"Saya selesema, cikgu!"

Salam.. It's been 3 weeks since i'm back to school, back to being an ordinary pharmacy student, back to the same big building and lecture hall, back to meeting and hanging out with friends and learning and discovering new things as a student.. fortunately (or rather unfortunately?) the first three weeks ni bley dikatakan sgt relax sbb xde klas ptg, and still no assignment, quiz, practical report YET.. biasela, lumrah student, klu certain pathway xstimulated, means xde la process yg akan dilakukan utk create a response to counter the stimulus.. secara laymen term nye, xde quiz, of coz la malas nk study.. :P tapi bukan sume la, aku je kot..

so, utk menambahkan kerajinan aku utk study psl drugs, aku decided nak record n write about the drugs which I take for certain conditions.. baru2 ni, maybe ade virus influenza outbreak kat kelas kot, sampai ramai yg batuk, selesema n finally demam.. aku pon terkena gak la tempiasnye.. aku kena selesema for a few days.. 2nd day selesema, dah xtahan nk bernafas dlm keadaan hidung tersumbat, aku pon selongkar la kotak kecik dlm locker aku cari ubat selesema.. terjumpa la satu strip Fedac Tablet.. wpon sedikit kecewa sbb I was hoping for Loratidine yg x menyebabkan mengantuk, aku pon terpaksa la telan Fedac tablet ni.. hasilnye, less than 3o minit pas 2, trus terbungkang atas katil.. yg xbley blah skali, bley plak mimpi pasal buat autopsy dlm meeting.. ape kaitannye aku pon xtau.. huhu..

~aaaaa.... choooommmm!!~

so guys, let's learn more about Fedac tablet.. Fedac tablet ni mengandungi pseudoephedrine yang tergolong dalam kelas anti-histamine.. anti-histamine ni kegunaan dye utk ubati selesema and allergic.. nape name dye anti-histamine? actually, bile bdn kita exposed to certain allergen (mende yg menyebabkan allergy contohnye habuk, bulu binatang etc), our immune system akan release mende yg bernama histamine ni.. histamine ni lah yg menyebabkan kite selesema, bersin, sakit tekak, batuk, gatal dan symptom2 lain yg menunjukkan allergy.. so, anti-histamine bertindak dengan inhihit/block production of histamine..

tapi, macam biase, most drugs ade side effect dye.. the most common effect of anti-histamine is drowsiness (pening kepala) yang menyebabkan mengantuk.. so, sesape yg selalu dapat ubat selesema kat klinik/farmasi, mesti perasan ade satu label:

"Do not drive or operate machinery".

so, sesape yg baru makan ubat ni, tolong la jgn drive keta, atau gunekan sebarang mesin utk mengelakkan sbrg kemalangan yg xdiingini.. kang xpsl2 tgh drive bley tertido.. nau'zubillah.. tapi, since zaman makin modern, researcher pon dah develop a new generation of anti-histamine yg x menyebabkan mengantuk cthnye Loratadine, Zyrtec, Clarinase.. so, insyaAllah yg ni selamat la ckit klu nk mkn b4 study, or ape2 yg memerlukan concentration yg tinggi.. Lastly, tips klu nk tau ubat 2 under anti-histamine ke x, tgk name dye.. mostly, they will end with -ine.. e.g diphenhydramine, chlorpheniramine..

rsenye 2 jela kot basic info yg kna tau pasal anti-histamine.. haa! makan sebijik sekali je tau.. kang overdose plak.. pasni, klu rajin, nak update psl drug lain la.. nk refresh memori psl drugs yg dah pernah belajar dulu.. haih, ni la jadi klu study utk exam/quiz.. abes jek, cpt jek ilang..

p/s: still waiting for the reply from industrial company.. mtk2 la dpt buat attachment kat Royce Pharma.. and hopefully I've made the rite decision in taking Drug Abuse.. xnak la dgr ckp2 org yg nak menakutkan diri.. belum cuba, belum tahu.. take the challenge and be positive! Wishing that this semester will be better than before.. :)