SEC-S16 / W2 | How do you like it better? injected or orally?
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Hello my dear Steemians,
Today I wanted to invite you to the challenge running by Healthy Steem Community:
I have our Doctors from Animal hospital who will help to understand what is better and why.
Pros and cons of different routes of administration of Medicines |
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When we are unwell often our body manages to repair itself if it is something simple like viral infection and food poisoning. We all know that the best just to have some rest in bed, some sleep so that our body uses the energy to fight the problem and our brain can rest. Because you know that our brain uses large amount of energy for any process, because it is a complex process.
Even if it is flu still our body manages to cure it but it might take about 7 days and at the end you will feel very exhausted.
There are other conditions when you require medicines for example one of the commonest problem like chest infection that needs antibiotics, so let's talk about the route of administration.
Chest infection is something that everyone had once and you might have had some antibiotics. The cause of chest infection is Bacteria called Streptococcus and that is sensitive to the oldest antibiotic of the world Penicillin group, the best way of administration is oral route both tablets or liquid for children and adult, because this group of antibiotics has equivalent bioavailability like intravenous way and very rarely in sepsis we might need intravenous one.
Contrary to Penicillin, Vit B12 has is widely used as 3 months injection because it absorbs better as intramuscular injection. Often we see people with Vit B12 insufficiency like:
- Anemia, but it is then called pernicious or Vit B12 anemia
- people noticed being fatigue, feeling of pins and needles of hands
The people undergoing Bariatric surgeries like:
- gastric bypass, the food is not absorbed like in normal people and this is one of the Vit deficiency that we check
- vegans should be also on Vit B12 replacement because the people do not eat such food like: eggs, meat, liver or fish, the products that are rich in Vit B12
Pain is another symptoms that we can not tolerate and rush to get pain killer, one fo the easiest is oral route: tablets or solution. Such simple medicine like paracetamol and Ibuprofen start working in 20 min and usually last for about 4 hours. That is easiest and more comfortable route and you can take it yourself at home.
Of course, of you have perforated viscus you definitely need intramuscular injection, because oral route may not be efficient, often patients vomiting so tablets may not absorb.
Do you know that there is an infusion of Paracetamol that we use for operation when patients under anaesthesia and that route of paracetamol is more effective but in such case there is no oral route.
In toddlers, when they need urgent administration of medication it is advisable to use suppository, like when a child has an attack of croup and not able to breath but it is half an hour to reach hospital, such families have steroid suppositories at home as first aid.
In general, every route of administration of medication has its good side but also the indication for that, so we can not say that we like this or that we need to decide what is best for patient and for the certain condition.
I would like to invite @davidad, @liusir, @bambuka for this challenge
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I find it interesting that Vitamin B12 is better absorbed through injections. My understanding is that it's not just about the type of medication but also how our bodies process it. Learning about these differences helps in making informed decisions about healthcare.
I totally get that – when it comes to pain, we all want relief fast. Using tablets or solutions for pain relief sounds like a convenient way to manage it, especially when you can do it at home. Simple solutions for common problems.
I completely agree. It makes sense that different conditions might require different ways of getting medicine into our bodies. It's not about liking one method over another but figuring out what works best for the specific situation and the person's health.
Good luck
Thank you for reading my post and it was noticeable that some of the highlighted paragraphs are important parts of the post. It was nice to find your point of view :)
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Congratulations! This comment has been upvoted through steemcurator04. We support quality posts , good comments anywhere and any tags.если грипп лечить таблетками, то выздоравливаешь за неделю, но если не лечиться, то 7 дней проболеешь...
Этакая шутка.
Да , есть истина в этой поговорке :)
Hello friend
You shared how much you know about the medical field stressing tge importance of having bed rest when having some kind of disease which would aid the healing process. You highlighted how the brain uses high amount of energy is due to its complex process too. You highlighted that for chest infection the oral and injections could be used to clear the disease of the penicillin family. You show expertise in the field and I'm glad you shared your thoughts with us. I enjoyed your entry and success in the challenge my dear friend
Slowly we have our own experience of what our body needs when we are sick, we can recognise ourselves and luckily we know what we need to do. That helps to avoid seeing doctors and be in hospital :)
Thank you, friend!
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Amiga stef1, como bien dices, uno de los mejores remedios para casi todo es descansar bien en la cama ya que el cuerpo es inteligente y sabe recuperarse fenomenal aunque a veces necesitamos de los analgésicos, antibióticos, etc...
No conocía la información sobre la bacteria llamada Streptococcus, que causa las infecciones respiratorias. Veo que entiendes bastante sobre medicina o al menos sobre ese tipo de infecciones.
Me ha gustado mucho leer tu post amiga, por cierto, me han encantado las fotos que has compartido, jejeje.
Saludos y buena suerte ;)
Hello dear, I wish to you to be in peace and living their best moments of life.
Very nice post 👏👏. Such deep content can only be expected from a doctor who is capable of offering a different perspective over medical fields . Your post truly made me realize that we do not need to decide ourselves for what is good and what is not . The need is of knowing the correct time for certain medicines or injections .
I enjoyed reading your post. Wish you good may you always achieve whatever you aim for yourself in life and make the best journey .Greetings from me Have a beautiful.
I hope you are well, I saw your post and I like your post very much and I like the attractive pictures you have posted, you also use cute cute bits in it. What's up and also told about injection and that's why I found your post very interesting and I hope you win this contest.
Through research a little seem to have been said through oral administration of vitamin B12 and it’s mostly seem to be administered through injections only that am not very comfortable with taking injections because of the needle sand the pain so I’d go for oral medication anytime.
Best regards and success in the engagement
Waooooo bht achaaa mashallah mashallah keep it up