People pay attention to the careful storage of household medicines
Many families like to prepare some commonly used drugs, which requires mastering the correct method of drug storage. Yang Shugui, deputy director of the Pharmacy Department of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said, "If the drug is not properly stored, it will not only reduce the efficacy of the drug, but also may cause mildew, and even chemical changes will produce toxicity." Precautions for preserving drugs “Household medicines should be stored according to the storage conditions indicated on the package of the medicine. Unless otherwise specified, the medicines should be stored in a ventilated, cool, dry place.†Yang Shugui pointed out that, first of all, family medicines should be protected from moisture, and family medicines should not be kept in the bathroom. In the kitchen, the humidity in these places is high and the medicines are easily broken. Some drugs easily absorb water in the air, and thus the hydrolysis fails, such as dry yeast, VB1 tablets, compound licorice tablets and the like. Such drugs should be placed in a closed container and the cap closed after use. Second, store drugs should be protected from light. Sunlight can accelerate the deterioration of drugs, especially vitamins and antibiotics. When it sees light, it will change color, resulting in reduced efficacy and even becoming toxic substances. In addition, sunlight can also darken certain photosensitizing drugs, producing optical isomers, leading to drug failure. In addition, regular storage of stored drugs, often check whether the drug exceeds the expiration date or deterioration, to ensure that the drug is safe, effective, economic and reasonable. Yang Shugui said that if the medicines in the reserve are as follows, they can no longer be used: the tablets are loose and discolored; the sugar coatings of the sugar-coated tablets are stuck or cracked; the capsules of the capsules are stuck or cracked; the pills are stuck, mildewed or worms; Moisture absorption, agglomeration, moldy; eye drops discoloration, turbidity; ointment has odor, discoloration or oil chromatography. Follow the instructions There are still many patients who do not follow the drug instructions to store medicines. Yang Shugui emphasized that the drug product specification is a reliable basis for drug use. Especially for over-the-counter medicines, the instructions are an important reference because there is no doctor's prescription. Some medicines are easy to forget to take because of the long time of the medicine, so the instructions in the package should not be discarded before the medicine is used up. It should also be noted that once the drug is opened, its shelf life is shortened, so it is important to pay attention to the period of use. "The opened and expired drugs and expired drugs should be cleaned up in time. Otherwise, these drugs will not only cure the disease, but will cause harm to the body." Some people like to put medicines in the refrigerator, Yang Shugui said, unless it is a special medicine that emphasizes the need to refrigerate, general medicine is not recommended to put the refrigerator. Some medicines need to be damp-proof, and the environment of the refrigerator is more prone to moisture, which has an impact on the efficacy of the drug. Some medicines need to be stored in the refrigerator. If it is required to be stored below -4 °C, it needs to be frozen in the freezer. Most of the drugs required to be stored in the refrigerator, the most suitable storage temperature is 2 ~ 8 ° C, such as insulin, calcitonin, defibrase and other drugs in the refrigerator freezer. Some medicines should not be mixed Yang Shugui pointed out that some families would put all the drugs in the same pill box or drawer. In fact, this is not scientific. If the various drugs thrown away from the original packaging are mixed together, it will not only easily lead to mutual pollution, affecting the quality of the drug, and difficulty in identifying the validity period, but also prone to misuse of the wrong drug. In addition, when storing medicines, it is also necessary to separate the external medicine from the internal medicine, and separate the prescription medicine from the non-prescription medicine to avoid accidental misuse. It is important to note that drugs that are more toxic must be kept strictly. Cdc Fabric,Silk Cdc Fabric,Poly Cdc Fabric,Silk Crepe Fabric Shanghai Rising Silk Co., Ltd. , https://www.rising-silk.com