Cough syrup before drink a wave

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Winter, respiratory disease more see more, including cold cause cough, also have old episodes of bronchitis caused a cough. Cough, of course the timely cough. In many of the cough expectorative drug, syrup agent has received patients of all ages. It take convenience, the taste is sweet, drug absorption, gastrointestinal stimulation small, especially suitable for children, old man and difficulty swallowing. But choose to cough syrup, a few details to special attention, otherwise, it will affect curative effect.

        Don't drink water service

        The cough cough syrup role, it is to rely on syrup in the mucosal surface covered the pharynx, reduce inflammation of the stimulation of mucous membrane, if after taking the water will lower pharynx ministry immediately the mucosal surface of the drug concentration, and to reduce the role of the cough medicine. At the same time, will dilute the gastric juice, abate the gastrointestinal tract of drug absorption. So take a cough syrup don't drink water immediately, lest affect curative effect.

        Before drink a wave

        Many have a cough syrup feel that, after opening the bottle before drink half hour, taste is lighter, the more strong taste drink the back, the more poor taste. This phenomenon on the show that in the first half when drink cough syrup, may not have reached the concentration of the most curative effect. Therefore, every time to shake the bottle before taking full, in order to see the floe sediment shall prevail. This can avoid the uneven distribution of drugs to prohibit to take quantity. It is important to emphasize that if shake the bottle, found sediment can not eliminate, drug may have metamorphism, had better not use.

        Can't be water to drink

        Some patients not the syrup medicine, cough severe, is a drink, on the one hand, easy to stick on the bottle for bacteria and make sugar slurry pollution metamorphism, on the other hand can't accurate control of the intake dose, or can not reach the efficacy, or increase overdose of side effects. The major components of the cough syrup is hydrochloric acid, ammonium chloride ephedrine, benzene benzodiazepines and extract of platycodon flow and drugs. If taking too much, can appear hydrochloric acid ephedrine adverse reactions, such as dizziness, heart rate, blood pressure to rise, also can appear brain excitement, such as fidgety and insomnia, etc.; Benzene benzodiazepines aderse reactions include dizziness, weakness, drowsiness, nausea and vomiting, etc.; So take a cough syrup is unfavorable and overmuch, should follow the doctor's order according to the stipulated dose. At the same time, syrup also shoulds not be long clothing, or addictive.

        Save to correct

        Sugar grout once kaifeng, will lose the airtight sterile environment, such as the use of and keep improper, is easy to pollution. After taking syrup, should keep the caps, put in a cool, avoid light, dry environment. Such as short time no longer take, can put in freezer in a low, cold storage to 4 ℃ ~ 10 ℃ best. After opening of sugar slurry should not be commonly long storage, general and the summer is not more than a month, winter is not more than 3 months, once again, to use should be to the light see, observe whether solution still clear, such as a large bubbles, the floe thing, and sediment suspension or discoloration, crystal, show that sugar grout degenerative already, can't take. (LvRongHua)