Eat the stomach medicine is unfavorable to drink more water

WangShaoRong Beijing tiantan hospital pharmacy department

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Some drugs because of its special effect to way, when taking medicine not only can't drink water more, even no water, or you will reduce efficacy, lost its curative effect.

        Some treatment of peptic ulcer drugs like LiuTangLv and aluminum hydroxide gel, much was made from suspension agent, into the stomach will become not dissolve countless tiny particles that, like powder in damaged as cover gastric mucosa, so the gastric mucosa can avoid stomach acid erosion, slowly grow new organization the ulcer surface fill and level up, restore the original function. Taking these drugs, if drink a lot of water but will dilute the medication to cover gastric mucosa drugs in damaged particles decreases, protective film thinning, lose the treatment function. Not only that, under this kind of stomach medicine within half an hour and do not drink water, for a short time to drink large amounts of water, also the recently formed the protective film developed, make damaged gastric mucosa to exposure to the corrosive stomach acid.

        So, take the drug treatment of peptic ulcer, need to water the pills can take in, can't drink more water. Some stomach medications or even just swallow chew directly, without water, before treating patients must see the mark of the use method.

        And the same method of taking drugs and cough, such as cough syrup, liquorice mixture, etc. These drugs is sticky stiff, after take drugs can stick in the throat, direct role in the lesion site, thus plays antiphlogistic effect. If drink too much water, the effective components pharyngeal drugs developed, so that local drug concentration decreased.

        Those who be worth to remind is, taking ulcers, cough, pharyngitis, drugs, drink less as far as possible, the class of drugs on the manual usually have noted, read carefully before taking the medicine. If want to drink water, medicine should be in half an hour, and protective film to drug interactions or stable time, again right amount drink water.