When the 63-year-old Aunt Wang recently took her blood pressure, she found that her blood pressure had been hovering between 150/95 and 160/100, which made her very depressed.
I have taken antihypertensive drugs for so many years, this has not happened, since the last time I coughed, the antihypertensive drugs seem to have failed?
After the hospital measured the blood pressure for Aunt Wang, the careful doctor asked if she had taken other drugs after learning that Aunt Wang had not changed the drug, which reminded Aunt Wang that she coughed a few days ago and went to the pharmacy to buy compound licorice tablets to take, did the licorice tablets still have an impact on blood pressure?
<h1>Compound licorice tablets are a "good medicine" for cough, but you should also be wary of side effects when using</h1> them
Compound licorice tablets are often used for cough expectorant and asthma, its main ingredient licorice is a Chinese herbal medicine for cough and phlegm, compound licorice tablets contain opioid powder also has a certain cough effect, as well as fennel oil and camphor can stimulate the trachea and accelerate sputum discharge.
Therefore, compound licorice tablets can be used for cough caused by lung diseases such as acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dry cough and wet cough from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, and compound licorice tablets have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect. However, the drug is three points toxic, and licorice tablets also have certain side effects.
1. Easy to become addictive
Compound licorice tablets contain the ingredients of opioid powder, long-term use of the drug will appear drug addiction, after stopping the drug will appear cold sweat, yawning, restlessness and other symptoms, generally need to stop the drug for two or three months to recover. Self-use compound licorice tablets for cough relief, continuous use should not exceed 1 week, after 3 days of continuous use if the symptoms do not improve should be changed or seen.
2. Easy to raise blood pressure
The main ingredient in compound licorice tablets, licorice flow extract, will cause the body to cause pseudoaldosteronism, resulting in increased blood pressure, but also reduce the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs, so patients with high blood pressure or people taking antihypertensive drugs, do not take compound licorice tablets.
3. It is easy to cause hypokalemia
Compound licorice tablets contain the ingredient of glycyrrhizic acid, which has the effect of preserving sodium and potassium, which can promote the excretion of potassium in the human body, so that the potassium concentration in the blood is reduced, and if used with potassium excretion diuretic drugs, it is easy to cause hypokalemia.
The decrease in blood potassium will also enhance the sensitivity of the human body to cardiac glycosides, which can induce cardiac glycoside poisoning, so people taking cardiac glycoside drugs such as sildira and digoxin should avoid licorice-containing preparations including compound licorice tablets when choosing drugs.
4. Induce gastric ulcers
Licorice has a glucocorticoid-like effect, after taking, can increase the secretion of gastric acid while reducing the secretion of gastric mucus, so there is a risk of inducing or aggravating the original gastric ulcer, especially when used with salicylic acid, aspirin and other drugs, the risk of gastric ulcer is greater.
Many people think that compound licorice tablets are cheap and effective, and Chinese medicine ingredients are safe for everyone, but this is not the case, compound licorice tablets are not suitable for everyone, and it is important to take them correctly.
<h1>Licorice tablets are not suitable for everyone, and it is important to take them correctly</h1>
The composition of compound licorice tablets is composed of licorice stream extract, opioid powder, camphor, star anise oil, sodium benzoate and other components. Licorice flow extract is a protective antitussive expectorant, opioid powder can act on the central system for cough relief, camphor and star anise oil will irritate the bronchial mucosa, making sputum easy to cough up, sodium benzoate has an antibacterial effect.
Compound licorice tablets are drugs that relieve cough symptoms and are suitable for coughs without sputum and less sputum, such as cough caused by dry and itchy throat, cough caused by mild throat inflammation, etc. However, there are many coughs that are not suitable for use, such as phlegm cough, because the opioid powder contained in compound licorice tablets can relax the smooth muscles and is not conducive to the body coughing up a lot of sputum.
Other allergic coughs caused by cold air, irritating gases, upper respiratory tract infections, etc. are also not suitable, and hormones or anti-allergic drugs should be used; coughs caused by pneumonia are not suitable to avoid delaying the disease, and it is necessary to consult a doctor to use antibacterial drugs reasonably.
In addition, pregnant women and pregnant women are banned compound licorice tablets, infants, lactating women and hypertension patients need to be used with caution, compound licorice tablets and a variety of drugs there are compatibility contraindications, such as cardiosides, antihypertensive drugs, salicylic acid, hypoglycemic drugs, etc., can not be combined.
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Compound licorice tablets antitussive effect is excellent, but because of its addictiveness, continuous use of the drug can not exceed 7 days, each piece of compound licorice tablets of opioid powder content in about 1.8 mg, the content is very small, in accordance with the doctor's advice to take will not appear accidents, but can not continue to use large doses of medication, especially some elderly people feel that the dosage of medical advice is not strong, arbitrarily increase the dosage, overuse of compound licorice tablets.
Generally take compound licorice tablets is two tablets each time, three times a day, take 3 consecutive days without relief of symptoms need to change medication or visit the doctor, the longest continuous use should not exceed 7 days, do not over-time medication, beware of drug addiction.
In fact, as early as 2015, the State Food and Drug Administration included compound licorice tablets in the control list, the reason is that it has addiction and some side effects, and in addition to compound licorice tablets, these drugs are actually not as safe as imagined.
<h1>These medicines, while useful, have been banned</h1>
Vitamin C silver warp
The composition of vitamin C silver warp tablets is vitamin C, honeysuckle, forsythia, chlorobenzynin maleate, acetaminophen, and is often used for wind fever and colds. However, according to the case report released by the National Adverse Drug Reactions Monitoring Center, vitamin C silver warp tablets can cause adverse reactions such as rash, liver dysfunction, anaphylactic shock, leukopenia, and interstitial nephritis.
Moreover, when taking vitamin C silver tablets can not be combined with other cold medicines, because the acetaminophen contained in more than 80% of the cold medicines are present, and taking acetaminophen at the same time may be excessive, causing serious liver damage, serious organ failure and even death. Therefore, when taking Vitamin C Silver Tablets, we should pay attention to the dosage and stop the drug immediately when there is discomfort.
Ribavirin
Ribavirin, also known as viralzole, is often used to treat colds, but in fact, ribavirin has no effect on the common cold, ribavirin is commonly used for only two purposes, combined interferon for the treatment of adult hepatitis C, and immunosuppressed patients with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection nebulization treatment. And there are a large number of animal experiments to prove that ribavirin has a significant teratogenic effect, 1% of the therapeutic dose is also teratogenic.
Annaimet
Metamizole was once a commonly used fever reducer, the main ingredients are aminopyrine and sodium sulfite, but there are cases of adverse reactions or even death after taking at home and abroad, and its adverse reactions are cytopenia in the peripheral blood, decreased immunity caused by various infections, etc. In 1934 alone, there were 1981 people in the United States who died due to taking aminopyrine, and metamizole contained aminopyrine, so the effect was similar, and it had been banned or restricted in many countries before.
Morphine
Morpholine, or domperidone tablets, is often used to treat or alleviate nausea and vomiting, dyspepsia, stomach distention and stomach pain, etc., but in 2014 the European Medicines Agency issued a report saying that "domperidone is associated with the risk of serious heart disease" and limited its effect to relieving nausea and vomiting, and the use time should not exceed 1 week.
But all drugs, should not be abused or used arbitrarily, to always remember is the drug three points of poison, even if the use of Chinese medicine will have side effects, in addition to the correct use of drugs, correct storage of drugs, and regular cleaning of drugs is also very important, drug traits change or after the shelf life, do not take it again.
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Resources:
[1] Although licorice tablets are "antitussive medicine", they are not something you can eat if you want to. Online Chinese Medicine.2020-09-02
[2] Do not eat licorice flakes for more than 7 days. Health Times.2008-11-24
[3] Don't take these common medicines! A lot has been disabled! Everyone in Qingdao has it. Qingdao Daily.2018-11-23
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