Smoking will make you die faster this way

Smoking is called the "fifth threat" to humanity by the World Health Organization. It is reported that more than 2,000 people die from smoking every day in the country, and this number is expected to increase to 8,000 by 2050. Among smoking-related deaths, chronic lung diseases accounted for 45%, lung cancer accounted for 15%, and esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, stroke, heart disease and tuberculosis accounted for 40%. If current smoking patterns continue, one third of today's young people will die from tobacco, with more than half of these deaths occurring prematurely, between the ages of 35 and 69.

A cigarette after dinner

Smoking after meals can cause bile to enter the stomach, making the secretion and excretion of bile acid 1 times higher than that of normal people. This is one of the main reasons for the inhibition of the contraction function of the pyloric sphincter. The gastric mucosa will be damaged, which will have adverse effects on digestion, nutrition, and absorption processes. If things go on like this for a long time, diseases such as biliary gastritis may occur.

Smoking after taking medication: Nicotine reduces blood drug concentration

Studies have shown that smoking not only harms health, but also interferes with drug metabolism, reduces drug efficacy, and even delays treatment. After entering the human body, the nicotine contained in cigarettes will affect the metabolic enzyme system in the liver, speeding up or slowing down the process of drug metabolism, resulting in a decrease in the effective concentration of drugs in the blood. Nicotine can release antidiuretic hormone, which prevents the metabolites from being excreted in time, leading to drug accumulation and poisoning.

In addition, smoking depletes the minerals and various essential nutrients needed to synthesize vitamin C, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12, indirectly having an adverse effect on drug treatment.

Do not take vitamin C within half an hour of taking the medicine

Of course, not all medicines are significantly affected by smoking. Studies have shown that the efficacy of drugs significantly affected by smoking include antipyretics and analgesics, anesthetics, antiasthmatics, anti-angina drugs, antiplatelet drugs, lipid-lowering drugs, hypoglycemic drugs, diuretics, antacids, gastric mucosal protective drugs, contraceptives, etc. You should especially quit smoking while taking the above medications.

At the same time, patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, peptic ulcer, lung disease, allergic disease and cancer should also quit smoking, because smoking has the greatest impact on the incidence and efficacy of these diseases.

In addition, no matter what disease you have, be sure not to smoke within 30 minutes after taking the medicine. Studies have shown that if a patient smokes within 30 minutes after taking the medicine, the blood drug concentration will drop to 5% of that when not smoking, resulting in the drug not being able to function normally.

Tell your doctor about your smoking history

Experts point out that when seeing a doctor, smokers should tell the doctor truthfully about their smoking history and smoking amount for the doctor's reference. Because even if some people are able to quit smoking for a short period of time during the medication period, their long-term smoking history has caused changes in their physical condition, which will also affect the efficacy of the medicine.

For patients with chronic diseases who take long-term medication, if they suddenly increase or decrease the amount of smoking or quit smoking, they should tell their doctor in time. Sometimes, in order to offset the effects of smoking, doctors may increase the dosage of medication. If you quit smoking, your doctor needs to adjust the prescription and dosage accordingly.