Hourly health station broadcasts hot summer, medicines should also pay attention to “heatstroke prevention”

Qianjiang Evening News·Hourly News Correspondent Han Fen

A few of Grandma Liu I had diarrhea a month ago, and I was given four boxes of compound Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets to regulate my intestines. After I got better, I left two boxes of medicines that I didn’t take. Recently, this problem has been committed again, but taking this medicine has no effect at all. What has actually happened?

With questions, Grandma Liu found Gao Linzhen, the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy of the community health service center in Jiangcun Street, Xihu District, Hangzhou, and wanted to find out.

Gao Linzhen immediately understood when she heard Grandma Liu’s narration. It turns out that the last time Grandma Liu took medicine was in winter and spring, the room temperature was low, and the medicine did not need to be stored in the refrigerator; but now in Hangzhou, the “steaming” mode is directly turned on, the indoor temperature is as high as 30 ℃, and the medicine is not placed in the refrigerator. Of course, this live bacteria preparation does not. worked.

How to properly store compound Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets in hot weather?

Should be protected from light, airtight, and stored in a cool, dark and dry place (not more than 20°C protected from light).

With the continuous improvement of people’s health awareness, there are many residents and friends who prepare medicines at home. Some special medicines need special methods to be preserved to achieve the best efficacy. There may be security risks. In addition to compound Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets, insulin and other medicines are also stocked by community residents and require special temperature storage.

Many chemical reactions are accelerated with the increase of temperature, and the active ingredients in medicines are easily exposed to high temperature conditions. Accelerates oxidation, discoloration, and deterioration, which in turn leads to drug failure. Therefore, when you get the medicine, not only should you pay attention to taking it strictly according to the doctor’s instructions, but also the standardized storage is equally important. The best way to identify how to store medicines is to read the instructions carefully and store them according to the instructions. Hospitals are generally equipped with special medical refrigerators and cool cabinets. Medicines that require refrigeration can be placed in the fresh-keeping layer of the household refrigerator, and must not be placed in the freezing layer. Only when the medicine is stored in its suitable temperature and humidity environment can it exert its effect better.

The following is an example to introduce some common storage conditions of medicines on the instructions:

1. Refrigeration: refers to the temperature requirement of 2-8 ℃ (such as: insulin, bifidobacteria triplex) Live bacteria capsules, spleen aminopeptide oral freeze-dried powder);

2. Shade and cool place: the temperature requirement is not higher than 20℃ (such as: alfacalcidol soft capsule, cefaclor dry suspension (such as: irbesartan tablets, losartan potassium tablets, losartan potassium hydrochlorothiazide);

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