How many days should I take anti-inflammatory drugs?

Many diseases require taking anti-inflammatory drugs during treatment. For example, after an abortion, you need to take anti-inflammatory drugs for a certain period of time to avoid gynecological inflammation and infection. However, I believe you also know that anti-inflammatory drugs are a general term for many drugs. The most common and most frequently taken drugs in people’s lives are cephalosporins and anti-bacterial anti-inflammatory drugs. In fact, there are many different types of anti-inflammatory drugs.

However, anti-inflammatory drugs should not be taken frequently because they have great side effects on the human body. Long-term use will cause irreversible harm to the human body. Therefore, when taking anti-inflammatory drugs, you should first see how many days it is appropriate to take the anti-inflammatory drugs you have chosen.

Although there is no clear regulation on the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, it depends on the severity of the disease. If it is a common cold, generally after the symptoms are relieved, you can continue to take it orally for two days to consolidate the effect.

If it is pneumonia or bronchitis, the course of the disease is long, and it is best to continue taking the medicine for about a week after the symptoms have eased for 3-5 days or the body temperature has returned to normal.

In addition, it is best to check the routine blood test before using anti-inflammatory drugs. Many parents give their babies oral anti-inflammatory drugs immediately when they have a cold. In fact, this is wrong. Sometimes colds are caused by viruses, and the white blood cell count is low at this time. If you take oral anti-inflammatory drugs, the white blood cell count will drop even lower. The lower the white blood cell count, the less resistance the body has, and the more likely it will catch a cold.

If the routine blood test shows that the white blood cell count is high, it is mostly caused by bacterial infection. At this time, it is recommended to take oral anti-inflammatory drugs, and check regularly and adjust the dosage at any time. If the white blood cell count is low, it is mostly caused by viral infection. Oral antiviral drugs should be taken. If oral anti-inflammatory drugs are still taken, the white blood cell count will be even lower.

It is generally recommended not to use anti-inflammatory drugs indiscriminately. Not all diseases require oral anti-inflammatory drugs. Be sure to have a blood test and then use the right medication.

This means that the question of how many days to take anti-inflammatory drugs needs to be differentiated according to the different diseases being treated. However, no matter what type of anti-inflammatory drug you take, it is recommended that you take it carefully and do not take it for longer than the time recommended by your doctor or the instructions, so as to avoid causing adverse side effects to your body.