medication..,.,

medication...

i'm sure everyone would have somehow or rather need to take medication in ur life... jus nw, while chattin w dear, realized something...

mayb cos i'm a biotech & biosci student. i noe more bout d drugs effect, etc. i ended up naggin my parents to finish their antibiotic, etc. & nw, i ended up even nagged at dear...

well, wat i realize was tt my parents & dear would ve d mentality to stop takin d med once they feel slightly better. but s a sci student, i noe tt d bacteria, virus, etc were not totally eliminated. & it could potentially got worst if d bacteria, virus, etc mutate & grow resistance to d medicine. prob oso cos i had experience incident of takin panadol for fever (durin tt time when i got dengue fever) & when i felt i'm ok & stop medication, d fever came back oso. so i usually cont'd take for prob up to a day more. s for antibiotic, i cfm will finish unless i felt d side effect like too drowsy or too acidic...

however, though i noe all these, my parents & dear who aren't sci student & had none of such knowledge had always been stubborn & refused to listen. made me feel so naggy. -.-"

oso, so far, i had managed to curb & prevent any bad illness esp long term cough by self-medicatin if i felt not right or go to d doc immediately but dear would only take medicine if he was unwell alrdy & tt was usually when i make him eat d medicine. he would only go see doc when he felt it got worst. though he said in d past, he would not go till it's really bad, i told him tt he go see doc & not see oso make no diff. cos once he felt slightly better, he stop medicine & take it again after he felt much worst esp when he had miss once or twice of d original prescription. this is true even if i nag at him esp if i not by his side.

anw, like me, if he got runnin nose & don recover soon, he'll get phlegm in throat & end up w cough which was wat happen nw. d medicine he took for a couple of times didn't seemed to help & so i change his flu med but it was too late. he got phlegm so i ask him take d phlegm med. in d end, he ah... say felt better so nvr take this mornin but afternoon it got worst. he only started takin tt ytd loh & it's once a day prescription. den he say like feel no diff. -.-" i asked him if tt's 仙丹. den he argue say d flu med oso like tt. well, previously when he took d one his doc give, his nose was still like runnin tap. at least it had stopped loh... still wanna argue... if he take consistently, mayb it might not feel it got better, mayb it would not feel worst. don he understand?

well, i oso notice my parents oso same. take med once will expect d effect to b immediately. but they react differently. dear would either cont'd take & stop when he felt slightly better. s for my parents, they would complain say doc no gd den go see another doc when they just take d med like once or twice. this was diff was dear cos he would only change doc if i keep naggin at him.

last yr, when dear got unwell, he only go to d doc when he was really unwell & he ended up feeling out of breathe & even more lethargic. tt was scary so i kept remindin him to take med but i wanna vomit blood le. at least nw my parents do listen to me & finish up at least d antibiotic le. mayb if i don ve tt slightly more knowledge of med, i would not b so naggy & yet had to vomit blood ba. medicine is not 仙丹 leh.

mayb this is oso 1 of d cos of d growin no of more resistance bacteria, etc ba. med to counter is not easy to find. it take a decade or more loh... if there is really a 仙丹for all illness, i don mind gg to produce it. tt'll help ppl & i no need to become an 'ah po' who contantly nag & nag & nag,