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ʻO Tolmetin kahi lāʻau anti-inflammatory nonsteroidal (NSAID) e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha, ka pehu, a me ka ʻoʻoleʻo i loko o kou mau hono a me nā ʻiʻo. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoluʻolu ana i ka mumū i loko o kou kino, e like me ka hau e hōʻemi ai i ka pehu ma hope o ka ʻeha. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka tolmetin ke hana ʻoe me nā kūlana e like me ka maʻi ʻaʻa a i ʻole nā pilikia mumū ʻē aʻe e hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ai i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
No ka ʻohana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo NSAIDs ʻo Tolmetin, e hana ana ma ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau mea kemika i loko o kou kino e hana ai i ka ʻeha a me ka mumū. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kuhikuhi i ke kumu kumu o ka ʻeha hui a me ka pehu, ʻaʻole e hūnā wale i nā hōʻailona. Ua kōkua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka poʻe e mālama i nā kūlana mumū no nā makahiki he nui, a ua manaʻo ʻia he koho hilinaʻi ke hāʻawi ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Hana ka lāʻau ma ka hoʻōki ʻana i kou kino mai ka hana ʻana i ka nui o kekahi mau mea i kapa ʻia ʻo prostaglandins. ʻO kēia nā mea kemika e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻeha, ke kuni, a me ka mumū ke ʻeha kou kino a i ʻole ke kaua ʻana i kahi maʻi. Ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i kēia mau prostaglandins, kōkua ʻo tolmetin i kou mau hono e ʻoluʻolu a neʻe manuahi.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Tolmetin e mālama i ka rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, a me ka juvenile rheumatoid arthritis i nā keiki. ʻO kēia mau kūlana e hoʻoulu ai i kou mau hono e mumū, ʻeha, a me ka ʻoʻoleʻo, e paʻakikī ai ka hana ʻana i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka wehe ʻana i nā ipu a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i nā alapiʻi. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kekahi o kēlā neʻe ʻana a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi pū i ka tolmetin no nā maʻi mumū ʻē aʻe e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona like. I kekahi manawa, hoʻohana ʻia ia e mālama i ka ʻeha a me ka pehu ʻana ma hope o nā ʻeha a i ʻole nā ʻoki ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia ma mua o kāna hoʻohana ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻa. ʻO ke kī, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka tolmetin ke pilikia ka mumū i ka pilikia nui e hoʻoulu ai i kou ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
I nā keiki, he mea kōkua nui ka tolmetin no ka maʻi ʻaʻa rheumatoid juvenile, kahi maʻi e hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka hiki o ke keiki ke pāʻani, aʻo, a ulu maʻamau. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i nā maʻi ʻōpio e mālama i kā lākou nohona hana i ka wā e mālama pono ai i kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Tolmetin he NSAID ikaika iki e kuhikuhi ana i ka mumū ma kona kumu. Hana ia ma ka pale ʻana i kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo cyclooxygenase, a ka mea e hoʻohana ai kou kino e hana i nā prostaglandins. Ke ālai ʻia kēia enzyme, hana kou kino i nā mea kemika mumū liʻiliʻi, e alakaʻi ana i ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻeha a me ka pehu.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hana ʻana i loko o kekahi mau hola o ka lawe ʻana, akā ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena anti-inflammatory piha no kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule. He mea maʻamau kēia a ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole e hana ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono kou kino i ka manawa e hōʻemi ai i ka mumū e kū nei a pale i ka mumū hou mai ke kūkulu ʻana.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha e hūnā wale i nā hōʻailona, kōkua maoli ka tolmetin i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kaʻina hana mumū. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka pōʻino hui i nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi ʻaʻa rheumatoid, ʻaʻole wale e ʻoluʻolu ai ʻoe no ka manawa.
E lawe i ka tolmetin e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, ʻelua a ʻekolu manawa i ka lā me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka waiū. He mea nui ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai no ka mea e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū mai ka huhū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻai piha, kahi meaʻai māmā, a i ʻole ke aniani waiū.
E ale i nā papa a i ʻole nā capsules holoʻokoʻa me ke aniani wai piha. Mai ʻoki, nau, a ʻokiʻoki paha iā lākou ke ʻole e ʻōlelo kūikawā kāu kauka iā ʻoe. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ke ʻano wai, e ana pono me ka mea ana i hele pū me ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole me ka puna hale.
E hoʻāʻo e lawe i ka tolmetin i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa i loko o kou kahe koko. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻeha mau a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mumū i ka lā a pau. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā manawa he nui i kēlā me kēia lā, e hoʻokaʻawale like i nā ʻāpana.
He maikaʻi loa ke lawe i ka tolmetin me nā meaʻai māmā e like me nā crackers, toast, a i ʻole yogurt inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i ka ʻai piha. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mea i loko o kou ʻōpū e pale ai i nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kou ʻōpū.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka tolmetin e hilinaʻi loa i kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka rheumatoid arthritis, pono paha ʻoe e lawe iā ia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki e mālama ai i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona. E loiloi mau kāu kauka inā e kōkua ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau a inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
No nā maʻi ʻoi a i ʻole ka mumū pōkole, pono paha ʻoe i ka tolmetin no kekahi mau lā a i kekahi mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i ke alakaʻi maopopo e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mālama ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka holomua o ka hoʻōla.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka tolmetin me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua i kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e lawe ana iā ia no kahi maʻi maʻi. Hiki ke hoʻi hou mai kāu mau hōʻailona, a i kekahi mau hihia, hiki i ka hooki ʻana i ka hikiwawe ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi o kou maʻi.
Makemake paha kāu kauka e ʻike iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia manawa i ka wā e lawe ana ʻoe i ka tolmetin e nānā i ka maikaʻi o kāna hana a e nānā i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. He mea nui kēia mau nānā ʻana no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu mahele a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau inā pono.
E like me nā NSAID a pau, hiki i ka tolmetin ke hana i nā hopena ʻē aʻe, akā, ʻoi ka nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi iā ia ke lawe ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi. ʻO nā hopena ʻē aʻe maʻamau he maʻalahi a pili i kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka lawe ʻana i kāu lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻē aʻe maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hōʻailona a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka tolmetin me ka meaʻai hiki ke hōʻemi nui i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpū.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā pono e mālama koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia i ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, nā noho ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ke koko, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka poʻo nui koke, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia o ke ake e like me ka melemele o ka ʻili a i ʻole nā maka.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao laha akā koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kēia ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi me ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa me nā loli i ka mimi ʻana, a i ʻole nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai me ka pehu ʻana i kou mau wāwae a i ʻole nā wāwae.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole e hele ma hope o kekahi mau lā, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pili nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ka tolmetin a inā pono e hoʻoponopono i kāu lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole palekana ʻo Tolmetin no nā mea a pau, a ʻo kekahi mau kūlana a i ʻole nā kūlana e hana ʻole ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana i ka tolmetin e hōʻoia i ka mea kūpono iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka tolmetin inā he maʻi ʻoe iā ia a i ʻole nā NSAID ʻē aʻe e like me ka ibuprofen a i ʻole aspirin. Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻeha hānō, nā hives, a i ʻole nā hopena maʻi ʻē aʻe i kēia mau lāʻau i ka wā i hala, hiki i ka tolmetin ke hoʻoulu i kahi hopena like a ʻoi aku paha ka koʻikoʻi.
Pono ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e pale i ka tolmetin a i ʻole e hoʻohana me ka akahele loa. Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā no ka mea hiki i ka tolmetin ke hoʻonui iā lākou:
ʻO ka hāpai ʻana kekahi mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ke kolu o ka trimester i ka wā e hiki ai i ka tolmetin ke hōʻino i ka pēpē e ulu ana a hoʻoulu i nā pilikia i ka wā hānau. Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, e kūkākūkā i nā koho palekana me kāu kauka.
Hiki i nā mākua ʻelemakule ke ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka tolmetin, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū a me nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻomaka me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e ʻōlelo i ka nānā pinepine inā ʻoi aku ʻoe ma mua o 65.
Loaʻa ka Tolmetin ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Tolectin, ʻoiai ua loaʻa nō hoʻi ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i kapa ʻia ʻo tolmetin. Hana maikaʻi nā mana generic e like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau inoa inoa a he pinepine ka mea hiki.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka inoa inoa a i ʻole ka mana generic e hilinaʻi ana i ka makemake o kāu kauka, kāu ʻinikua, a me ka mea i loaʻa ma kāu lāʻau lapaʻau. Loaʻa nā ʻano ʻelua i ka mea hana like a hana like i loko o kou kino.
Inā ʻoe e lawe nei i ka inoa inoa Tolectin a hoʻololi kāu lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka tolmetin generic, mai hopohopo. Pono ka FDA i nā lāʻau lapaʻau generic e like me ka bioequivalent i nā lāʻau inoa inoa, ʻo ia hoʻi hana maikaʻi lākou a palekana hoʻi.
Inā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka tolmetin iā ʻoe a i ʻole e hana ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ana, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i nā pōmaikaʻi like. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo e hoʻololi iā ʻoe i nā NSAID ʻē aʻe e like me ka ibuprofen, naproxen, a i ʻole diclofenac, e hana ana ma nā ʻano like akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻae ʻia e kou kino.
No ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke lawe i nā NSAID, nā mea ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me ka acetaminophen no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e hōʻemi i ka mumū. Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau antirheumatic e hoʻololi ana i ka maʻi (DMARDs) a i ʻole biologics ke koho no nā maʻi arthritis e pono ai ka mana ikaika o ka mumū.
Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau topical i hoʻopili pololei ʻia i ka ʻili ma luna o nā hui ʻeha ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao systemic. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau NSAID topical a i ʻole ka ʻaila capsaicin, hiki ke kōkua nui no ka arthritis ma nā lima a i ʻole nā kuli.
Hiki i nā ala hana ʻole i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka lāʻau kino, ka hoʻoikaika kino mālie, ka wela a i ʻole ke anuanu, a me nā ʻenehana hoʻokele koʻikoʻi ke hoʻohui a i kekahi manawa e pani i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi mumū.
ʻO Tolmetin a me ibuprofen nā NSAID e hana like, akā he mau ʻokoʻa ko lākou. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Tolmetin ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā maʻi mumū mau e like me ka rheumatoid arthritis, ʻoiai hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka ibuprofen no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha a me ka mumū.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o ka tolmetin ʻo kāna hopena lōʻihi, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono paha ʻoe e lawe i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka ibuprofen. Hiki ke kōkua kēia i ka poʻe me nā maʻi mau e pono ai ka mana hōʻailona mau i ka lā.
Eia naʻe, loaʻa ka ibuprofen ma luna o ka pāʻani a manaʻo ʻia he palekana iki no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā pōkole. ʻAʻole hoʻi ia he mea kūʻai aku a loaʻa nui ma mua o ka tolmetin, e koi ana i kahi kauoha.
Na kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no kou kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i kou maʻi, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, a me kāu pane pilikino i ka mālama ʻana. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa nui ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa mai kēlā kanaka i kēia kanaka.
ʻO Tolmetin, e like me nā NSAID ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka puʻuwai a me ka hahau, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi a i ʻole i ka poʻe i loaʻa mua ka maʻi puʻuwai. E kaupaona pono kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia inā he pilikia kou puʻuwai.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻuwai, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻohana i ka lāʻau haʻahaʻa loa no ka manawa pōkole loa. E nānā pū lākou iā ʻoe a ʻōlelo paha i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pale ai i ka puʻuwai a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ola e hōʻemi i nā pilikia.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka tolmetin ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu ʻona, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi me ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū, nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai.
Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻopuka iā ʻoe iho ke ʻole i kauoha ʻia e kahi mea mālama ola. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, e kelepona koke i nā lawelawe pilikia.
Inā hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o tolmetin, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke i ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a hoʻomau me kāu papa hana maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻopiha ai i kahi mahele i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka tolmetin ke hoʻoholo kāu kauka he palekana ke hana pēlā, maʻamau ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia kou mau hōʻailona a i ʻole ke ʻike ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hopohopo nei. No nā kūlana koʻikoʻi, hiki i kēia ma hope o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule o ka mālama ʻana.
No nā kūlana maʻi maʻi e like me ka rheumatoid arthritis, pono e hana mau ʻia ka hooki ʻana i ka tolmetin ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻemi mālie i kāu mahele a i ʻole e hoʻololi iā ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e pale ai i ka hōʻailona flare-ups.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e pale i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka tolmetin, no ka mea, hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou ʻōpū a hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ke kahe ʻana. Hoʻonui pū ka hui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia o ke ake a hiki ke hoʻonui i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka ʻūlū a i ʻole ka hiamoe.
Inā koho ʻoe e inu i kekahi manawa, e kaupalena iā ʻoe iho i nā mea liʻiliʻi a lawe mau i ka tolmetin me ka meaʻai. Eia naʻe, inā he moʻolelo kou o nā pilikia o ka ʻōpū a i ʻole e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka palekana e pale loa i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka tolmetin.
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