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In this article, we will tell you about the facts about choosing the right medicines, their uses, effects and prevention, and we will also inform you about what to do if you misuse the medicine, so stay connected with us.

How to Choose the Right Medicine to Improve Health: Facts and Figures,

How to Choose the Right Medicine to Improve Health: Facts and Figures,

Side Effects of Medications

Allopathic medicines used to treat various diseases are a great discovery of this century. Although these medicines act quickly and provide health, while eliminating the original disease, they can also leave some effects that have nothing to do with the treatment of the original disease. These additional and unnecessary effects are called side effects.

Generally, side effects are due to the chemical effects of medicines. Most of these medicines are such that their effects cause minor discomfort. Sometimes a side effect reaches a dangerous level and if it is not treated in time, it can also cause death.

It is also important to know that not all side effects of a drug appear in the same patient. Some patients experience one type of side effect and others experience another. In some patients, such side effects do not appear at all. There are different reasons for the appearance of these effects. Which depend on the patient's gender, age, weight, diet, amount of medicine and the nature of the disease. Sometimes taking more than the prescribed dose of the drug also causes side effects. Similarly, if the instructions given about food and drink are not followed, side effects can also occur.

Whenever you are taking any medicine or taking it with other medicines, be sure to ask your doctor about its possible side effects and precautions. Sometimes, simply changing the dose of the medicine or taking it with food can help avoid side effects. If this is not possible, then your doctor can help eliminate or reduce these effects in some other way.

Seven Safeguards for Choosing Medicines

1. Always take medicine as prescribed by your doctor and follow the doctor's instructions.
2. When taking medicine, be sure to ask your doctor about its possible side effects so that you do not have unnecessary worries. Usually, a paper on or inside the medicine packaging contains details of such side effects and other information.
3. Remember, if you are pregnant, have high blood pressure, diabetes or any other chronic disease, consult your doctor before taking any medicine.
4. If you are allergic to any medicine, be sure to tell your doctor.
5. If your condition worsens while taking the medicine or immediately after, do not take any more medicine and consult your doctor.
6. Do not mix different medicines. If you are using more than one medicine, even if it is aspirin or antacids, be sure to tell your doctor about it. Do not use medicines with alcohol.
7. Take the medicine for the duration prescribed by the doctor. Do not increase or decrease this duration at will.

Choosing and Using Medicines for Children

In the case of children, even more attention and caution is required in the use of medicines. Unlike adults, the dosage of medicines for children of different ages is different. In addition, some medicines that are beneficial for adults can prove dangerous for children. For example, the use of aspirin can cause liver diseases and brain diseases in children. Therefore, never give aspirin to children. Similarly, if children under the age of 10 are given tetracycline, their teeth will fall out early and their bone growth will also stop.

• When three or more loose stools occur in a day, it is called diarrhea. Every year, many children die from diarrhea due to dehydration and malnutrition.
• Sudden diarrhea usually goes away within a few days. Therefore, there is absolutely no benefit in taking various diarrhea-preventing drugs and antibiotics. Research has also shown that the use of drugs in diarrhea is completely unnecessary. In fact, many children have died from a popular diarrhea-preventing drug. In this case, using drugs is a waste of money and is also likely to harm the patient. In addition, if diarrhea is caused by an infection, then the infection needs to be treated.

• Most patients with sudden diarrhea are beneficial in giving plenty of ORS juice and soup, etc. Only a few patients need to be hospitalized in case of severe dehydration and excessive vomiting, where the loss of water and salts in their body is replenished through a drip.
• When your child has diarrhea, give him plenty of fluids to drink. Continue breastfeeding and give him boiled water with salt (ORS) and a light diet. The child should be given more fluids by mouth than the fluid lost through diarrhea. If the loss of fluids and salts is being replenished, then diarrhea is not likely to cause any immediate harm.

• Using medications at any stage during pregnancy can have harmful effects on the unborn baby. For convenience, the pregnancy period can be divided into 3 equal stages:

1. First trimester: First trimester
2. Second trimester: Fourth to sixth month
3. Third trimester: Seventh to ninth month

• Taking medication during the first trimester can cause birth defects in babies. The risk of harm to the baby is highest during the first 3 to 11 weeks of pregnancy. Taking medication during the second and third trimesters can affect the baby's development or cause toxic effects. Medications taken late in pregnancy or during labor can have significant effects on the baby after birth. Use medication during pregnancy only if you are absolutely certain that it will not harm the mother or baby. If possible, avoid taking any medication during the first trimester.
• Breastfeeding is the period during which a mother feeds her baby with breast milk. Breastfeeding mothers need to be very careful about using medications because many medications can pass into breast milk and be harmful to the baby. If a mother must use medication and the medication is safe to some extent, it should be taken about an hour after breastfeeding and three hours before breastfeeding again. Medications whose effects on breastfed babies have not been studied should be avoided. Only a doctor can give you this advice, so it is very important to consult your doctor before using any medication. Some of the well-known medications that affect the baby through breast milk include Chloramphenicol, Diazepam, etc., especially estrogen, morphine, and diazepam.

Things to keep in mind when giving Medicine to Children

• Always keep all medicines out of the reach of children.
• Always give medicines as per the doctor's recommended dosage.
• Always give medicines to children in your presence, otherwise they may take too much.
• Never give children sweet or brightly coloured medicines as sweets or juice, but tell them the medicine itself.

Disadvantages of Using Medications on Your Own

Using medicines without a doctor's advice and on your own is very harmful to health. The side effects of these medicines can also be life-threatening. For example, excessive use of aspirin can cause stomach ulcers and death can also occur due to shock caused by an allergy to penicillin. Similarly, taking medicines on your own can also be a reason for jaundice and kidney stones. Apart from this, by using medicines on your own, the patient becomes addicted to these medicines. Initially, a medicine is taken by oneself to relieve pain or anxiety. After this, the body becomes addicted to this medicine and in the end, it becomes difficult to live without it, as happens in heroin addiction. The thoughtless and unnecessary use of antibiotics, steroids, tranquillisers, which are used for minor diseases, is a very dangerous habit. This habit gives temporary relief but later causes problems for the rest of your life. Kidneys, liver and other organs of the body start getting damaged. To avoid all these damages, it is better to always take the medicine after consulting a doctor.

How to Deal with the Side Effects of Medications?

Some side effects go away on their own and do not require any treatment.Some side effects require minor treatment or precautions. If the instructions given in the following pages about various medicines are followed, their significant effects can be avoided.For medicines whose side effects immediately start to worsen, you need to consult a doctor immediately to deal with them.Some medicines cause drowsiness. This is due to some of the ingredients in the medicines. Therefore, it is forbidden to drive or work on any machine after taking such medicines. If drowsiness persists for a long time, then you should consult a doctor. Sometimes, after taking a medicine, ringing sounds start coming from the ears. This can be due to taking too much aspirin or an ear infection. If this condition persists for more than a day, then you should consult a doctor.

If you have difficulty breathing or any kind of itching or pain in the eyes after taking a medicine, then you should consult a doctor. Consists of the small and large intestine. Taking many medicines can cause diarrhea or constipation, upset stomach and dry mouth, etc. Some of these effects go away on their own, but if the digestive system has the most severe effects of medicines on the digestive system for more than three days. This system remains damaged in the mouth, esophagus and more, then you should consult a doctor. Diarrhea is properly treated by giving water and salt etc. If it is caused by taking any antibiotic medicine, then the patient should be given yogurt so that the beneficial bacteria present in it reach the intestines due to eating yogurt, which are destroyed due to taking antibiotics. In case of constipation, one should drink more water. Consuming more water softens the stool and thus gets rid of constipation. If there is a problem in the stomach, then after asking the doctor, the medicine should be taken with food or milk. By doing this, nausea and vomiting of the stomach etc. are removed.

Sometimes, taking a medicine can cause a headache, which usually goes away on its own. If the headache lasts for a long time, then you should consult a doctor. If your nose gets blocked after taking a medicine, ask your doctor and use nasal drops. In addition, if your throat is dry, gargle with warm water mixed with salt. Sometimes, taking a medicine can cause a fever, which indicates that the medicine has affected the body's immune system, which has caused another infection. Therefore, it is important to consult a doctor if you have a fever after taking any medicine. The appearance of rashes or spots on the skin is also a sign of an allergy to the medicine. In such a case, you should also consult a doctor. Always remember that when you are taking a medicine, a chemical substance enters your body. Sometimes your body does not accept it at all, which causes damage to the body. Sometimes, its reaction is quite dangerous, which can even prove fatal. Therefore, this is very important. Whenever any adverse effect starts to appear after taking any medicine, the medicine should be stopped immediately and a doctor should be consulted. It is very important to be careful while taking any medicine.

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