Do you know that some medicines need to be protected from light? If you don't know, just take a look

When we retrieve medicines from hospitals or pharmacies, we must properly store them according to the instructions, so as not to affect the efficacy due to poor preservation.
Do you know that some medicines need to be protected from light?
Some drugs will reduce the content of effective ingredients under light and cause failure; Some drugs will change physiochemical properties after being exposed to light, and even produce toxic substances, which are harmful to health.
Therefore, these drugs should be stored in opaque containers, such as brown containers or colorless transparent and translucent containers wrapped in black paper.
The drugs required to be stored in the dark in the drug manual shall be stored in the original packaging box as far as possible; If the original packaging has been damaged or the medicine taken from the hospital is packaged separately, they can be stored in opaque, non-toxic and tasteless bottles or boxes. Commonly used drugs that usually need to be kept in shade include the following categories.
1. Biological agents: such as ribonucleic acid, aprotinin injection, coenzyme Q10 tablets, etc.
2. Vitamins: such as vitamin C, vitamin K injection, most vitamin B tablets and injections, lysine, sodium glutamate injection, etc.
3. Antituberculosis drugs: such as sodium p-aminosalicylate, isoniazid tablets and injections, rifampicin tablets, etc.
4. Antiasthmatic drugs: such as aminophylline tablets or injections, theophylline tablets, etc.
5. Hemostatic drugs: such as cabaclor tablets and ethylphensulfoxide injection.
6. Diuretics: such as furosemide tablets and injections, etaniac acid tablets, bumetanide tablets and injections, hydrochlorothiazide tablets, acetazolamide tablets, etc.
7. Analgesics: such as pethidine injection, compound aminopyrine tablets and injections, Fenbufen capsules, etc.
8. External disinfection preservatives: such as hydrogen peroxide solution, furacilin solution, silver nitrate solution, povidone iodine solution, iodine tincture, sulfadiazine silver cream, etc.
9. Eye drops: such as proiodamine, physostigmine salicylate, pilocarpine, ribavirin, ethylmorphine hydrochloride, atropine sulfate, tetracaine, and rifampicin.