How to use medicine safely and correctly?

However, medicine is a double-edged sword, having both therapeutic effects and can cause side effects and unwanted effects. Therefore, we must use drugs in a way that is reasonable, safe and highly effective.

A reasonable, safe, effective and low-cost prescription must be one that is prescribed by a doctor for each patient with a specific disease. Because, during the examination, the doctor knows the location of each patient (women, children, the elderly, people with cardiovascular disease, liver, kidney, ...) should carefully consider when prescribing the drug. so that efficiency/risk and efficiency/cost ratios are highest.

When using medicine prescribed by a doctor, the user must strictly follow the instructions stated in the prescription. Use the correct dose and time as prescribed by the doctor, do not use drugs through advertising information, drugs of unknown origin and absolutely should not use other people's prescriptions to treat your own disease.

If you take non-prescription drugs and do not follow the instructions of your doctor, it will lead to the harm of not getting rid of the disease due to insufficient dose, insufficient time, improper use. Or the drug decreases or loses its effectiveness, leading to low treatment effectiveness; or occur drug interactions that cause side effects or worse, drug allergies, drug poisoning, ... leaving serious consequences for patients.

Besides, when using the drug we should note:

- For medicine syrup or suspension, give the child to drink exactly as directed, using instruments with measuring lines for dosage. When taking these drugs, shake well before use.

- For tablets that can be taken in different ways, some have to be swallowed whole, others must be completely dissolved in cooked water and drink, and some need to be chewed before drinking or sucked or placed under the tongue to dissolve. .

- With the type of capsule drug, when taken orally, the coated tablet should not be opened, broken or moved, but must be swallowed whole.

- When taking the drug, it should be taken with boiled and cooled water, should not take the drug with mineral water, soft drink, tea, milk or alcohol because it can interact with drugs, lose the effect of the drug or change some drugs. The ingredients in the medicine are dangerous to health.

Currently, in the world, the production and distribution of pharmaceuticals has increased too much; drugs are produced with many types and rich designs; the advertising and marketing of drugs makes patients want to be prescribed by many drugs by doctors;... however, taking drugs inappropriately, improperly, etc. is a double-edged sword that can affect the health of patients. health. Therefore, in order to ensure the safe, rational and correct use of drugs, patients should not use drugs through advertising information, but should strictly follow the instructions of the attending physician.