Epinephrine

Recently in states all across America, bills have been passed making it mandatory that schools carry Epipens (Epinephrine), for emergencies. Texas’ Legislature passed a bill in 2015 referred to as S.B. 66 “Each school district… adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of epinephrine.” Prices for Epinephrine have increased over 400% as of 2009, a box of two Epipens is estimated to be $300 at its cheapest. This is another example of Big…

vasodilation; therefore, increases blood flow to skeletal muscles. Another receptor is α-type receptor which binds to epinephrine in the smooth muscles that line the blood vessels of the intestines. This results in smooth muscle contractions that restrict blood flow to the intestines. This illustrates how “many hormones elicit more than one type of response in the body...for example, epinephrine is the primary “fight-or-flight” hormone, it produces different responses in different target cells.…

Local anesthesia is vital to the dental profession because of its benefit to patients and the dental team. In today’s dentistry patient comfort is extremely important along with making sure that the standard of care is met. Without the use of local anesthetic patients would be in excruciating pain during dental procedures. More difficult procedures may not even be able to be done because of the level of pain it would cause. Because many people fear the dentist and pain in general, without local…

I Blame the Hormones By: Taylor Aubin Organs and tissues that make up the endocrine system are the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, suprarenal glands, pineal gland, parathyroid glands, heart, kidneys, adipose tissue, digestive tract, pancreas, and gonads. The effects of the endocrine system are vast and impact almost every organ and cell of the body. This system produces hormones that help maintain homeostasis through the regulation of metabolism, growth, tissue function,…

After the amygdala sends a distress signal, the hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system by sending signals through the autonomic nerves to the adrenal glands. These glands respond by pumping the hormone epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) into the bloodstream. As epinephrine circulates through the body, it brings on many physiological changes. The heart beats faster than normal, pushing blood to the muscles, heart, and other vital organs causing the pulse rate and blood pressure…

The uptake of oxygen into muscles is what facilitates muscle contraction. Oxygen that is obtained through breathing by the lungs is transported to the rest of the body, as well as the heart by means of haemoglobin. The rate of liberation of oxygen from haemoglobin has an effect on the quantity of oxygen available in the muscles for a muscle contraction to ensue. The higher the oxygen concentration in the muscle the greater the force of muscle contraction. Temperature has an effect on the…

Phentermine. So how does it work? Phentermine suppresses your hunger. It acts as a sympathomimetic agent in your body which mimics the activity of the chemical that can be found in your brain. The name of the chemical is nor-epinephrine. That means, just like nor-epinephrine acts as a stimulant on the brain which suppresses your hunger. Phentermine also burns your fats and turns them…

physical exam. A skin test is performed by means of a patch that sticks to the skin containing latex. The test is monitored very carefully as the test could render a type I reaction or an anaphylactic shock. If the patient exhibits anaphylaxis then epinephrine, intravenous fluids, and emergency personnel are needed to support the…

are creating a law the requires the display of food allergy awareness poster in all food service establishments and in addition, also requires employees to be trained in food allergy awareness. Another possible solution would be to make EpiPen® (epinephrine injection, USP) an accessible access for those in restaurants since currently the lack of laws makes it easy to have an allergic reaction. Lastly, another solution would be to increase funding for research on food allergies since little is…

After obtaining ethical approval from the institutional review board and the hospital research ethics committee, informed consents were taken from all patients. Sixty patients between 20-40 years old, American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I-II, were included in the study at Saad Specialist Hospital, in the period between January 2014 and July 2015. Inclusion criteria for our study were as follows: emergency cesarean needing early delivery in the absence of maternal or fetal compromise…