Chapter 14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
... Schematic representation of the heart and normal cardiac electrical activity (intracellular recordings from areas indicated and ECG). Sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, and Purkinje cells display pacemaker activity (phase 4 depolarization). The ECG is the body surface manifestation of the depo ...
... Schematic representation of the heart and normal cardiac electrical activity (intracellular recordings from areas indicated and ECG). Sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, and Purkinje cells display pacemaker activity (phase 4 depolarization). The ECG is the body surface manifestation of the depo ...
Chapter 3
... Dermal thickness decreases with age and may enhance absorption Drying, wrinkling, and decreased hair follicles decrease absorption Decreased cardiac output and diminishing tissue perfusion also affect absorption ...
... Dermal thickness decreases with age and may enhance absorption Drying, wrinkling, and decreased hair follicles decrease absorption Decreased cardiac output and diminishing tissue perfusion also affect absorption ...
Mitigating the Effects of Opioid Use Among Workers
... Barriers to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders Opioid use disorders are treated with a combination of medication and behavioral health services delivered in inpatient and outpatient settings. Medication-assisted treatment is evidence-based and needs to be accompanied by psychosocial supports, in ...
... Barriers to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders Opioid use disorders are treated with a combination of medication and behavioral health services delivered in inpatient and outpatient settings. Medication-assisted treatment is evidence-based and needs to be accompanied by psychosocial supports, in ...
Newer Therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... hours. Carmoterol, indacaterol, milveterol, vilanterol, olodaterol, LAS100977, PF610355, JNJ39758979, Saligenin- or indolecontaining β2-agonists, UK-503590 and Compound X are some of the ultra-LABAs currently under development. Carmoterol, indacaterol, vilanterol, LAS100977 are faster acting compare ...
... hours. Carmoterol, indacaterol, milveterol, vilanterol, olodaterol, LAS100977, PF610355, JNJ39758979, Saligenin- or indolecontaining β2-agonists, UK-503590 and Compound X are some of the ultra-LABAs currently under development. Carmoterol, indacaterol, vilanterol, LAS100977 are faster acting compare ...
Pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs
... disappears in first 4 months of treatment. Can exacerbate some generalized seizures. • Drug interactions: Stimulates the metabolism of other drugs by inducing microsomal enzymes, stimulates its own metabolism. This may require an increase in dose of this and other drugs patient is taking. ...
... disappears in first 4 months of treatment. Can exacerbate some generalized seizures. • Drug interactions: Stimulates the metabolism of other drugs by inducing microsomal enzymes, stimulates its own metabolism. This may require an increase in dose of this and other drugs patient is taking. ...
Tablets and compaction
... • There are two types of press in common use during tablet production: 1. the single-punch press 2. The rotary press. • in research and development work hydraulic presses are used as advanced equipment for the evaluation of the tabletting properties of powders and the prediction of scale-up on the p ...
... • There are two types of press in common use during tablet production: 1. the single-punch press 2. The rotary press. • in research and development work hydraulic presses are used as advanced equipment for the evaluation of the tabletting properties of powders and the prediction of scale-up on the p ...
paper - iussp 2009
... of its abortifacient properties but have limited knowledge about effective doses to cause abortion and provide insufficient counseling and follow up instructions [7,8]. A study carried out in Mexico City reported that pharmacy vendors recommended misoprostol in 39% of the scenarios in which a mock c ...
... of its abortifacient properties but have limited knowledge about effective doses to cause abortion and provide insufficient counseling and follow up instructions [7,8]. A study carried out in Mexico City reported that pharmacy vendors recommended misoprostol in 39% of the scenarios in which a mock c ...
Cost Containment Strategies for Precription Drugs
... but states vary substantially. In 2003, 39 of 43 responding states reporting covering at least some OTC drugs. Some states cover all OTC drugs, while others cover them only in certain circumstances. For example, Washington covers OTC drugs when they are less costly than the competing prescription dr ...
... but states vary substantially. In 2003, 39 of 43 responding states reporting covering at least some OTC drugs. Some states cover all OTC drugs, while others cover them only in certain circumstances. For example, Washington covers OTC drugs when they are less costly than the competing prescription dr ...
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... Stimulants should be used with caution in patients with history of tics, Tourette’s syndrome and porphyria. In psychotic children, stimulants may exacerbate behavioural disturbances and thought disorder. Treatment emergent psychotic or manic symptoms, e.g. hallucinations, delusional thinking or mani ...
... Stimulants should be used with caution in patients with history of tics, Tourette’s syndrome and porphyria. In psychotic children, stimulants may exacerbate behavioural disturbances and thought disorder. Treatment emergent psychotic or manic symptoms, e.g. hallucinations, delusional thinking or mani ...
Evidence-based guideline: Antiepileptic drug selection
... AED-ARV interactions that raise blood levels of drugs in either class may increase toxicity risk. Use of ARVs that reduce AED levels could lead to loss of therapeutic AED effects, including seizure control. Use of AEDs that decrease ARV levels (e.g., the enzyme-inducing AEDs [EI-AEDs] phenytoin, phe ...
... AED-ARV interactions that raise blood levels of drugs in either class may increase toxicity risk. Use of ARVs that reduce AED levels could lead to loss of therapeutic AED effects, including seizure control. Use of AEDs that decrease ARV levels (e.g., the enzyme-inducing AEDs [EI-AEDs] phenytoin, phe ...
In Vitro Analysis of the Response of Multicellular
... Two-month-old female BALB/c mice served as the hosts for the in vivo assays. For the in vitro exposures, 12 to 18 MTS were placed in 60-mm agar-based dishes along with 5 ml of complete medium for a 24-hr pretreatment. This pretreatment was used to avoid the variable and unknown effects of crowding ' ...
... Two-month-old female BALB/c mice served as the hosts for the in vivo assays. For the in vitro exposures, 12 to 18 MTS were placed in 60-mm agar-based dishes along with 5 ml of complete medium for a 24-hr pretreatment. This pretreatment was used to avoid the variable and unknown effects of crowding ' ...
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL
... subject to Chapter 431 (Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act). Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1146, eff. April 2, 2015. ...
... subject to Chapter 431 (Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act). Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1146, eff. April 2, 2015. ...
Implications for policy, prevention, and treatment
... reporting lack of control over their reactions and hallucinogenic effects that are perceived as excessive or unpredictable. Furthermore, many users report that they experienced serious symptoms of fatigue, dizziness, exhaustion, and mental slowness after ingesting S. divinorum (Gonzalez et al., 2006 ...
... reporting lack of control over their reactions and hallucinogenic effects that are perceived as excessive or unpredictable. Furthermore, many users report that they experienced serious symptoms of fatigue, dizziness, exhaustion, and mental slowness after ingesting S. divinorum (Gonzalez et al., 2006 ...
Anti Hyperlipidaemic Agents
... 1. Specific metabolic defect that causes hyperlipidaemia 2. The potential of the particular metabolic defect to cause a. Artherosclerosis b. Pancreatitis 3. Treatment in children a. In heterozygous familial hypercholestrolaemia i. Only be given Antihyperlipidaemic agents after 7-8 years old 1. Compl ...
... 1. Specific metabolic defect that causes hyperlipidaemia 2. The potential of the particular metabolic defect to cause a. Artherosclerosis b. Pancreatitis 3. Treatment in children a. In heterozygous familial hypercholestrolaemia i. Only be given Antihyperlipidaemic agents after 7-8 years old 1. Compl ...
Did he really earn it? An examination of anabolic
... speed up tissue repair after damage caused by a workout (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2011). AAS is often prescribed for therapeutic purposes, and is often used to treat HIV-related muscle wasting and hypogonadal men; however, use without a prescription is against the law and is recognized as c ...
... speed up tissue repair after damage caused by a workout (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2011). AAS is often prescribed for therapeutic purposes, and is often used to treat HIV-related muscle wasting and hypogonadal men; however, use without a prescription is against the law and is recognized as c ...
Why Biodegradable Polymer
... Because of the inconveniences as well as environmental concerns that occur due to synthetic polymers, considerable interest in being focused on the development of biodegradable polymers so that, they would mix themselves with soil after their applications being over. For ecological balance, the deve ...
... Because of the inconveniences as well as environmental concerns that occur due to synthetic polymers, considerable interest in being focused on the development of biodegradable polymers so that, they would mix themselves with soil after their applications being over. For ecological balance, the deve ...
What is depression? - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
... Canberra: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia; 2011. 4. Alzheimer’s Australia. Use of other therapeutic treatments for AD [online] 2008. At: www.alzheimers.org.au/understanding-dementia/the-use-of-other-therapeutictreatments.aspx 6. Sansom L, ed. Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. 21s ...
... Canberra: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia; 2011. 4. Alzheimer’s Australia. Use of other therapeutic treatments for AD [online] 2008. At: www.alzheimers.org.au/understanding-dementia/the-use-of-other-therapeutictreatments.aspx 6. Sansom L, ed. Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. 21s ...
Polysaccharides Based Colon Specific Drug delivery: A
... The oral route is considered to be most convenient for administration of drugs to patients. The conventional oral dosage forms normally dissolve in the stomach fluid or intestinal fluid and are absorbed from these regions of the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT), which depend upon the physicochemical pro ...
... The oral route is considered to be most convenient for administration of drugs to patients. The conventional oral dosage forms normally dissolve in the stomach fluid or intestinal fluid and are absorbed from these regions of the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT), which depend upon the physicochemical pro ...
Prediction of Human Drug Clearance Using a Single
... The objective of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of extrapolating human drug clearance (CL) from a single animal species using simple allometry with a fixed body-weight exponent. Methods: CL values from rat, monkey, dog and human for 109 compounds were obtained from the literatu ...
... The objective of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of extrapolating human drug clearance (CL) from a single animal species using simple allometry with a fixed body-weight exponent. Methods: CL values from rat, monkey, dog and human for 109 compounds were obtained from the literatu ...
Minor Tranquillizers – Use and Abuse
... In Hong Kong the benzodiazepines are prescription drugs, and are controlled by both the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. Meanwhile, medical practitioners in Hong Kong have taken the matter very seriously. For example, in April 1996 the Medical Council of Hong Kong ha ...
... In Hong Kong the benzodiazepines are prescription drugs, and are controlled by both the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. Meanwhile, medical practitioners in Hong Kong have taken the matter very seriously. For example, in April 1996 the Medical Council of Hong Kong ha ...
21 Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Agents
... of disordered cardiac activation range from asymptomatic palpitations to lethal arrhythmias. Clinicians have a number of therapeutic options from which to choose in an effort to suppress and/or eliminate the sources or structures that support the arrhythmias, as well as to revert the heart to normal ...
... of disordered cardiac activation range from asymptomatic palpitations to lethal arrhythmias. Clinicians have a number of therapeutic options from which to choose in an effort to suppress and/or eliminate the sources or structures that support the arrhythmias, as well as to revert the heart to normal ...
Drugs in Pregnancy: the Effects on Mother and Her
... opium, which is the dried juice of unripe poppy. Only ...
... opium, which is the dried juice of unripe poppy. Only ...
this PDF file - TU Delft Library Journals
... population. The second approach is physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling, which is based on physiological and anatomical measurements in combination with physicochemical drug properties. Unlike population models, PBPK models require a large amount of data, which is not always easy t ...
... population. The second approach is physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling, which is based on physiological and anatomical measurements in combination with physicochemical drug properties. Unlike population models, PBPK models require a large amount of data, which is not always easy t ...
Product Monograph - Paladin Labs Inc.
... Co-administration of ergotamine with potent CYP 3A4 inhibitors such as HIV protease or reverse transcriptase inhibitors, azole antifungals, or macrolide antibiotics, has been associated with serious adverse events; for this reason, these drugs should not be given concomitantly with ergotamine (see C ...
... Co-administration of ergotamine with potent CYP 3A4 inhibitors such as HIV protease or reverse transcriptase inhibitors, azole antifungals, or macrolide antibiotics, has been associated with serious adverse events; for this reason, these drugs should not be given concomitantly with ergotamine (see C ...
Primary/Secondary Care guideline
... 2. A 20% relative reduction in CVD risk is achieved by being on statins alone irrespective of absolute cholesterol levels in primary prevention patients. 3. There is no evidence to support the need for long term monitoring of liver function in people taking statins (for more than 12 months). The rec ...
... 2. A 20% relative reduction in CVD risk is achieved by being on statins alone irrespective of absolute cholesterol levels in primary prevention patients. 3. There is no evidence to support the need for long term monitoring of liver function in people taking statins (for more than 12 months). The rec ...
Pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceuticals for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. They are subject to a variety of laws and regulations that govern the patenting, testing, safety, efficacy and marketing of drugs.