Can I smoke while taking medicine

Although smoking is harmful to human health, many people still cannot quit smoking. As we all know, when people are sick and take medicine, there are usually many precautions. Spicy and irritating foods cannot be eaten, and raw and cold foods are not recommended. These are not good for the body's recovery. For people who like to smoke, they often don't forget to smoke when taking medicine. Can you smoke while taking medicine?

Can I smoke while taking medicine?

Don't smoke after taking the medicine. Studies have shown that if you smoke within half an hour after taking the medicine, the medicine will definitely enter the blood and increase its toxicity, and it will definitely reduce its efficacy. So after taking the medicine, try not to go to Xi'an, because smoking is harmful to our health.

In life, if you are taking medicine, try not to smoke. We all know that frequent smoking will definitely affect yourself. Just like some painkillers, if you take them while smoking, the efficacy will be reduced. There will definitely be new metabolism, and our bodies will be poisoned, and there will even be a chance of getting sick first.

1. Antipyretic and analgesic drugs. For example, painkillers and Ulcerative Cola tablets, when taken by smokers, their metabolism rate is accelerated and the efficacy is significantly reduced, to only 10% of that of non-smokers.

2. Painkillers. After smokers take painkillers, not only is the efficacy reduced, but their metabolites are not excreted quickly, leading to accumulation and poisoning. Another example is the local anesthetic analgesic lidocaine, which can increase the incidence of pain during tooth extraction in addicts.

3. Medicine for calming turbulence. For example, when smokers take theahol and aminophylline, their destruction and excretion rate is three times faster than that of non-smokers, which reduces their efficacy.

4. Anti-anginal drugs. For example, the concentrations of nitroglycerin, propranolol and atenolol in the blood decrease and their excretion increases, which aggravates the condition. If you quit smoking immediately, the number of angina attacks will decrease and heart function will improve.

5. Hypoglycemic drugs. For smokers, the efficacy of oral tolbutamide, phenformin (Glycogen) or injected insulin will be reduced. Usually, the insulin dosage needs to be increased by 15% to 30% to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

6. Anticoagulant heparin. The plasma half-life of heparin in smokers is shorter than that in non-smokers, and it disappears from the blood faster, thus affecting the efficacy of the drug.

7. Antacids and gastric mucosal protective drugs. For example, cimetidine (Tagamet, Cimetidine), ranitidine and famotidine, when used to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers and upper gastrointestinal bleeding, often slows down the healing of ulcers because smoking causes vasoconstriction, delays gastric emptying time, and slows down the absorption of drugs in the small intestine. Some people have found that smokers can secrete a large amount of gastric acid and pepsin at night, 92% or 59% more than non-smokers. This not only affects the efficacy of drugs, but also increases the recurrence rate of stomach diseases.

8. Vitamin C. Vitamin C can fight against the carcinogen nitrosamines, enhance immunity and prevent heart disease caused by high blood lipids. Smoking affects the absorption of vitamin C. The vitamin C concentration in the blood of smokers is about 30% lower than that of non-smokers, so it should be supplemented.

9. Antidepressants. Smoking can reduce the blood concentrations of amitriptyline, imipramine, doxepin, and chlorpromazine, thereby reducing the effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs.

10. Sedatives. The nicotine in tobacco has an excitatory effect on the central nervous system and can antagonize the sedative effects of diazepam and chlordiazepoxide.

11. Diuretics. Smoking can reduce the blood concentration of furosemide and weaken the diuretic effect of furosemide.