{"id":1013,"date":"2023-12-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:00:00","slug":"reducing-risk-of-drowsiness-with-over-the-counter-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/articles\/reducing-risk-of-drowsiness-with-over-the-counter-medications\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo reducir el riesgo de somnolencia con medicamentos de venta libre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diciembre de 2023 \u2013 Muchos recurrimos a nuestra farmacia local para comprar productos de venta libre (OTC) que nos ayuden a conciliar el sue\u00f1o, aliviar las alergias, el resfriado com\u00fan o la gripe, o aliviar el dolor, lo cual puede ser abrumador. Los adultos mayores son particularmente vulnerables a los efectos secundarios de los medicamentos, incluidas las ca\u00eddas. Si bien los medicamentos de venta libre pueden parecer inofensivos porque no requieren receta m\u00e9dica, hay algunos aspectos que debemos tener en cuenta al comprarlos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Evite los productos combinados: Al tomar un producto combinado, existe el riesgo de duplicar la dosis de un medicamento similar sin saberlo. Por ejemplo, combinar medicamentos para la tos y el resfriado, que suelen incluir difenhidramina, con un somn\u00edfero como Benadryl (la marca de difenhidramina), duplicar\u00eda la dosis. Este tipo de medicamentos causa somnolencia, lo que puede aumentar el riesgo de ca\u00eddas. Consultar con un farmac\u00e9utico puede reducir la duplicaci\u00f3n de la dosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Utilice una sola farmacia: Cuando utiliza una sola farmacia para sus medicamentos, su farmac\u00e9utico puede ayudarle a elegir medicamentos de venta libre que funcionen bien con sus medicamentos recetados para evitar el peligro de ca\u00eddas debido a la somnolencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Empiece con una dosis baja y vaya aumentando poco a poco: Si necesita usar varios medicamentos de venta libre, a\u00f1ada uno a la vez, con la dosis m\u00ednima recomendada. T\u00f3mese su tiempo para comprender c\u00f3mo le afecta y solo a\u00f1ada otros medicamentos o aumente la dosis si realmente lo necesita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nunca dude en consultar con su farmac\u00e9utico al elegir un medicamento de venta libre. Est\u00e1n cerca, son gratuitos y tienen mucho que ofrecerle.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2023 \u2013 Many of us turn to our local pharmacy for over the counter (OTC) products to help with sleep, allergies, the common cold or flu, or pain, which can be daunting. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the side effects of medications including falls. While OTC medications may seem harmless because they don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_source_blog_id":"","_source_page_id":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upright.altura.health\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}