Tag: Pharmacy Department

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Proper Use of Mosquito Repellent Liquid

Its safety and effectiveness have been verified clinically, Moreover, the mosquito repellent liquid recommended by FDA and CDC in the United States mainly contains the following four components: DEET, mosquito repellent ester (also known as IR3535, imonin), picaridin and Oil of lemon eucalyptus. Among them, DEET is forbidden for babies under 2 months old and lemon eucalyptus is forbidden for children under 3 years old. These are also the main components of mosquito repellent products on the Chinese market. DEET contained in mosquito repellent liquid, Developed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1946, It was registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1957 and began civilian use. It has been used to repel mosquitoes for nearly 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 …

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Don’t let the wrong posture of taking medicine kill you.

There is a news report that a one-and-a-half-year-old boy swallowed an effervescent tablet directly. As a result, a large amount of carbon dioxide was produced in his mouth and airway, and eventually he died of suffocation. Yes, taking medicine also requires taking [posture]; If the posture is wrong, there will be problems. How to take medicine correctly? Let’s start from the common different dosage forms and talk about them bit by bit. If you want to know which dosage form you are taking, look at the outer package of the box or the medicine itself. Just swallow the tablets with water. It’s not. Tablets are the most common drug dosage forms, but there are many kinds of them, which cannot Read More …