As the seasons change, the temperature gradually drops. This is also the season of high incidence of influenza. For people with weak immunity, some cold symptoms may appear in normal times. , such as runny nose, fever, cough, etc.
Many people will go to the pharmacy to buy medicine after catching a cold, the common one is amoxicillin, and then take other medicines together.
Amoxicillin is a drug that many families keep, and most people think that amoxicillin is an anti-inflammatory drug, especially when there is inflammation in the body When you are sick, you will choose to take it. So what are anti-inflammatory drugs?
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First of all, what is an anti-inflammatory drug?
Anti-inflammatory drugs are commonly known as antibacterial drugs, which refer to the ability to sterilize or inhibit bacteria and treat various A kind of drug for bacterial infection, the range of antibacterial drugs is relatively wide, mainly including various antibiotics, sulfonamides, nitroimidazoles, quinolones, furans, anti-tuberculosis, anti-fungal and other chemical drugs.
If the inflammation is caused by non-bacterial infection, anti-inflammatory drugs can reduce the inflammatory response of the tissue and relieve Adverse symptoms caused by inflammation, such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
Antibacterial drugs have therapeutic effects on various bacterial and fungal infections, some antibacterial drugs can also be used for mycoplasma, Infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as chlamydia, spirochetes, and some protozoa, but are ineffective for viral infections. There are some commonly used antibacterial drugs in clinical practice, such as tetracyclines, macrolides, cephalosporins, and penicillins.
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What is the difference between anti-inflammatory drugs and antibacterial drugs?
Inflammation is the body’s defense response to stimuli, the main manifestations are dysfunction, redness, Swelling, heat, and pain, but most people confuse inflammation with infection in their lives.
Infection can cause infectious inflammation, but not all inflammation is caused by infection, for example Tumor inflammation, autoimmune inflammation, and these inflammations have nothing to do with infection.
Anti-inflammatory drugs are commonly known as drugs with the ability to reduce inflammation, mainly to improve symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat and pain, such as Anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken for gout, arthritis, runny nose, headache, and sore throat.
Antibacterial drugs can be used For the treatment of various bacterial infections, it is effective for bacterial infections, but not for non-bacterial infections.
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Is amoxicillin an anti-inflammatory drug?
Amoxicillin is a broad-spectrum penicillin lactam antibiotic, it It belongs to antibacterial drugs, which can inhibit the synthesis of bacterial cell walls and achieve the effect of sterilization.
In clinical practice, amoxicillin is often used to treat multiple site infections caused by sensitive bacteria, such as upper respiratory tract infection, lower respiratory tract Infection, skin and soft tissue infection, urinary system infection, reproductive system infection, etc.
Anti-inflammatory drugs are antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, such as common ibuprofen, aspirin, etc., but amoxicillin is not an anti-inflammatory drug, but an antibiotic. have an effect in the disease, but do not improve the general inflammatory response.
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Many people take it wrong, there are only 2 real anti-inflammatory drugs
Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are mainly glucocorticoids, which can maintain the stability of the overall lytic enzymes, improve the permeability of blood vessels, improve the state of congestion, and interfere with the inflammatory response of the human body.
NSAIDs
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are generally analgesic and antipyretic drugs, especially in clinical practice, mainly non-selective cyclooxygenase and selective Cyclooxygenase.
The former mainly includes Aspirin, phenylbutazone, ibuprofen, etc. These drugs can fight rheumatism and improve inflammation, and the latter mainly include celecoxib, nimesulide, meloxicam, etc.
However, the types of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are more complicated, so when taking the medicine, they should not be used blindly and should be treated symptomatically.