An old man crushed his antihypertensive medicine and took it orally, resulting in drug poisoning.

　　After taking antibiotics and drinking some wine, I almost died; my cold was not good, and I took several antibiotics, which made me sicker... I hoped that the medicine would cure the disease, but improper use of medicine caused big problems. Recent survey data shows that at least 200,000 people die every year in our country due to improper medication.

　　Reporters learned yesterday from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University that there are many local cases of adverse reactions caused by improper use of drugs. Situ Bing, chief pharmacist of the hospital, reminded citizens to pay special attention to the safety of medication for the elderly and children.

　　Taking crushed antihypertensive drugs causes blood pressure to rise instead of falling

　　Granny Huang suffers from hypertension and needs to take long-term oral antihypertensive drug nifedipine sustained-release tablets to control her blood pressure. Originally, her blood pressure had been well controlled, but due to the recent cold weather, Granny Huang's blood pressure suddenly increased, so she took an extra pill on her own. Granny Huang tried to crush the pills before swallowing them. Unexpectedly, soon after swallowing the pills, her blood pressure rose instead of falling. She continued to take this method several times, and finally she developed dizziness, nausea, palpitations, and chest tightness, and then fainted and was sent to the hospital.

　　“Granny Huang's fainting was due to the wrong way of taking medicine. ”Situ Bing, chief pharmacist of the Third Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, pointed out that most oral sustained-release preparations cannot be chewed before being taken, because this will destroy the dosage form and lose the proper sustained-release or controlled-release effect. If the tablet is taken after being divided, the controlled release film or controlled release matrix will be destroyed and the drug will be released rapidly, which will cause the drug concentration in the body to rise suddenly and even cause drug poisoning.

　　200,000 people die from inappropriate medication every year in our country

　　At the annual meeting of the National Society for Pharmacoepidemiology held a month ago, some experts pointed out that one-third of the world's annual deaths are related to irrational drug use, and 200,000 people die in my country every year from improper drug use. Situ Bing said that adverse reactions caused by improper use of drugs have increased year by year in recent years.

　　It is wrong to give children medicines, add sugar and take medicines

　　Situ Bing also found that there are often many inappropriate practices in children's medication. In order to get their children with poor swallowing ability and ignorance to take medicine, some parents will use methods such as crushing medicine, pouring medicine, adding sugar or juice, etc. Situ Bing pointed out that these methods are wrong and harmful to children.

　　For example, Situ Bing said that pinching a child's nose and force-feeding medicine can easily cause the medicine to enter the respiratory tract and suffocate; some parents let their children swallow the pills dry, causing the pills to stay in the digestive tract and damage the digestive tract mucosa; some medicines require the syrup to be mixed well before taking the medicine. This is because the medicine will precipitate after being left, and the medicine will not be effective when taken, but many parents will ignore it.