In recent years, we can always hear that Ai You stopped taking the drug without authorization, resulting in only a dozen CD4 left, or even a few, and the bad news of the unfortunate death of the opportunity to be infected **, I feel sorry for it, and talk to you about why we can't stop the drug without authorization, and how important it is to have good drug compliance.
Xiaoyou: Anti-virus ** for more than three years, regular work and rest of three meals. The medicine box does not leave the body to take the medicine on time, and now the CD4 is stable at more than 600, and the spirit guy is one.
In the three years before this, he also went through the psychological stage of not being able to accept the disease. The joy after the condom is unfortunately infected. Can't face the life after infection, just take the medicine, you can still take the medicine on time, but the psychological factors such as the drug torture, so that it lost faith in the future, stop the drug without authorization, stop the drug randomly brings the risk of drug resistance, the body has also launched a "warning", rash, fever and nausea, etc., with the help of the doctor and volunteer psychological counseling, I finally adjusted my mentality and actively cooperated, only to see Xiaoyou, who is now healthy again.
So let's talk about how important good medication adherence isFirst of all, what is medication adherence?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines it as the degree to which a person's behavior corresponds to the recommendations of the health care provider. In layman's terms, it refers to whether the patient takes the medicine as prescribed by the doctor.
Good medication adherence can maintain satisfactory blood drug concentration levels, reduce the risk of drug resistance, and improve the success rate.
What are the harms of poor medication compliance such as not taking medicine on time, skipping doses, and stopping medication without authorization?
1. Adjust the dosage and frequency of medication at will
Some patients believe that the larger the dose, the faster the effect, so they arbitrarily increase the dose or frequency of the drug. Although the effect of the drug increases with the dose, if it exceeds the safe dose range, it can cause adverse reactions, poisoning, and even life-threatening.
For example, an overdose of acetaminophen, which can damage the liver. Some patients think that the symptoms are under control after taking the drug, so they reduce the dose by themselves, and as a result, the disease is prolonged.
2. Not administering at the prescribed medication interval
In addition to the dosage, the dosing interval must be appropriate to maintain the appropriate blood concentration and maintain the efficacy. Some patients are afraid of trouble, so they change the oral drug every 6 hours to every 12 hours, and combine the two doses with one time (such as cefradine, etc.), resulting in a large fluctuation in the blood concentration, which exceeds the safe range when it is too high, causing poisoning;When it is too low, it cannot achieve the bactericidal effect, resulting in drug resistance, and the infection cannot be controlled in time.
3. Do not adhere to the course of medication and stop the medication at will
The course of medication is the duration of medication, and the duration of the disease varies according to the severity of the disease or the severity of the disease. For bacterial infection, the course of medication usually needs to be longer than the course of the disease, and it is generally necessary to continue the medication for 3 days after the patient's infection symptoms disappear and the fever subsides, so as to be thorough**. However, some patients discontinue the drug prematurely, and the result is that the bacteria are not completely eliminated and the disease is **. Some chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and severe hypertension, need to be gradually reduced to an appropriate dose even if they are restored to normal with medication**; However, some patients take medication and stop using it from time to time, resulting in disease***
Possible consequences of a lack of 'adherence' with medications
1. Failure.
2. Recurrence of disease.
3. Adverse reactions, and even poisoning is life-threatening.
At present, the drug** can only inhibit HIV replication, but cannot clear the virus, and once the drug is stopped, the latent virus will quickly replicate and attack the body's immune system again.
Therefore, early detection, early detection, and not stopping the drug without authorization according to the doctor's instructions are particularly important to improve the first effect.
So, what should I do if the drug is present in the process?
Before taking the drug, you should be truthful about your drug allergy history, physical condition and antiviral** doctor's explanation, so that the doctor can accurately prescribe the drug; In the process of taking antiviral drugs, if the body has obvious discomfort and symptoms such as high fever, rash, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, etc., you should report the situation to your attending doctor as soon as possible, and deal with it according to the doctor's advice.
In addition to this, you also need to adjust your mentality, if you are unfortunately infected with HIV, you should accept the fact that you have been infected, actively change your way of thinking, adjust your mentality, start planning to receive the national free anti-virus **, fully communicate with the attending doctor, improve the hope of life and actively cooperate with ** is the key to ensure the quality of life and ** in the future.
Here, it is important to emphasize that AIDS is increasingly becoming a "chronic disease", such as high blood pressure, despite the fact that it is not possible to ** AIDS at the moment. HIV can stop the spread of the virus in the body as long as you take medication every day. Scientists are constantly improving these drugs, and their effectiveness is increasing, and there are fewer and fewer drugs, such as the emergence of new drugs such as rilpivirine, Jiefukang, and Slow Mekai. AIDS can stop the spread of the virus in the body as long as you take medication every day, and you have the same average life expectancy as ordinary people. 、
*: Red Maple Bay.