"Eating western medicine hurts the stomach" is a commonly recognized concept, so many people will take an extra stomach medicine when taking medicine, but in fact, most of the so-called stomach medicines are antacids, which will reduce the secretion of gastric acid, but "hurting the stomach" does not necessarily mean gastric acid secretion, so the effect of eating antacids may not be good, and it may even cause bacteria to breed in the stomach, which will hurt the stomach. What is the concept of "hurting the stomach"?
We generally think that stomach injury is caused by hyperacidity and erosion of the stomach wall, so eating antacids can protect the stomach intuitively, but in fact, it is not only hyperacidity that hurts the stomach, but the protective mucosa of the stomach is attacked, thinned and loses its protective power to the stomach, which is not the part that antacids can protect.
Therefore, the most "stomach-damaging" drugs are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers commonly used by Taiwan Province people. Most of them are acidic substances, which will directly affect the gastrointestinal mucosa and inhibit the body from synthesizing substances that protect the gastrointestinal mucosa, thus causing gastrointestinal damage. At present, most anti-inflammatory painkillers are designed as "enteric tablets", that is, they will only dissolve in alkaline small intestine. If you take medicine together with antacids, the drugs will dissolve directly in the stomach without protecting the stomach at all.
If you really take medicine, your stomach will feel uncomfortable, which means that it is not only a problem of excessive gastric acid secretion, but also a slight ulcer or inflammation. You can ask a doctor to prescribe a prescription for gastric acid secretion inhibitor or mucosal protective agent, which can protect your stomach better than the antacids available in general pharmacies. What's wrong with eating antacids often?
However, antacids are usually metal salts, such as magnesium salts and calcium salts, which are easy to combine with other drugs, and are alkaline, and may interact with drugs; For example, tetracyclines such as antibiotics, iron agents, antiepileptic drugs, antithrombotic drugs, hepatitis drugs and cardiovascular-related drugs may interact with antacids, resulting in decreased efficacy.
Besides, the stomach basically needs to maintain an acidic environment to prevent all kinds of bacteria from entering, because most bacteria prefer alkaline environment and hate acidic environment; If the acidic environment of the stomach is changed to alkaline all the time, the amount of bacteria in the stomach will increase, instead of "strengthening the stomach", it will make the stomach more susceptible to infection or inflammation and worsen into cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration also said that if we want to protect the stomach, we need to keep the gastric mucosa healthy, eat less spicy food, coffee, tea and wine, and have a normal work and rest and a stable mood. If you are really afraid of drugs hurting your stomach, don't take medicine on an empty stomach, or take stomach medicine at least 2 hours after eating the main drugs to avoid interaction.