2023-06-16 08:57:45
Some drugs can seriously damage liver and kidney functions, some drugs can easily induce heart disease, some drugs can cause allergic reactions, and some drugs can destroy the body’s immunity.
Speaking of this, many people will say, doctor, aren’t medicines for curing diseases? Why would it destroy the body’s immunity?
It can be seen from the name alone that this type of drug has a great damage to immunity.
Immunosuppressants are drugs that have an inhibitory effect on the body’s immune response, can inhibit the proliferation and function of cells related to the immune response (macrophages such as T cells and B cells), and can reduce the antibody immune response.
Immunosuppressants are mainly used for organ transplantation anti-rejection and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, skin mycosis, membranous glomerulonephritis, inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
The commonly used azathioprine, methotrexate, and cyclosporine are all immunosuppressants, and tacrolimus, which is taken by some patients following organ transplantation, is also an immunosuppressant.
The biggest side effect of immunosuppressants is the suppression of immunity, which leads to an increased risk of infection and tumors. Many patients take immunosuppressants for a long time, and eventually their immunity gets worse and worse, so they have to stop taking them.
Chemotherapy drugs are drugs that can treat tumors. Chemotherapy is one of the most commonly used ways to treat cancer.
But chemotherapy is a double-edged sword. Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells, but it can also kill normal cells.
There are many kinds of chemotherapy drugs, including alkylating agents, anti-metabolites, platinum, etc., such as pemetrexed, cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaliplatin, gemcitabine, etc. belong to chemotherapy drugs.
A prerequisite for the use of chemotherapy drugs is that the patient’s immunity must be good. If the patient has poor immunity and has been infected, then it is not suitable to use chemotherapy drugs at this time.
The reason is that chemotherapy drugs can harm the immune system, leading to a further decline in immunity.
Chemotherapy is not continuous. Generally, chemotherapy is a cycle of 21 days. Why we choose 21 days is because following 21 days of recovery, our immunity has also recovered. Only with good immunity can we better cope with chemotherapy drug harm.
However, the toxicity of chemotherapy drugs is cumulative. After long-term use, patients will feel that their bodies are getting worse day by day. The reason why many cancer patients cannot continue to persist is precisely because of the decline in immunity.
Adrenal glucocorticoids should be the most widely used drugs in clinical practice. They can be used for allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, infections, and asthma.
You can even use it if you have cancer.
However, adrenal glucocorticoids are also a double-edged sword. Full moon face, buffalo back, central obesity, skin thinning, acne, hirsutism, edema, hypokalemia, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. are all symptoms of long-term use of glucocorticoids. adverse reactions.
Glucocorticoids can also lead to decreased immunity and increase the risk of infection. Some patients with poor immunity are combined with tuberculosis or other serious bacterial infections. At this time, glucocorticoids should be used with caution.
As long as many people feel uncomfortable, the first thing that comes to mind is antibiotics.
When you have a cold, cough, or stomachache, you will think of anti-inflammation, so you will buy antibiotics.
I had a small wound on my body, a toothache, and diarrhea, and I had to buy antibiotics.
In mainland China, the abuse of antibiotics is too common, but antibiotics are three-point poisonous. The first antibiotic invented by humans was penicillin. The birth of penicillin saved thousands of lives, but the problem is that following the birth of antibiotics, Abuse is more and more common, resulting in bacteria that are now stronger.
Many bacteria are super drug-resistant bacteria, no matter how powerful antibiotics are, they are helpless, and more and more patients die from infection with drug-resistant bacteria.
Although antibiotics can kill bacteria, they can be used for a long time. Excessive abuse will also reduce immunity. Antibiotics are very harmful to the intestinal flora and can easily inhibit the intestinal flora, and the intestinal tract carries more than 80% of the body Immunity, so the abuse of antibiotics will lead to a decline in immunity, which is not advisable!
Sixth, when it comes to non-steroidal drugs, many people are confused, but when it comes to aspirin, I believe you are familiar with it! That’s right, aspirin, this super magic drug is a member of non-steroidal drugs!
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are a class of non-steroid hormone drugs that can eliminate pain, swelling, limb stiffness and inflammation. In addition to aspirin, celecoxib, ibuprofen, meloxicam, etc. are also non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Steroid drugs, because non-steroidal drugs can relieve pain, so many people take them for a long time.
Long-term use of non-steroidal drugs can greatly stimulate the stomach and easily induce gastric ulcers. Long-term use of non-steroidal drugs can also affect the function and quantity of immune cells, resulting in decreased immunity.
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