has gone viral on the Internet. Even some medical workers are confused by it. Is the advent of such a [divine medicine] really the gospel for all women? Should we celebrate the whole country, [Xi Da Pu Ben]? Is this drug safe? Any side effects? Is it really good to have menstruation only three times a year? In order to find out, Clove Garden specially invited two experts (Klaith and Tian Jishun) to analyze this problem in depth from the perspectives of drug safety and obstetrics and gynecology respectively. A few days ago, some netizens Read More …

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Three menstruations in a year, is it happiness or sadness?

Editor’s Note: Recently, a 2012 [old news]: “Australia Develops New Drugs: Can Make Women Menstruate Only Three Times a Year” went viral on the Internet. Even some medical workers were puzzled by it. Is the arrival of such a [magic drug] really a gospel for all women? Should we celebrate the whole country, [Xi Da Pu Ben]? Is this drug safe? Any side effects? Is it really good to have menstruation only three times a year? In order to find out, Clove Garden specially invited two experts (Klaith and Tian Jishun) to analyze this problem in depth from the perspectives of drug safety and obstetrics and gynecology respectively. Dear female friends, if someone recommends a new drug to you and Read More …

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Antibiotics Available for Treating Baby Otitis Media

The baby is crying and scratching his ears. He may have otitis media. Acute otitis media in infants is a common infectious disease. The incidence rate is second only to cold clinically, and it is also the most common complication after cold. Statistics from the United States show that acute otitis media is the disease that American pediatricians prescribe the most antibiotics. Many mothers may have such doubts, the middle ear is hidden in the ear, how did the germs get in? The answer is simple: The nasopharynx and the ear are connected through the eustachian tube, The eustachian tube of infants is especially short, It is also relatively wide and flat. The nozzle is usually open, And just communicates Read More …

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There is no trivial matter in taking medicine: changing the dosage casually is tantamount to taking health as a joke.

Many people have misconceptions about the dosage of drugs. Although the drug instructions say several times a day in black and white, A few tablets at a time, But they don’t care, They mistakenly believe that increasing the dosage of drugs will enhance the efficacy of drugs, So when suffering from illness, he gave himself [strong medicine], He took two tablets of what he was supposed to take, He will take three tablets if he should have taken two tablets. Some patients will also think that [the medicine is three times poisonous], Just take some medicine to relieve some symptoms. Why do you still let your body bear unnecessary toxic and side effects? I know a nursing mother like this. Read More …

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There is no trivial matter in medication: the more expensive and new the medicine, the better.

Don’t blindly believe in new drugs People often say [every price counts], So to the extent of economic capacity, People like to buy things with high prices in order to buy good quality. However, the more expensive the medicine, the better. The price of a drug is determined by its research and development cost, raw material cost, process preparation process and sales links. It is not determined by the curative effect of drugs on diseases. Some new drugs, Due to the high cost of research and development, the pricing will be correspondingly high, but it is not necessarily better than the existing old drugs. For example, people are familiar with the old drug aspirin, large dose aspirin can relieve pain, Read More …

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Vaccines are the umbrella for baby’s health.

Five Frequently Asked Questions about Vaccination 1. Measles Vaccine and Egg Allergy In the case of vaccination, The most difficult thing for Chinese parents is that when the baby goes to the community to get measles vaccine, the community doctor must confirm that the baby is not allergic to the whole egg before giving the injection. Measles vaccine usually suggests that the vaccination age is 8 months, but from the perspective of feeding, it is too early for the 8-month-old baby to eat whole eggs, and it should be postponed to 1 year old before eating whole eggs, otherwise it is easy to be allergic. Strictly speaking, parents should not be so entangled with this matter. The components of measles Read More …

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Which drugs cannot be taken during lactation?

When pregnant in October, every mother wants to give her baby the best thing in the world once she gives birth, and for the newborn baby, the best thing is breast milk. However, during the long lactation period, if she does not pay attention to it, the mother may get sick, and breast milk may be affected by drugs, which may bring harm to the baby’s [food ration] supply. If you get sick during lactation, what should mothers pay attention to when taking drugs? Compound Cold Medicine, Potential Milk Recovery Medicine Nowadays, most mothers are professional women, but in order to breastfeed their babies, there are many [breast-feeding mothers]. I have a breast-feeding mother beside me, but an unexpected cold Read More …

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Three types of eye drops that can be selected for lactation

Hello, I am a breast-feeding mother. Because of acute conjunctivitis, the doctor prescribed Coke Bituo (0.5% levofloxacin eye drops). Can you nurse the eye drops when you drop them? If you can’t feed them, how long can you stop taking them? Can I use what eye drops during lactation? Similar problems appear on my microblog every day. Many mothers struggle with the choice of eye drops during lactation and whether they can breast-feed after using eye drops. There are many kinds of eye diseases, and eye drops are also divided into many kinds. Although many eye diseases have symptoms of red swelling and pain, their pathogenesis is different, so the use of eye drops needs to suit the remedy to 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 …