Ulcer medication not “reckless”

September 22, 2009 · Posted in Treatment of gastric ulcer 

Patients as the easy way to take medicine tablets do not have warm water delivery service, but use saliva to swallow pills forced to go on. This medication tablets have many harmful effects on the body. For example affect treatment of esophageal injury, and even life-threatening occurrence tablets strayed into the trachea.

 Person’s esophagus itself has three physiological constriction. Tablets most likely to remain at the intersection of esophagus and trachea; a rheumatic mitral stenosis patients with atrial increased, due to compression of esophageal lumen narrows to make tablets easier to stay in the esophagus, if the film is likely to stem Tunyao to make tablets stuck in the esophagus caused by esophagitis or esophageal ulcers. Esophageal injury caused by the drug more, mainly because some of the esophageal mucosa stimulation, the corrosive effect of tablets, pills or capsules. Common are aspirin, tetracycline, doxycycline (DOTC), quinidine, potassium chloride, aminophylline, Phenylbutazone, indomethacin, prednisone. The event of esophageal injury, the patient will feel substernal burning sensation, feeling of constriction or pain; some will emerge difficulty swallowing. And dry Tunyao tablets dissolve slowly their drug, if it is sugar-coated tablet slower onset.

 Therefore, in order to give full play to drug efficacy, prevent the occurrence of side effects, medication should be careful dry swallow. The correct medication is: Take standing position, first tablet placed in the mouth, and then drink a saliva (not too much), slightly head up and make swallowing movements Yang, pills, or with water and smooth through the esophagus into the stomach. Gelatin capsule shell is made, water can produce a certain viscosity, dry swallow most likely attached to the esophageal wall, but also because the proportion of small capsules than water, is floating in the water, and therefore should not be on the head when swallowing Yang Otherwise, the water delivery service to swallow capsules are still stuck in the esophagus, such as the head, down slightly forward, so that easier to swallow. After the tablets should not be swallowed immediately lie down, drink a little water every other 5 minutes. This medication can promote the absorption and improve the efficacy, and can reduce the number of adverse drug reactions.

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