AMMAN — Chest and
respiratory disease specialist Dr Muhammad Hassan
Al-Tarawneh warned of the colloquially called the “cold injection",
describing it as a “catastrophic” mix, Jo24 reported.
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This injection is well-known among Arabs, he said. "It is a
catastrophic combination, and unfortunately very well known as … the ‘magic jab,”
he added.
“Anyone with a
cold enters a pharmacy and asks for this injection,
which is the triple injection with an antibiotic, cortisone, and an analgesic. Sometimes
it even has an antihistamine,” he explained
This “cocktail”, he said, may offer some temporary
symptom relief
for any cold patient because of the range of medications received. However, "cold
infections do not need an antibiotic because they are viral infections from which
humans automatically recover.”
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria begins to grow in the body instead
due to the injection, he said. “Cortisone, too, can have very serious side
effects."
Painkillers are also a risk, he added, given the risk they pose to
the liver and kidneys.
Patients with
allergies, especially asthma patients, are advised
against this one “cocktail” injection, he added.
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