Amoxicillin, levofloxacin, cephalosporin, azithromycin, etc., which we often see and hear about, are also one of the antimicrobial drugs. Antimicrobials refer to drugs that can inhibit and kill pathogenic microorganisms, used to prevent and treat infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including antibacterial drugs, antiviral drugs, antifungal drugs and antiparasitic drugs.
When it comes to antimicrobials, I have to say another word - "superbugs", which have slowly entered the public eye in recent years, and even made people feel frightened. Li Yabing, deputy director of the Pharmacy Department of Guangdong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that the accurate name of "superbugs" is "multi-drug resistant bacteria", which does not refer specifically to a certain bacterium, but generally refers to those bacteria that are resistant to a variety of antibiotics. The human abuse of drugs has accelerated the gradual change of bacteria from single resistance to multi-drug resistance and even pan-resistance, and eventually become drug-resistant superbugs. Experts say that bacterial drug resistance is not only a medical problem, but also brings a heavy burden to society and increases the difficulty of treating diseases.
Li Yabing said that some of our own misuse of drugs is the abuse of antimicrobial drugs, which is also an "accelerator" for the formation of superbugs.
Error one:
If you have a cold, use some antibiotics
If you have a cold, you will take antibiotics, which may be a common operation for many people, so do you really need to take antibiotics when you have a cold? Li Yabing pointed out that most of the colds are caused by viral infections, for the virus caused by the cold, antibiotics are actually ineffective, most people can heal themselves after about a week or so of the course of the disease, only some colds with bacterial infections, only need to be guided by a doctor, on time and in quantity to use antibiotics.
Error two:
The pursuit of new, high-grade antibacterial drugs, superstitious broad-spectrum drugs
The so-called broad spectrum, narrow spectrum, in layman's terms, is that antibacterial drugs can cover more types of bacteria, carpet sterilization, that is, broad spectrum. The antibacterial drugs can cover fewer types of bacteria, and the precise symptomatic sterilization is a narrow spectrum. Is the broad spectrum necessarily better than the narrow spectrum? Li Yabing said, in fact, it is not, we do not want to be too superstitious about broad-spectrum drugs, in general, it is recommended that those who can use a narrow spectrum do not use a broad spectrum, can use low-level ones without high-level, can solve the problem with a drug, do not combine drugs, do not think that the best drugs to use, the disease will get better faster, excessive, excessive use of drugs will only enhance the "combat effectiveness" of bacteria, and even spawn "super bacteria" that have no cure. So how to choose antimicrobial drugs, it is recommended that it is best to go to regular medical institutions, by professional doctors according to the type of infected bacteria to rationally use drugs, the first choice of targeted, narrow-spectrum, good safety of antibacterial drugs.
Error three:
"Omnipotent" "anti-inflammatory drugs"
Headache and toothache, eat some "anti-inflammatory drugs", colds and fevers, eat some "anti-inflammatory drugs"... "anti-inflammatory drugs" once played the role of "omnipotent" germicidal warriors in the eyes of the people, and this antibiotic and other antibacterial drugs are omnipotent "anti-inflammatory drugs" in the eyes of the people, and many people feel that antibiotics and other antibacterial drugs can treat all inflammation. Li Yabing said that in fact, anti-inflammatory drugs are mainly aimed at non-infectious inflammation (aseptic inflammation), which mainly includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen, etc.) and steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as dexamethasone, etc.), while antibiotics are microorganisms (including bacteria, fungi) or higher animals and plants in the process of life produced by a class of secondary metabolites with anti-pathogens or other activities, chemicals that can interfere with the development and function of other living cells, and inhibit or kill bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms. However, it is ineffective for viral infections, and the common ones are streptomycin, cephalosporin, penicillin, etc., so it is not appropriate to equate antibiotics with anti-inflammatory drugs to be precise.
Error four:
It is a three-point poison of the drug, and if the symptoms are better, don't use it again!
Some people feel that it is a drug three points of poison, so when using antimicrobial drugs, as soon as they see that the symptoms have improved slightly, they will stop the drug or reduce the amount without authorization, but in fact, the use of insufficient amounts is often easy to promote drug resistance, so once it involves the use of antimicrobials, we must follow the doctor's instructions and eat enough.
In short, antimicrobials, what we have to do is to look at it correctly, neither abuse, nor blindly refuse, should be used reasonably according to the doctor's advice. (Reporter Zhang Hua Correspondent Lin Huifang)
Source: Yangcheng Evening News