Mrs Choudry is collecting her regular repeat prescription for antihypertensive treatment. You ask how she and the family are, and she tells you that several members of the family have been suffering with diarrhea on and off.
Author: John Buducci
He knows everything about medications – to which pharmacological group the drug belongs, what components are included in its composition, how it differs from its analogs, what indications, contraindications, and side effects remedy has. John is a real pro in his field, so he knows all these subtleties and wants to tell you about them.
Cellcept
Pharmacological action – immunosuppressant. Slows down the synthesis of guanine nucleotides.
Aloes
The concentrated and dried juice of the leaves of Aloe barbadensis. It contains not less than 28% of hydroxyanthracene derivatives expressed as barbaloin and calculated with reference to the dried drug.
Molindone Hydrochloride
Molindone hydrochloride is less likely to cause hypotension than chlorpromazine, and extrapyramidal effects may be frequent but less severe. The incidence of sedation is intermediate between that of chlorpromazine and of phenothiazines with a piperazine side-chain.
Pletal
Pletal works by widening arteries that supply blood to the legs. It also improves blood circulation by keeping platelets in the blood from sticking together and clotting.
Diovan hct
Diovan Hct is prescribed to cure high blood pressure. Diovan Hct is a combination of 2 medicines.
Lipitor
Lipitor is known as a cholesterol-lowering medication which blocks the production of cholesterol in the body. This can help prevent heart disease and hardening of the arteries, conditions that can lead to stroke, heart attack, and vascular disease.
Constipation in practice. Case 3
A man comes into the pharmacy and asks for some good laxative tablets. Further questioning by the pharmacist reveals that the medicine is for his dad who is aged 72 years.
Asthma Medications and Devices: Drug Delivery Devices
In order for medications to reach the lungs when using aerosol drug delivery devices, the proper particle size must be achieved. Particles >10 um in diameter deposit in the mouth and pharynx and are subsequently swallowed. Particles from 5-10 um deposit in the large bronchi and trachea.
Remeron
Remeron is a popular drug that has been labeled as a tetracyclic antidepressant. It is given to help relieve symptoms of depression such as loss of interest in activities that you would normally enjoy doing, sleeping problems, loss of appetite, anxiety and feeling low. Your doctor may prescribe this remedy for other purposes.
Kamagra soft
This remedy restores the sexual function in men with impotence. The physiological mechanism for erection is not possible without the evolution of nitric oxide in the cavernous body during sexual stimulation. It activates a special enzyme called guanylyl, resulting in the increase of the levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate, relaxes the muscles of the corpus cavernosum and increases blood flow to the genitals.
Azulfidine
Azulfidine – a drug with anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. By its chemical structure is a combination of sulfapiridin and 5-aminosalitsil acid. A small portion of sulfazalazin is absorbed from the lumen of the colon, and then evenly distributed within the connective tissue.
Chronic Asthma Management: Concomitant Diseases. Action Plan
It is well accepted that certain diseases exacerbate asthma. In my practice allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease are common among asthmatic patients. I therefore find it useful to ask about postnasal drip, purulent rhinorrhea, and heartburn.
Silagra
The drug restores the normal response to sexual arousal. The physiological mechanism for erection is not possible without the evolution of nitric oxide in the cavernous body during sexual stimulation. It activates a special enzyme called guanylyl, resulting the increase of the levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate, relaxes the muscles of the corpus cavernosum and increases blood flow to the genitals.
Constipation and Rectal Prolapse
It is worth remembering that almost every patient with a rectal prolapse has some abnormality of bowel function. Whether the abnormality of bowel function is the cause of the prolapse or whether the functional bowel abnormality is a consequence of the prolapse is difficult to say.
Asthma treatment during pregnancy
The treatment goal for the pregnant asthma patient is to provide optimal therapy to maintain control of asthma for maternal health and quality of life as well as for normal fetal maturation, as per the National Asthma Education Prevention Program (NAEPP). Minimal or no adverse effects from medications.
Exacerbations
During the course of their pregnancy, studies show that 20% of asthma patients have exacerbations severe enough to seek urgent medical care. Approximately 6% require hospital admissions.
Protonix
Generic name: Pantoprazole. Brand names: Protonix, Pantopan, Astropan, Controloc, Pantecta, Pantozol, Protium, Pantor, and Pantoloc.
Furoxone
Furoxone (furazolidone) is a popular medicament that has been labeled as an antibiotic. It is recommended to help get rid of many different bacterial and protozoal infections such as enteritis, salmonella infections, cholera, traveler’s diarrhea, typhoid fever and diarrhea.
Dostinex
Cabergoline belongs to a group of remedies known as dopamine receptor antagonists. This mecation reduces the level of hormone prolactin which is released from the pituitary gland. Cabergoline is recommended to balance the hormonal level in the body in case the level of prolactin in the blood is too high (this condition also known as hyperprolactinemia).
Finding the Right Antidepressant
I am a 46-year-old female with major depression and severe seasonal affective disorder. I also have agitation/anxiety and possible hypomania, seizures, mild OCD and have problems with concentration.
Asthma: A Healthy Lifestyle
My asthma worsens each month near my period. Thirty to forty percent of women with asthma who menstruate experience exacerbation of their asthma symptoms in relation to the menstrual cycle.
Switching Antipsychotics
Our son was just switched from risperidone to olanzapine. He was on risperidone for almost two years, which alleviated the extrapyramidal and tardive symptoms, but did not control the delusions and auditory hallucinations.
Antidepressants Overused in Bipolar Treatment
Bipolar disorder is often underdiagnosed, mistaken for unipolar depression and treated with antidepressants rather than mood stabilizing agents, reported S. D., senior investigator with the Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress and Society, George Washington University.
Imitrex
When pregnancy is possible just if the anticipated benefits to the mother exceeds potential risk to the fetus (adequate and strictly controlled studies of safety are not carried out). Need avoid breast-feeding within 24 h after taking the medicine (passes into breast milk). Inside, intranasal, adults (18 years and older).