Minoxidil, an antihypertensive vasodilator medication, which was developed in the 1950’s by a company called Upjohn originally used to treat ulcers. During their experiments with dogs, they figured out that it did not cure ulcers, but acted as a vasodilator. Due to this recent discovery, Upjohn was able to develop a compound called Minoxidil in 1963 as well as being able to synthesize over 200 variations of the compound. The molecular structure and compound of Minoxidil is C9H15N50, made entirely of nonmetals with the molecular weight being 209.2483 g/mol, the UIPAC name being 3 hydroxy, 2 imino, 6 piperidin, 1 ylpyrimidin, and 4 amine. The percentage composition of carbon being 51.65, hydrogen being 7.24, nitrogen being 33.47, and oxygen being 7.64.…
Poison King by Adrienne Mayor The book, Poison King by Adrienne Mayor, portrays a life that is characterized with manifestation and anticipation. It asserts Alexander the Great together with Darius of Persia as Mithradates predecessors who acquired a rich wealthy Black Sea kingdom when he was a teenager at 14years after his mother killed his father. He escaped into exile but came back in triumph to be a king of top notch intellect and stern objectives. He is seen as a savior by his supporters and treated in awe as a second Hannibal by his foes (Mayor, Mithradates p. 34).…
Analyzing the Emanuel Health Center Oluwateniola Elizabeth Shokunbi California State University Eastbay Introduction Emanuel Medical center is a community health center which was founded in 1917 with the aim of creating a healthier community by caring for their patients and each other; providing clinical, operational, and service excellence; and growing revenue, facilities, and people. The center consists of a 150-bed acute care unit, 145-bed skilled nursing facility and a 49-bed assisted living unit. It is a culturally diverse organization majorly serving the residents of Turlock a community located about 100 miles east of San Francisco. (Harris, Vogt, & Gilinsky, 2004)1 Environmental Analysis of Emanuel Medical Center • Political/Legislative: the legislative environment in which EMC operates is a harsh one as the healthcare industry is highly regulated with new laws being passed and physicians made to complete numerous paperwork for procedures carried out. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is one of the laws passed that has triggered significant changes in healthcare organizations.…
The Analysis of “The Poisoner’s Handbook”, by Deborah Blum The Analysis of “The Poisoner’s Handbook”, by Deborah Blum Austin Shufflebarger Pickens Academy Introduction “The Poisoner’s Handbook”, by Deborah Blum is a detailed biography about murder and the birth of Forensic Medicine in the Jazz Age of New York City, along with going over various poisons and toxins it also delivers interesting biographies as well as an in-depth look into the court cases and scientific discoveries that shaped the art of Forensic Science, as well as the justice system itself. The plethora of poisons and toxins that plagued New York, although diverse in nature, were equally deadly. Key Idea 1 Chloroform, a potent anesthetic, is a simply concoction…
I am reading Toxin by Robin Cook and I am on page 222. This portion of the novel is about a cardiac surgeon named Kim. Kim seems to be found in a mid life crisis, recently being divorced, and struggling to pay for his house and other prized belongings. He also has a young daughter named Becky, and since he is divorced he doesn’t get much time to spend with her. After finishing a operation on a patients heart, Kim headed over to his ex-wife’s house to pick up his daughter Becky, because it was his turn to look after her.…
Albuterol is an adrenergic receptor agonist with pharmacological properties and therapeutic indications similar to terbutaline. The mechanism of the anti-asthmatic action of adrenergic receptor agonists is without a doubt linked to the direct relaxation of airway smooth muscle and the bronchodilator. Although human bronchial smooth muscle receives little or no sympathetic stoppage, it contains large numbers of adrenergic receptors. When the adrenergic receptors activate the adenylyl cyclase cyclic AMP pathway it causes reduction in smooth muscle tone. Adrenergic receptor agonist for example, albuterol and isoproterenol, also increase the conductance of large Ca2+-sensitive K+ channels in airway smooth muscle, which then causes the membrane…
Week five: How does being in the clinical environment effect your patient? What aspects do you feel are important for the nurse to address regarding these effects? A good clincal environment is very important to the patient because it creacts a healing environment. If the environment if not productive and dysfunctional creacts a environment that is not suitable for the patients recovery. For example, if a hospital has a an environment that is very unkept and the staff is not aware of the evidence based practices then the environment becomes unsafe and dangerous for the patient .…
Desvenlafaxine is used for the treatment and prevention of relapse of major depression. (mims online cmi) In major depression, there are depressive episodes in which the individual will suffer from depressed moods and may also lose their sense of enjoyment and interest. The individual also suffers from various psychological and somatic symptoms, including lack of energy, attention span and self-esteem. Feeling unworthy or guilty, having negative thoughts of the future as well as having ideas or acts of self harm and/or suicide are also psychological and somatic symptoms the individual suffers from.…
Anabolic steroids, are affect the male hormones, mainly testosterone, is the main reason of development and changes that happens during puberty and growth. Male hormones have androgenic (testosterone and androsterone), and anabolic usually affects the penis which usually enlarges, testes, hair growth, and voice change. The effects of the androgens is also the reason of growth of muscle, bone, red blood cells. Increasing red blood cell will affect the heart and lung function and will allow you to have low oxygen levels. Anabolic steroids, is either taken orally or intramuscularly, when drugs are take orally absortion of the drug is more complicated compared to intramuscularly.…
Toxicology Profile; Arsenic Basic Chemistry Introduction Arsenic is an abundant naturally occurring element with an atomic number of 33 and an atomic weight of 74.92 g. Although strictly a metalloid, arsenic is commonly referred to as a ‘heavy metal’ and can be found within group 4 of the periodic table. It should be noted that most of the other elements within this group have a biological role, but arsenic itself is a toxin (see section 1.x). Some additional chemical properties of elemental arsenic are shown in table_1. Elementary Arsenic Elementary arsenic has only one stable isotope 75As, and 33 radioactive isotopes. Generally, the isotopes are relatively short lived with the longest lived radioisotope (73As) having a half-life of 80.3…
Pathophysiology Q 1.1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the name applied to two related diseases, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterised by abnormal inflammatory obstruction of the airways, lung parenchyma, (respiratory bronchioles and alveoli) and pulmonary blood vessels (Brown, 2013). Research shows that COPD is being recognised as an inflammatory disorder of the large and small airways characterized by remodelling and emphysematous changes in the lung parenchyma (Ceylan, 2006). Thereby this represents characteristic and adaptive immune reaction to long term exposure to airborne contaminates and cigarette smoke (MacNee, 2006).…
Arsenic is one of the most widespread environmental pollutants and millions of people suffer from exposure to As, since it is a common pollutant in drinking water. Another less common form of exposure is through medications containing As, such as arsenic trioxide used in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia, and other drugs used to treat sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.…
Drug are very bad because you can died from drugs. There is some people that do drug a mixed beer. There is people that drink a pill and drink beer you get Intoxicated from that. Doing drug can take to bad place like jail. There is people that do not have a house because of drugs.…
Genetic risk assessment: 1 out of 10 (low risk) Environmental risk assessment: 23/69 Both of my assessments are pretty low, but I know that I can definitely do more to further reduce my risk. No, none of the questions on the assessment surprised me. I understood how each question related to diabetes.…
Research Article Pharmacy Practice GELLIFIED EMULSION FOR SUSTAIN DELIVERY OF ASPIRIN AS ANTI -INFLAMMATORY INTRODUCTION Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammation drug (NSAID). It widely use as analgesic in treating mild to moderate pain such as injury, headache, arthritis, menstrual cramp and other musculoskeletal condition. Aspirin is an ester of salicylic acid, while after ingestion it will undergoes hydrolysis which produce salicylic acid and acetic acid. Salicylic acid can induce irritation in lining of stomach which can cause bleeding even in normal dosage.…