Patients with gastric ulcer should drink less water when take medicine

September 23, 2009 · Posted in Treatment of gastric ulcer 

Some drugs due to its onset approach, medication is not only unable to drink plenty of water when, or even no water, otherwise it will reduce the efficacy, loss of its therapeutic effect. For example, some treatment of gastric ulcer drug – sucralfate and aluminum hydroxide gel.

 Pharmaceutical expert explained that the suspension of these medicines are being made into the stomach will become insoluble numerous small particles, such as powder, like built in the damaged gastric mucosa, so that will be free of gastric acid erosion of gastric mucosa , and slowly grow the new organization to fill ulcers and restore its original function.

 Taking these drugs, if you drink a lot of water but will dilute the drug, so that covers damage to gastric mucosa in the reduction of drug particles, protective film thinning, loss of therapeutic effect. Moreover, the service type of stomach half an hour and do not drink water, because a large number of water a short time, the same will form a protective film has just been obliterated, so that damage to gastric mucosa re-exposed to the corrosive acid.

 Thus, treatment of stomach ulcers taking drugs, just water to get clothes into the tablet can not drink more. Some stomach or you can just chew swallow, no drinking, patient medication instructions before you see the mark is used.

 With this method were the same as taking cough drugs, such as cough syrup, licorice mixture and so on. These drugs than the viscosity, adhesion after taking drugs will be in the throat, directly on the lesion site, which play a anti-inflammatory effect. If you drink too much water will wash away the active ingredients of drugs pharynx, so that local drug concentration decreased.

 Wang Shaorong Director reminded patients to take treatment of gastric ulcers, cough, pharyngitis and other drugs, drinking as little as possible, these drugs are usually indicated on the instructions, take medicine before you read them carefully. If you want to drink plenty of water should be half an hour after taking the drug, such as protective film to stabilize or to drug effects of time, and then amount of water.

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