Laxatives (purgatives, aperients) are foods, compounds, or medication that promote and facilitate bowel evacuation by acting locally to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, to soften bowel contents, or both. Laxatives are generally indicated in constipation (bowel movements that are infrequent and/or hard to pass). With constipation stools are usually hard, dry, small in size, and difficult to eliminate. At least 1 bowel …
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July 4, 2011 # 10:30 am # General Health Issues, Pharmacology # No CommentAntibiotic Resistance : The War Has Begun
May 29, 2011 # 11:33 am # Literature, Medical videos, Pharmacology # One CommentWar Fiction By Medchrome
In 2012, war broke out. Soon the war was fought all over the world. This time the enemy were not human neither aliens. They were invisible , tiny but lethal. The war was between doctors and bacteria.
Doctors used every weapon they had – antibiotics but the bacteria had become too resistant.
“Once upon a time, penicillin was discovered …
Unfractioned Heparin and Low Molecular Weight Heparins
March 28, 2011 # 9:12 pm # Cardiology, Pharmacology # No CommentUnfractioned Heparin-
Unfractioned Heparin- is derived from porcine intestinal mucosa or bovine lung tissue. UFH catalyzises that inactivation of thrombin and factor Xa by inhibiting Anti-thrombin III. At usual dose it prolongs TT and aPTT and has a minimal effect on PT/INR.
Benefits of UFH-
1. The effect of UFH normalizes within hours of discontinuation
2. It is reversible with Protamine Sulphate.
3. Can be …
Therapeutic Use of Enzymes
December 14, 2010 # 9:34 pm # Biochemistry, Pharmacology # No CommentEnzymes are the extremely selective biocatalysts synthesized by living cells. Therapeutic enzymes are those enzymes which can be used medically either isolately or adjunctly with other therapies with the purpose of treatment of various diseases safely. Use of these enzymes as drugs for the treatment of medical problems forms the basis for “Therapeutic use of enzymes”. The cost of such …
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