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ʻO ka Pseudoephedrine he lāʻau decongestant e kōkua ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ihu paʻa a me nā sinuses i ālaina ʻia. Ua lohe paha ʻoe iā ia ma ke ʻano he mea hana i nā lāʻau anu a me nā maʻi allergies, a ke kōkua nei ia i nā kānaka e hanu maʻalahi no nā makahiki he nui. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopōkole ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko pehu i loko o kou mau ala ihu, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i ke kōkua ke manaʻo ʻoe ua paʻa mai ke anu, nā allergies, a i ʻole nā maʻi sinus.
ʻO ka Pseudoephedrine he lāʻau sympathomimetic, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hoʻohālike ana i kekahi mau mea kemika maoli i loko o kou kino e hana i nā hopena kikoʻī. No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo nasal decongestants, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā koho waha maikaʻi loa i loaʻa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia ma nā ʻano kauoha a me nā ʻano over-the-counter, ʻoiai ua lilo ka hiki ke komo i ka mea i hoʻoponopono ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.
Ua like kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ephedrine, kahi mea maoli i loaʻa i kekahi mau mea kanu. ʻO ka
ʻOiai ʻo kēia nā hoʻohana nui, kekahi mau mea mālama ola e ʻōlelo nei i ka pseudoephedrine no nā maʻi ʻē aʻe kahi e kōkua ai ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka pehu i nā membrane mucous. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana mau ia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana a kāu kauka a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka pūʻolo.
Hana ka pseudoephedrine ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa alpha-adrenergic i loko o nā kīʻaha koko o kou mau ala ihu. ʻO kēia ke kumu e paʻa ai nā kīʻaha koko a i ʻole e ʻuʻuku, kahi e hōʻemi ai i ka pehu i nā ʻiʻo e laina ana i kou ihu a me nā sinuses. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka baluna - i ka wā e iho ai ka pehu, e wehe ana ka wahi no ka ea e kahe ai.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika waena ma waena o nā decongestants. ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe e like me ka phenylephrine, akā ʻaʻole ia he ikaika e like me nā koho kauoha wale nō. Hoʻomaka ka hopena maʻamau i loko o 30 a 60 mau minuke o ka lawe ʻana, a hiki i ka hoʻomaha ke mau ma nā wahi a pau mai 4 a 12 mau hola, ma muli o ke ʻano āu e hoʻohana nei.
No ka mea e hana ana ka pseudoephedrine ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma mua o kou ihu. ʻO kēia hana systemic ke kumu e maikaʻi ai, akā ʻo ia hoʻi ke kumu e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino, e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka puʻuwai a i ʻole nā jitters māmā.
E lawe i ka pseudoephedrine e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana ma ka pūʻolo a i ʻole e kāu mea mālama ola. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā papa hoʻokuʻu koke e lawe ʻoe i kēlā me kēia 4 a 6 mau hola, a me nā formulations hoʻokuʻu lōʻihi e lawe ʻoe i kēlā me kēia 12 hola. E ale mau i nā papa hoʻokuʻu lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa - mai ʻoki, nau, a i ʻole e wāwahi iā lākou, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻokuʻu i ka nui o ka lāʻau i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka pseudoephedrine me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana me kahi mea ʻai liʻiliʻi e kōkua paha i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū. E inu i ke aniani wai piha i ka wā e lawe ai ʻoe i kāu mahele e kōkua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻoheheʻe pono. Inā ʻike ʻoe e pili ana i kāu hiamoe, e hoʻāʻo e lawe i kāu mahele hope loa ma kahi o 4 a 6 mau hola ma mua o ka moe.
Eia kekahi mau mea nui e pili ana i ka manawa:
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea no ke koko kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā maʻi puʻuwai, e hōʻoia e kūkākūkā i ka manawa me kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kauka. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke launa pū me ka pseudoephedrine, a ʻo ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka wā e lawe ai ʻoe iā lākou hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia.
E hoʻohana i ka pseudoephedrine no ka manawa pōkole loa e hōʻoluʻolu i kāu mau hōʻailona. No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻo ia hoʻi ka lawe ʻana iā ia no 3 a 7 mau lā i ka wā o ke anu a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi. Inā mau kāu congestion ma mua o 7 mau lā, a i ʻole inā e ʻino aʻe ma mua o ka maikaʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like me ka sinusitis bacterial.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine no ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia hiki ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia. Hiki i kou kino ke hoʻomohala i ka hoʻomanawanui, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe i nā mahele kiʻekiʻe e loaʻa ai ka hopena like. Eia kekahi, hiki i ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ke hana i ka congestion rebound, kahi e hoʻōki ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kou stuffiness ma mua o ka mea i hana mua ʻia.
No nā maʻi maʻi e like me nā maʻi allergies e mau ana, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻohana i ka pseudoephedrine i kēlā me kēia manawa ma mua o ka hoʻomau. Hāʻawi kēia ala iā ʻoe i ka hōʻoluʻolu i ka wā o nā flare-ups me ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia e hele mai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi. E hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī a kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻohana ʻana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi i ka pseudoephedrine, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO nā mea maʻamau he maʻalahi a pili i nā hopena hoʻoulu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kāu ʻōnaehana nerve. Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau mea i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke hooki ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
He manawa pōkole a hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kāu mahele hope loa i ka lā hiki ke kōkua i nā pilikia hiamoe, a ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka wai hiki ke hōʻemi i nā hōʻailona waha maloʻo.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. E kelepona i kāu kauka i kēia manawa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ke poʻo nui, ka huikau, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu. I nā manawa liʻiliʻi, hiki i ka pseudoephedrine ke hana i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke koko, nā puʻuwai puʻuwai ʻole, a i ʻole nā hopena maʻi.
ʻO nā hōʻailona e koi ai i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia e pili ana i ka ʻeha o ka umauma nui, ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka puʻuwai wikiwiki a ʻole. He kakaikahi kēia mau hopena, akā ua koʻikoʻi lākou e pono ai ʻoe e ʻimi i ke kōkua lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa lākou.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale aku i ka pseudoephedrine a i ʻole e hoʻohana wale nō ma lalo o ka mālama olakino. Inā he kiʻekiʻe ke koko, maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole maʻi diabetes, hiki i kēia lāʻau ke hoʻonui i kēia mau maʻi ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i kou puʻuwai a me ke koko. Pēlā nō, pono e akahele ka poʻe me ka hyperthyroidism, no ka mea, hiki i ka pseudoephedrine ke hoʻonui i nā hopena o ka hormone thyroid nui.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka pseudoephedrine inā ʻoe e hoʻohana nei a i ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea hoʻopaʻa MAO, he ʻano antidepressant. Hiki i kēia hui ke hoʻoulu i ka piʻi ʻana o ke koko. E kali ma ka liʻiliʻi he 14 mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻōki ʻana i kahi mea hoʻopaʻa MAO ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine.
ʻO nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻolilo i ka pseudoephedrine i mea palekana ʻole:
Pono nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū e kūkākūkā me kā lākou mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana i ka wā hāpai, hiki iā ia ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē e hānai ana.
Loaʻa ka Pseudoephedrine ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻoiai ua kūʻai ʻia ka nui i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he mau mana generic. ʻO ka inoa inoa kaulana loa ʻo Sudafed, ua hala nā makahiki a ua hilinaʻi nui ʻia e nā mea kūʻai a me nā mea mālama ola. E ʻike ʻoe iā ia i nā ʻano like ʻole, me nā papa maʻamau, nā papa hoʻokuʻu lōʻihi, a me nā huahana hui.
ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Suphedrin, Cenafed, a me Drixoral (ke hui pū ʻia me nā mea ʻē aʻe). Nui nā hōʻailona hale kūʻai e hāʻawi pū i nā huahana pseudoephedrine like me nā inoa inoa akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka mea hana a me ka pono ka like me ka inoa inoa āu e koho ai.
I ka wā e kūʻai ai i ka pseudoephedrine, pono ʻoe e noi iā ia ma ka pāʻāwai lāʻau, ʻoiai ua loaʻa ia me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha. ʻO kēia ma muli o nā rula federal i manaʻo ʻia e pale i ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana. Pono ʻoe e hōʻike i ka ʻike a hiki ke kaupalena ʻia i ka nui o kāu e kūʻai ai i hoʻokahi manawa.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka pseudoephedrine iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ke kōkua i ka pilikia o ka ihu. ʻO ka Phenylephrine ka mea pani maʻamau a loaʻa i nā decongestants he nui i kūʻai ʻia me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pseudoephedrine, ʻoiai ke lawe ʻia ma ka waha.
ʻO nā pīpī decongestant ihu i loaʻa ka oxymetazoline a i ʻole phenylephrine e hana wikiwiki ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha a ʻaʻole loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao systemic like. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā lākou no 3 mau lā i ka manawa e pale ai i ka congestion rebound. He mea maikaʻi kēia mau mea no ka hoʻomaha pōkole ke pono ʻoe i nā hopena wikiwiki.
ʻO nā koho kūlohelohe e hiki ke kōkua pū:
No ka pilikia e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi, hiki i nā antihistamines e like me ka loratadine a i ʻole cetirizine ke kūpono ma mua o nā decongestants. Hana kēia mau mea ma ka pale ʻana i ka pane maʻi ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Pseudoephedrine ma mua o ka phenylephrine no ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka pilikia o ka ihu. Hōʻike mau ka noiʻi e hāʻawi ka pseudoephedrine i nā hopena decongestant maikaʻi loa, ʻoiai ke lawe ʻia ma ka waha. ʻO kēia ʻokoʻa i ka maikaʻi ke kumu e ʻimi ai ka poʻe i nā huahana i loaʻa ka pseudoephedrine.
ʻO ka mea nui o ka pseudoephedrine, ʻo ia kona moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia a me nā hopena hilinaʻi. Ua aʻo nui ʻia a he mau makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka honua maoli e kākoʻo ana i kona pono. ʻO ka phenylephrine, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka palekana ma kekahi mau ʻano, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka pae like o ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka congestion no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Eia naʻe, he mau mea maikaʻi ka phenylephrine. Loaʻa maʻalahi ia no ka mea ʻaʻole pono e nīnau ma ke keʻena lāʻau lapaʻau, a ʻo ka mea maʻamau e hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi e like me ka jitters a i ʻole nā pilikia hiamoe. No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke lawe i ka pseudoephedrine ma muli o nā maʻi puʻuwai a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe, he koho kūpono paha ka phenylephrine.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Inā pono ʻoe i ka pono kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke ʻae i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka pseudoephedrine ka mea maʻamau i ke koho maikaʻi. Inā makemake ʻoe i ke komo maʻalahi a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi, hiki i ka phenylephrine ke hana no ʻoe, akā pono paha ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i nā ala ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha lawa.
Hiki i ka Pseudoephedrine ke hoʻonui i ke koko a pono e hoʻohana me ka akahele inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hypertension. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko, hiki ke hoʻonui i ke kaomi i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana circulatory. Inā mālama maikaʻi ʻia kou koko me ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā pōkole, akā pono ʻoe e nānā pono i kou koko.
ʻO ka poʻe me ke koko kiʻekiʻe ʻole e pale aku i ka pseudoephedrine. Ma kahi, e noʻonoʻo i nā koho palekana e like me ka holoi ʻana i ka ihu saline, ka inhalation mahu, a i ʻole nā sprays decongestant nasal i hoʻohana ʻia no ʻekolu lā. E kūkākūkā mau i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine inā he hopohopo kou puʻuwai a i ʻole ke koko.
Inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka pseudoephedrine ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu lāʻau make. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui loa hiki ke hoʻonui i ka helu o ka puʻuwai a me ke koko, me nā hōʻailona e like me ke poʻo nui, ka huikau, a i ʻole ka ʻeha o ka umauma. Mai kali e ʻike inā e ulu nā hōʻailona - e kiʻi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau i kēia manawa.
Iā ʻoe e kali nei i ke alakaʻi lapaʻau, e hoʻāʻo e noho mālie a pale i nā hana e hoʻonui ai i ke koʻikoʻi i kāu ʻōnaehana cardiovascular. Mai inu i ka caffeine a i ʻole e hana i ka hoʻoikaika kino ikaika. Inā e ulu nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole ke poʻo nui, e kelepona koke i nā lawelawe pilikia.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ka pseudoephedrine, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole ua kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau. Mai lawe i kahi mahele pālua e hoʻopiha ai i kahi i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
No nā formulations hoʻokuʻu lōʻihi, he mea nui ka manawa. Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele a ua hala ma mua o 6 mau hola mai ka manawa e lawe ai ʻoe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kali a hiki i kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Kōkua kēia i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae paʻa i kāu ʻōnaehana a pale i ka lāʻau mai ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kāu hiamoe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai kou congestion a i ʻole ke hoʻopau ʻoe i ke ala lapaʻau i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hōʻemi mālie i ka mahele - hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki koke me ka ʻole e hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona haʻalele. Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā ia no kekahi mau lā wale nō i ka wā o ke anu a i ʻole ka maʻi allergy.
Inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe i ka pseudoephedrine no ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻonui i kou pilikia ma muli o nā hopena rebound. He mea manawa kēia a pono e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā. Inā mau ka pilikia ma hope o kēia manawa, e nīnau i kāu mea mālama ola e noiʻi i nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka pseudoephedrine me nā lāʻau anu ʻē aʻe, akā pono ʻoe e makaʻala i nā hui pū. E nānā i nā lepili o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau a pau e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe e lawe ana i nā huahana he nui i loaʻa ka pseudoephedrine, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka overdose. Nui nā lāʻau anu hui pū i loaʻa mua ka pseudoephedrine me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe.
He palekana ka hui ʻana i ka pseudoephedrine me nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha e like me ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen, nā antihistamines no nā allergies, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻopau ʻū. Eia naʻe, e pale i ka lawe ʻana me nā mea hoʻoulu ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka puʻuwai a i ʻole ke koko. Ke kānalua, e nīnau i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i nā pilina hiki ke hana ma mua o ka hui ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
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