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Hello Pharmacist. My father is severely debilitated due to hard labor and poor appetite. Once, my father was shocked and had to go to the doctor. The doctor prescribed 1 bottle of Tang Phi Hoan. After taking this medicine, my father ate a lot and gained weight. I heard that this medicine is not good, so I told my father to stop taking it, but he ate less and lost weight again. So the pharmacist asked me how to eat better and gain weight without medicine. Looking forward to hearing from the pharmacist. Thank you very much pharmacist.
Phuong Uyen, 1995
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Hello. Pharmacists would like to answer the question: "How to eat better and gain weight without drugs?" Your product is as follows:
Tang Phi Hoan (Ceng Fui Yen) has been banned from circulation by the Vietnam Drug Administration since 2005 and has been recalled nationwide because it contains dangerous ingredients for health, including cyproheptadine and dexamethasone.
Cyproheptadine ingredient helps to induce drowsiness and stimulate appetite, so it is often used to help eat well, sleep peacefully, gain weight. However, abrupt discontinuation of the drug can lead to loss of appetite and nausea.
Dexamethasone component causes many harmful side effects if used for a long time such as weight gain due to sodium retention, potassium excretion; high blood pressure, slow wound healing; cause spongy bones by reducing calcium absorption. It is very right that you stop this drug for your father.
To gain weight, you should first take your father to a general health check-up to check for some common dangerous diseases that cause weight loss such as tuberculosis, hyperthyroidism, diabetes...
If everything is fine, then good. especially advise your father to divide and eat many meals a day, or replace the snacks with nutritious milk (don't choose sweetened condensed milk because of its low nutritional content, mainly sugar).
You try to supplement your meals with nutritious but nutritious foods such as potatoes, eggs, tubers..., and remind your father to limit coffee and alcohol, don't smoke, should be dewormed periodically.
Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec Health System. Best regards!
Answered by Pharmacist Dinh Thi My Hanh - Faculty of Pharmacy - Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital
