Almost everyone has the experience of taking medication for discomfort many times in their life, and I am afraid we all know the precautions such as using warm water to assist in taking medication. However, some people are not only unable to accurately grasp the usage of medicines such as ear drops and suppositories that are used less frequently, but also the usage of tablets and capsules that are very commonly used. For example, even with patient explanations from health care professionals, many patients interpret the term “dose” to mean “take once with a meal”. These incorrect dosing methods can directly affect the efficacy of the medication and even cause harm to the body. Today, we will talk about these medication tips to help you understand the drug instructions, the correct way to take drugs, to achieve the purpose of health and fitness. First, the important information in the drug instructions ingredients: if you take a variety of drugs at the same time, you need to check whether there is overlap between the ingredients of several drugs, such as overlap need to follow medical advice to use. Indications: If you choose your own medicine, determine whether your symptoms should take this medicine. Contraindications: Adverse reactions and contraindications should also be looked at carefully. Prohibited use is the use of which will certainly bring adverse consequences after taking and is prohibited. Contraindicated use is likely to bring about adverse consequences after taking it, and is contraindicated. Caution is to take when necessary, but always observe. Danger: Prohibited > Contraindicated > Caution Storage: Some drugs have special requirements for the preservation environment, such as insulin needs to be stored in a refrigerated place with a temperature requirement of 2-10 degrees. Preservation in a cool place means that the preservation temperature does not exceed 20 degrees. Second, master the correct way to take the medication. Take: Take a day’s worth of medication at once. Contained: taken under the tongue, so that the drug/medicine is directly absorbed through the capillaries under the tongue. 10 minutes after taking, no water; no chewing; applicable to quick-acting drugs. For example, nitroglycerin for the prevention and treatment of angina pectoris is not effective when taken orally and needs to be taken for about 2-5 minutes before it works. Take it before bedtime: 15-30 minutes before going to bed; cannot lie down immediately after taking it, otherwise it may cause esophageal ulcer, etc. Take on an empty stomach: refers to taking the medicine 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals. Pre-meal serving: refers to the short period of time about 30 minutes before meals Three times a day: does not refer to three meals before and after taking, but every 8 hours to take. Third, the prohibition of spicy not only includes hot pot chili Many proprietary Chinese medicine instructions will have the words “contraindicated spicy food”, when prescribing Chinese medicine, the doctor will also advise to avoid the mouth. What are the spicy stimulating foods in general? Chili pepper, pepper, pepper, fennel, ginger, and white wine are all common spicy stimulants. Strictly speaking, garlic, onion, mustard, etc. are also in the “no spicy” list, but after the onion and garlic made into cooked food, the spicy taste is greatly reduced, the consumption of contraindications can be relaxed. Fourth, pay attention to the posture of taking pills pills lying down, if the delivery of water less, only half of the drug reaches the stomach, the other half will dissolve in the esophagus or adhere to the esophageal wall. As some drugs are alkaline, some are acidic, and some are very irritating, if they dissolve or stay too long on the esophageal wall, they can cause inflammation of the esophagus, and even cause ulcers in serious cases. The correct way to take medication is to take it standing up, drink a few more sips of water, do not lie down immediately after taking the medication, it is best to stand or walk around for a minute so that the medication can enter the stomach completely. Never pay attention, do not dry swallow drugs, dry swallow drugs are most likely to make the tablets adhere to the esophageal wall, resulting in esophageal mucosal damage V. Wrong medication for several common diseases 1, headache use painkillers. Research shows that almost all headaches originate from blood vessels and muscles, especially the pulling of blood vessels. In the case of migraine caused by emotional stress, drugs, alcohol and other factors, as the cerebral artery vasoconstriction, with each heartbeat, the artery vasoconstriction will produce throbbing pain. Therefore, when treating headache, the first choice and the most effective drug is not painkillers but drugs that act on blood vessels. 2, the use of antibiotics for influenza. Influenza is an upper respiratory tract infection caused by influenza virus, influenza virus has three types A, B, C, often due to mutations and new subtypes cause epidemics. At present, the use of antibiotics for influenza patients is very common, not only in personal self-use, that is, some doctors treating influenza also commonly used antibiotics. It is obvious that antibiotics are useless for influenza treatment. Only when the complication of bacterial infection, the party consider the use of antibiotics. 3, digestive disorders leading to diarrhea when the use of antibiotics. The treatment of diarrhea is generally divided into infectious diarrhea and non-infectious diarrhea, the former of course should be selected with antibiotics, while the latter with antibiotics is ineffective. Digestive disorders can be caused by improper diet, food allergies (allergy to milk, fish and shrimp, etc.), changes in lifestyle patterns, sudden changes in the external climate, etc. The use of antibiotics for this type of diarrhea is ineffective, and dietary therapy should be used, or some digestive aid drugs. 4, gammaglobulin to prevent infectious diseases. Gammaglobulin has a preventive effect on some infectious diseases, such as: measles, hepatitis A, polio, rubella, etc.. The use of gammaglobulin is also effective for those who have contact with the above patients. However, it is not effective for hepatitis B, influenza, chicken pox, common cold and mumps. 5, dermatitis, pruritus with hormones. Since adrenocorticotropic hormone has anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects, it is effective for certain skin diseases and pruritus, but in most cases it is not beneficial to use. Moreover, long-term use or frequent use may induce infections, affect growth and development, and even lead to unhealed ulcers. Only eczema, contact dermatitis, drug dermatitis, psoriasis, etc. are selected hormones. Patients suffering from skin diseases and itching should not prefer hormones or topical drugs made of hormones, and should use such drugs under the guidance of a doctor.