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Cough and take cold medicine? You're probably getting into medication misunderstandings!

Nowadays, many citizens have a little cough, or where it is uncomfortable, they are accustomed to self-medication, and they do not know that often "the medicine is not right for the disease". Recently, the upstream news reporter learned from the Chongqing Municipal Food and Drug Administration that in recent days, the bureau has posted "National Safe Drug Use Month" science tips in many rail transit and multiple communities and business circles to facilitate citizens to learn.

Cough and take cold medicine? You're probably getting into medication misunderstandings!

Mr. Liu, who lives in Yubei District, has been coughing and taking a lot of cold medicine, "Taking medicine is not good, and after going to the system examination, I know that it is rhinitis." He found that the community where he lived had posted a lot of tips for safe medication, "Don't treat allergic rhinitis as a cold." The most fundamental preventive measure for allergic rhinitis is to avoid contact with allergens. In his view, these simple and easy-to-understand but closely related to the health of the public, the popular knowledge of medicine will invisibly help more ordinary citizens.

Upstream reporters noticed during the interview that some citizens are concerned about the topic of medication, which is being popularized by mobile science popularization.

The upstream news reporter learned from the Municipal Drug Administration that at present, some train cars of Rail Transit Line 3 and Line 6 have posted the top ten public drug tips in 2021, the real-name registration of "four types of drugs", and the posters of medical and aesthetic safety tips. These contents are easy to understand around the hot spots of medication, so that everyone can learn the knowledge of safe medication when taking the rail transit.

For example, for insomnia patients, it is particularly reminded that the use of sleeping drugs requires comprehensive analysis and evaluation by doctors, and insomnia patients should not use drugs on their own, but should choose comprehensive treatment methods under the guidance of doctors and pharmacists. In addition, for people who have a long-term cough, they should also know that it is not caused by a cold, and they must not use drugs indiscriminately.

Cough and take cold medicine? You're probably getting into medication misunderstandings!

In addition, the 500 access control and more than 8,000 elevator TVs (waiting areas) in key residential areas and commercial buildings in the main city have simultaneously carried out strong publicity, so that the "top ten drug tips for the public in 2021" can "get closer" to the masses and send drug safety knowledge to the public. The LED publicity screens of Jiefang Monument, Guanyin Bridge, Nanping and other business circles, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and other places also scrolled to play the "2021 Top Ten Public Medication Tips" series of popular science public welfare advertisements.

Cough and take cold medicine? You're probably getting into medication misunderstandings!

In this regard, experts remind that safe medication is actually based on the patient's personal genes, condition, physique, family genetic history and drug composition, etc. to do a comprehensive situation of the test, accurately select drugs, truly achieve "the right medicine", and at the same time use drugs accurately with appropriate methods, appropriate doses, and appropriate time. At the same time, we remind everyone not to trust "small advertisements" and "small folk remedies".

Upstream journalist Chen Yu

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