The State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice canceling 34 drugs, including metamizole for fever reduction.
A few days later, the Food and Drug Administration issued a decision on stopping the production, sale and use of 8 drugs such as pediatric aminophenol gamina granules and pediatric compound aspirin tablets, and canceling the drug registration certificate.
A set of combination punches down, many parents panicked: after the child is sick, those medicines can be eaten, those medicines can not be eaten?
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In addition to these banned drugs, many commonly used drugs are mixed together, which can also cause unpredictable dangers!
Compound cold medicine + fever reducer / analgesic = liver damage
Compound cold medicines contain acetaminophen or ibuprofen, and antipyretic drugs also contain these.
Eating the two together will be repeated medication, and there will be a lot of sweating, rapid body temperature drop, collapse and other side effects.
Experts from the Chinese Journal of Pediatrics have pointed out that it is not recommended to use compound cold medicines, and those over 2 years of age should follow the doctor's instructions.
With words such as "ammonia, phenol, cloth, sensitive, hemp, and beauty", most of them are compound cold medicines, and parents must be vigilant.
Cough medicine + sputum suppressant = respiratory tract obstruction
Cough suppressants are a type of medicine that suppresses cough, and the main purpose of sputum is to dilute sputum.
When the two are used together, the cough is suppressed, and the diluted sputum cannot be discharged, but it is easy to cause respiratory tract blockage.
Aspirin + ibuprofen = stomach problem
Both are nonsteroidal antipyretic analgesics.
Taking it at the same time is equivalent to eating anti-fever drugs twice, and the effect of repeated medication is not 1 + 1 = 2, which will also aggravate side effects. (e.g. stomach ulcers, gastritis, or even gastric perforations)