Common mistakes when taking pain medications

If 1 is good, 2 is probably better

Pain medications are used in the right dosage. Psychology as much as possible when the use of drugs is a very famous concept wrong. Many people when taking the first pill to relieve pain but not end the pain of instant drink add a member anymore. Such drugs are easy to get you to go straight to the emergency room.

Often when doctors prescribe pain medication for you, they had to weigh the benefits and the harm to give the dose for the effect the best with the least side effects. The double or triple dosage will not increase the therapeutic effect but it can increase the harmful side effects.

The case used the same at many types of painkillers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and naproxen..., also increases the harmful side effects that you may encounter.

When the correct pain medication instructions about dosage which after a while it still does not control the pain, not the double dose or increase the use of other drugs more, which should see a doctor to doctor may change the method of treatment for you.

Overdose by taking the same active substance

Many people often use OTC pain relievers and even analgesics according to the menu without reading the label and ingredients of the medicine. Means they often don't know the drugs they are taking. That is never a good idea, because you will probably use the drugs with the same ingredients and causing overdose condition.

Oral pain medications with alcohol, beer

This mistake is common in the wings you whiskers. When the steam available men in person, every decision is often inaccurate. There are people who are drunk and headache should have search retrieved oral pain medications in hopes of deleting is the pain. But you need to remember that, use a combination of painkillers and alcohol will increase the harmful effects up the liver, because alcohol and painkillers are separate things is not good for the liver.

That is the reason why many drugs labeled "no alcohol" (do not take alcoholic drinks). This label was denoted by a glass of wine, around the "not" cosmopolitan with a circle and slash. This notation is applied for both wine and beer.

Drug interactions

Before taking any medications, you think his view there are taking a drug, herbal or other functional foods or not. A few medications and food this function can interact with pain medication or increase the risk of side effects.

For example, aspirin may influence the effect of some types of non-insulin diabetes drugs; codeine and oxycodone can reduce the effect of antidepressants.

Taking drugs when driving

Pain medications can make you sleepy and dangerous while driving. But not everyone had the same reaction to medicines. So experts recommend testing before the drug at home to see if it causes you to feel sleepy or not.

Sharing prescriptions with others

This is very popular in Vietnam and even in developed countries. This is very dangerous for people to be shared because that can cause them allergy condition, drug overdose or interaction.

Do not discuss with pharmacist

The ads introduce the drug are advised to "carefully read the user manual before use", but the truth is not easy to read and understand the instructions. Therefore, you should suggest to the pharmacist or drug sellers guides you to detailed drug use and the risk right at the store.

Hoarding expired medication

Taking expired will no longer healing effects, even you can even poisoned by the drug decomposition products. Smoking in the shelf if not preserved properly is also not recommended.

Break the pill not crack

The Tablet is really the little machine to transport drugs. They will no longer useful when they broke out of the way. It should be noted, only the pills have the posterior aspect of the new trench was allowed to break out, and all these drugs have no grooves are not cracked.=