How to choose oral cold medicine ？

On the market today has nearly 100 oral cold medicines, but only four kinds of major components
Antipyretic analgesic ingredients: such as acetaminophen, diclofenac sodium, amino-than-lam, especially acetaminophen the most commonly used, specifically to deal with this element of fever, pain.
Reduce the nasal congestion Ingredients: pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, ephedrine hydrochloride; original large-scale use of hydrochloric acid PPA has been disabled, the main ingredients used to relieve stuffy nose, runny nose, sneeze, and other symptoms.
Zhenke Yao: dextromethorphan hydrobromide, dioxane promethazine hydrochloride; frequent use of cough mixture compound licorice, cough Bi Qing; Tanduo cough, sputum thick, will be added to Sou-ping; such Components that are often related to plants ingredients.
Antihistamines: chlorpheniramine and diphenhydramine hydrochloride. To reduce allergies, abnormal symptoms.
In addition, in clinical treatment in accordance with the needs of often optional anti-virus treatment and (or) antimicrobial treatment. So in the market, seen all kinds of cold medicine, the practice may contain antibiotics and anti-virus component.

Choose cold medicine, the best result to address the specific flu symptoms. With fever, headache, sore throat as the main symptoms, with the option antipyretic analgesic drugs as the main ingredients of drugs, such as white and black, such as Ganmaotong; runny nose, sneezing, nasal symptoms, as the main option Containing pseudoephedrine hydrochloride composition of drugs, such as the new Kangtai Ke, Taino, and so on. Symptoms disappeared after the cessation of medication, because all the cold medicines are not long-term use.
Select patients with oral cold medicines have to consider their own situation. For example, for repeated colds, as well as the home of the elderly, the infirm and children, patients should seek the advice of doctors, consider using immune-enhancing drugs; number of influenza caused by the influenza virus, may consider the use of antiviral drugs if a merger Respiratory infections, fever and other symptoms, the doctor should be chosen under the guidance of the appropriate antimicrobial agents.
If the choice is a compound containing a variety of drug ingredients, then an election only to prevent duplication and adverse drug reactions.
Chinese medicine play a role because some slower, it can be used as preventive medicine, in the influenza epidemic season or take the course early. But best to seek the views of doctors or pharmacists. In fact, cold medicines, especially cold medicine side effects of Western medicine is widespread, most often the root cause of the side effects of acetaminophen, chlorpheniramine, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and other ingredients. However, the clinical side effects found in sporadic problems in addition to the element of allergies, more is the absence of the brochure using drugs, such as ultra-serious dose taken, or not in the age group taking. Patients usually because of cold medicine is commonly used drugs, while completely ignoring its adverse reactions, but popular does not mean security.