I-Guaifenesin

I-Guaifenesin

Wake wazibuza ngomuthi osiza ukusula ikhala lakho elivalekile nokuminyene kwesifuba? I-Guaifenesin, isithako esivamile emithini eminingi yokukhwehlela ethengwayo, isiza ukulawula izimpawu zokuphefumula. Le expectorant isebenza ngokunciphisa nokukhulula amafinyila emigwaqweni yomoya, okwenza kube lula ukukhwehlela nokusula isifuba sakho.

Ake sihlole ukusetshenziswa okuhlukahlukene kwe-guaifenesin, kusukela ekusebenzeni kwayo okuyinhloko njengesicindezeli sokukhwehlela kuya kwezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingase zibe khona. Sizocubungula ukuthi ungayisebenzisa kanjani imithi ye-guaifenesin ngempumelelo, sixoxe ngemiphumela engemihle engase ibe khona, futhi sibeke izinyathelo zokuphepha ezibalulekile okufanele uzikhumbule. 

Iyini i-Guaifenesin?

I-Guaifenesin, noma i-glyceryl guaiacolate, iyimithi ye-expectorant elawula ngokuphumelelayo izimpawu zokuphefumula. I-Guaifenesin ihlukaniswa njenge-expectorant, okusho ukuthi isiza ukusula imigudu yomoya. Lokhu kufeza ngokunciphisa amafinyila eziphasejini zomoya, okwenza kube lula ngabantu ngabanye ukukhwehlela amafinyila futhi basule imigudu yabo yokuphefumula. 

I-Guaifenesin isetshenziswa

Ukusetshenziswa okuyinhloko komuthi we-guaifenesin kuhlanganisa:

• Ukubanda Okujwayelekile: I-Guaifenesin isiza ukukhulula ukuminyana kwesifuba okuhlobene ne- umkhuhlane.
• I-bronchitis: Isiza ekususeni amafinyila emigwaqweni yomoya uma kwenzeka i-bronchitis ebukhali.
• Ezinye Izifo Zokuphefumula: I-Guaifenesin ingazuza izimo ezihlukahlukene zokuphefumula ezibangela ukukhiqizwa kwamafinyila ngokweqile.

Ungayisebenzisa kanjani i-Guaifenesin? 

I-Guaifenesin itholakala ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa amaphilisi, amaphilisi, amaphilisi akhululiwe, ama-granules ancibilikayo, kanye nesiraphu. 

Lapho Uthatha Amathebulethi Avamile:

• Geza ithebhulethi lonke ngengilazi yamanzi.
• Ungawahlukanisi amaphilisi ngaphandle uma udokotela ekutshela ukuthi wenze njalo.

Okwamathebulethi Okukhishwa Okunwetshiwe:

• Geza ithebhulethi yonke ngamanzi.
• Uma ithebhulethi ine-groove, ingase iphulwe ngokucophelela ibe yizicucu ezimbili eduze kwe-groove futhi igwinywe ngaphandle kokuchoboza noma ukuhlafuna.

OkweSiraphu:

• Linganisa ubuningi bomuthi ngokucophelela ngenkomishi yokulinganisa ekhethekile noma idivayisi.

Imiphumela Emibi ye-Guaifenesin

Amaphilisi e-Guaifenesin ngokuvamile abekezelelwa kahle, kodwa njenganoma yimuphi umuthi, angabangela imiphumela engemihle kwabanye abantu. Eminye imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile yilena:

• I-nausea
• Ukuvota
• Isisu sithukuthele

Nakuba ingavamile, imiphumela emibi kakhulu ingenzeka. Iziguli kufanele zifune isiqondiso sezokwelapha ngokushesha uma zithola:

• Ukungezwani komzimba okukhulu
• Ukuphefumula kanzima
• Ukuhlanza okungapheli
• ezinzima isiyezi
• Izimpawu zokutheleleka

Ukuqapha

I-Guaifenesin ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengomuthi ophephile, kodwa abasebenzisi kufanele bathathe izinyathelo ezithile zokuphepha ukuze baqinisekise ukusetshenziswa kwayo okufanele, okufana nalokhu:

• Ngaphambi kokuthatha umuthi we-guaifenesin, abantu kufanele bazise udokotela wabo nganoma yikuphi ukungezwani komzimba okungenzeka babe nakho, okuhlanganisa nokungezwani komzimba ne-guaifenesin ngokwayo, eminye imithi, nanoma yiziphi izithako zomkhiqizo we-guaifenesin abahlela ukuwusebenzisa.
• Iziguli kufanele zidalule yonke imishanguzo eqhubekayo nengagunyaziwe, amavithamini, izithasiselo zokudla okunomsoco, nemikhiqizo yamakhambi. 
• Abantu ababhemayo 
• Abantu abanomlando wezinkinga zokuphefumula njengesifuba somoya, i-emphysema, noma i-bronchitis engapheli kufanele bazise udokotela wabo. 
• Abantu abanokukhwehlela okukhiqiza inani elikhulu i-phlegm (amafinyila) 
• Abantu ngabanye badla ukudla okune-magnesium ephansi noma banakho isifo sezinso. 
• Abesifazane abakhulelwe, labo abahlela ukukhulelwa, noma omama abancelisayo kufanele babonane nodokotela wabo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-guaifenesin. Nakuba ngokuvamile kuphephile ngesikhathi ukukhulelwa, ukugwema ukusetshenziswa kwayo phakathi ne-trimester yokuqala kuyancomeka. 
• Abantu abane-phenylketonuria (PKU) kufanele bazi ukuthi eminye imikhiqizo ye-guaifenesin, ikakhulukazi ama-granules ancibilikayo, ingaba ne-aspartame, umthombo we-phenylalanine. 
• Izinhlobo eziwuketshezi ze-guaifenesin zingaqukatha ushukela kanye/noma utshwala. Iziguli ezinesifo sikashukela, isifo sesibindi, noma ezinye izimo ezidinga imikhawulo yokudla yalezi zinto kufanele zithintane nodokotela wazo mayelana nokusebenzisa umkhiqizo ngokuphepha.
• Phuza uketshezi oluningi (amanzi asivivi noma ama-herbal concoctions) ngenkathi uthatha lo muthi. Uketshezi luzosiza ukunqamula amafinyila nokusula ukuminyana.

Isebenza kanjani ithebhulethi ye-Guaifenesin

I-Guaifenesin isebenza ngokuthuthukisa ukuphuma kwe-phlegm (isikhwehlela) nokuphuma kwe-bronchial. Ifeza lokhu ngokunciphisa ukunamathela nokushuba kwendawo yalezi zinto. Lesi senzo sishintsha ukukhwehlela okomile, okungakhiqizi kube ukukhwehlela okukhiqizayo nokungajwayelekile.

Indlela eyinhloko ye-guaifenesin ihilela ukwehlisa i-viscosity nokunamathela kokuyimfihlo emigudwini yomoya. Lokhu kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle komsebenzi we-mucociliary, okusiza ukususa uketshezi olunqwabelene emigudwini yomoya ephezulu naphansi. Ngokunciphisa amafinyila, i-guaifenesin yenza kube lula ukuthi izindlela zokuhlanza zemvelo zomzimba zisebenze ngempumelelo.

Ngingakwazi Ukuthatha I-Guaifenesin Neminye Imithi?

I-Guaifenesin ingathuthukisa imiphumela yemithi ethile, okungenzeka yandise ingozi yemiphumela emibi, okuhlanganisa:  

• Ama-Antihistamine (isb, i-cetirizine, i-diphenhydramine)
• Utshwala nensangu
• Imithi yokulala noma yokukhathazeka (njenge alprazolami-lorazepam, noma i-zolpidem)
• Iziphumuli zemisipha (isb, carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine)
• Izicindezeli zokukhwehlela kwe-opioid noma izidambisi zinhlungu (njenge-morphine noma i-hydrocodone)

Ulwazi Lomthamo

• Kumafomu ajwayelekile (okusebenza isikhathi esifushane) omthamo womlomo njengamaphilisi, izixazululo zomlomo, isiraphu, noma amaphilisi, imithamo enconyiwe yokukhwehlela yilena:
  • Abantu abadala: 200 kuya ku-400 milligrammes (mg) njalo emahoreni amane
• Kumafomu emithamo yomlomo asebenza isikhathi eside, okuhlanganisa amaphilisi noma amaphilisi akhululwe isikhathi eside, imithamo yokukhwehlela yile:
  • Abantu abadala: 600 kuya ku-1200 mg njalo emahoreni ayishumi nambili

Isiphetho

I-Guaifenesin ithinta kakhulu impilo yokuphefumula, ikhulula ukuminyana futhi yenza ukuphefumula kube lula kubantu abaningi. Ikhono layo lokwenza amafinyila amancane futhi likhuthaze ukususwa kwawo ezindleleni zomoya kuyenza ibe ithuluzi elibalulekile ekulawuleni izimo ezihlukahlukene zokuphefumula. Ukusuka emkhuhlaneni ojwayelekile kuye ezindabeni ezingapheli njenge-bronchitis, i-guaifenesin inikeza ikhambi elisebenzayo kulabo abafuna ukudambisa izimpawu zabo. Nakuba ngokuvamile kuphephile futhi kusebenza ngempumelelo, kubalulekile ukusebenzisa i-guaifenesin ngokuzibophezela nangokuhambisana neseluleko sezokwelapha. 

FAQ sika

1. Isetshenziselwa ini i-guaifenesin ngokuyinhloko?

Ukusetshenziswa okuyinhloko kwe-guaifenesin kuhlanganisa:

• Ukukhululwa kokukhwehlela okumanzi nokuminyana kwesifuba ngenxa yomkhuhlane ojwayelekile
• Ukwelashwa kwezimpawu ezihlobene nokutheleleka kwe-acute upper respiratory infection (URTIs)
• Ukuphathwa kwezimpawu ezihlobene ne-mucus ku-bronchitis ezinzile

2. Ubani odinga ukuthatha i-guaifenesin?

Odokotela ngokuvamile batusa i-guaifenesin kubantu abahlangabezana nalokhu:

• Izimpawu zomkhuhlane ezivamile
• Ukuminyana kwesifuba
• Ukukhwehlela okukhiqizayo (ukukhwehlela okukhiqiza amafinyila)
• Izimpawu zezifo eziyingozi eziphezulu zokuphefumula
• I-bronchitis engapheli (njengenkomba yesibili)

3. Ingabe kufanele ngiphuze i-guaifenesin nsuku zonke?

I-Guaifenesin ngokuvamile ihloselwe ukusetshenziswa kwesikhashana ukuphatha izimpawu ezinzima. Nokho, kwezinye izimo, njengeziguli ezinezimpawu zokuphefumula ezingapheli noma i-bronchitis engapheli, ukusetshenziswa isikhathi eside kwe-guaifenesin kungase kwelulekwe ngaphansi kokuqondisa kodokotela.

4. Ubani ongakwazi ukuthatha i-guaifenesin?

Nakuba i-guaifenesin ngokuvamile iphephile kubantu abaningi, abanye abantu kufanele baqaphele noma bagweme ukuyisebenzisa:

• Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emine ubudala
• Abesifazane abakhulelwe kufanele bagweme ukusetshenziswa ku-trimester yokuqala 
• Abantu abane-phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Abantu abanesifo sikashukela noma isifo sesibindi
• Abantu abangezwani ne-guaifenesin nanoma yiziphi izithako zayo

5. Ngingakwazi yini ukuyeka i-guaifenesin noma nini?

I-Guaifenesin ijwayele ukusetshenziselwa ukukhululeka kwezimpawu zesikhashana, futhi ungayeka uma izimpawu sezithuthukile noma njengoba uqondiswa udokotela. Ngokungafani neminye imithi, i-guaifenesin ngokuvamile ayibangeli izimpawu zokuhoxa lapho iyekwa.

6. Kungani uphuza i-guaifenesin ebusuku?

Ukuthatha i-guaifenesin ebusuku kungaba yinzuzo ngezizathu ezimbalwa:

• Ukukhululeka kwezimpawu: Ukukhwehlela nokuminyana kuvame ukuba kubi kakhulu ebusuku, futhi ukuphuza i-guaifenesin ngaphambi kokulala kungasiza ekudambiseni lezi zimpawu.
• Ukulala okuthuthukisiwe: I-Guaifenesin ingasiza ekunciphiseni ukukhwehlela nokuminyana futhi ithuthukise ikhwalithi yokulala.
• Ukususwa kwamafinyila: Umuthi ungasebenza ubusuku bonke ukuze ube namafinyila amancane, ngaleyo ndlela kube lula ngomuntu ukuba akhiphe okufanayo ekuseni.

7. Yikuphi okungcono, i-ambroxol noma i-guaifenesin?

Kokubili i-ambroxol ne-guaifenesin yimithi e-mucoactive esetshenziselwa ukwelapha izimpawu zokuphefumula, kodwa inomehluko othile:

I-Guaifenesin:

• Isebenza njenge-expectorant
• Izacile futhi ixege amafinyila
• Iphrofayili yokuphepha esungulwe kahle

I-Ambroxol:

• Isebenza njenge-ejenti ye-mucoactive/expectorant
• Kubikwa ukuthi ine-anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, ne-anesthetic effect
• Akusetshenziswa kakhulu noma afundwa njenge-guaifenesin kwamanye amazwe

Ukukhetha phakathi kwe-ambroxol ne-guaifenesin kungase kuncike ezintweni zesiguli ngasinye, ukutholakala kwendawo, kanye nezincomo zikadokotela.

8. Ingabe i-guaifenesin ilungele amaphaphu?

I-Guaifenesin ingaba nemiphumela enenzuzo emaphashini, ikakhulukazi ekulawuleni izimpawu zokuphefumula:

• Ukuncipha kwamafinyila
• Impumuzo yokuminyana
• Ukuphefumula okuthuthukisiwe
• Ukukhiqiza kokukhwehlela

Umshwana wokuzihlangula: Ulwazi olunikezwe lapha alwenzelwe ukufaka iseluleko esivela kuchwepheshe wezokunakekelwa kwempilo. Ulwazi aluhloselwe ukumboza konke ukusetshenziswa okungenzeka, imiphumela engemihle, izinyathelo zokuphepha, nokusebenzisana kwezidakamizwa. Lolu lwazi aluhloselwe ukuphakamisa ukuthi ukusebenzisa umuthi othile kufanelekile, kuphephile, noma kuyasebenza wena noma omunye umuntu. Ukungabi bikho kwanoma yiluphi ulwazi noma isexwayiso mayelana nomuthi akufanele kuhunyushwe njengesiqinisekiso esicacile esivela enhlanganweni. Sikweluleka ngokuqinile ukuthi uthintane nodokotela uma kukhona okukukhathazayo ngomuthi futhi ungalokothi usebenzise umuthi ngaphandle kwencwadi kadokotela.