Laxatives are a type of medication that can be prescribed to increase bowel movements and ease the release of human faeces. They are most commonly used to treat and prevent constipation. They are generally administered through food, tablets or injections. Characteristics of laxatives may vary, depending on their required purpose. Some laxatives are very fast acting, to expel faeces quickly. Whereas, others may be slow acting and will only start to have an effect after a few hours. For example, non-prescribed…
Drug companies have other agendas especially when it comes to making a profit through our pets. Drugs or known by their other name in the professional field (Medicine) has been right along side with the evolution of humanity furthermore the advancement of technology. Pets both Domestic and exotic have skyrocketed in popularity and according to the APPA National Pet Owners survey, “65% of U.S households own a pet, which equates to 79.7 million homes” (APPA). But along with Pets comes veterinarian…
have had ex vivo contact with live nonhuman animal cells, tissues or organs. The development of xenotransplantation is, in part, driven by the fact that the demand for human organs for clinical transplantation far exceeds the supply (US Food and Drug Administration [FDA], 1999; FDA, 2001). The progress that's being made in the field of Xenotransplantation; the transplantation of an animal organ into a human host, is believed to be vital to the betterment of science and medicine and considered to not…