Pharmacology

rug interactions are the harmful or beneficial effects of co administered medicinal products, these interaction may be synergistic or antogon istic pharmco kinetics or pharmaco dynamics, drug interactions exists between drugs anddrugs, drug and foods, drugs and herbs, benefits effects include convenience . Reduced toxicity and reduction. ANTIHISTIMINE, ANTIHISTIMINE, ASTHMA, ANALAGESIC, TYPHOID, HYPERTENSION, TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS, FILARIA, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ANTIPYRITIC, ANTICANCER…

Introduction: Sildenafil Citrate (API) is more commonly known by its trade name, Viagra. The drug was discovered by Pfizer. It is used to treat penile dysfunction in men. The drug was firstly created in the 1990’s and was to be used as a treatment for high blood pressure, angina and chest pain. During Trials it was discovered that the drug had insignificant effect on angina. In turn an unexpected side-effect was discovered. The drug gave men a penile erection and sustained it for a period of…

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the primary reasons of death in the world today, and they associate with multiple risk factors. CVDs are the consequence of multiple pathogenic factors, reflecting the changed interaction between interconnected genes and their products. A number of chemicals, synthetic drugs, NSAIDs have been used to cure CVDs but demand for compounds with lesser side effects is increasing. Most drugs for CVDs, in the past, targeted a target with high specificity and thus…

As humanity continues to progress further as a species, knowledge of science and progress in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and pharmacology will continuously impact the ability by which the pharmaceutical manufacturers can continue to provide sources of medicine. As global population will continue to rise yearly, more people in the future will require more medicine to provide for those who are medically prescribed. Though particular drugs are manufactured with certain psychoactive…

Naturopathy is a general umbrella term for a variety of different medical practices. These practices include herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and exercise therapy. (“Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors”, 2015, Natural Therapies). Herbal medicine is the treatment of illness using plants and is one of the many treatments used by naturopathic doctors. Herbal medicine focuses on the prevention of illness…

Introduction of Patient My patient is Freda Wilson, a 64-year-old Caucasian female who resides in Shawnee, Kansas with her husband. Mrs. Wilson is 5’5” tall and weighs 148 pounds, has two adult children, and is a relatively healthy individual. Mrs. Wilson and her husband spent five days in Oklahoma babysitting their grandchildren, two boys – one and three years old. Within 24 hours of returning home, Mrs. Wilson had a headache, felt fatigue, and later in the afternoon spiked a fever in excess…

while being the student of famous philosophers. His philosophical ideas and the establishment of particles, "the atoms", gave him a leading position in world history. However, his medical knowledge was vast especially in the field of pediatric pharmacology. Numerous are also the reports of his passion for anatomy. Democritus' views regarding the issue of Human Nature and Anatomy are depicted in a letter he sent to Hippocrates of Kos. He died in old age, possibly of infection after having totally…

intoxication of probable victims exposing them more fragile to sexual assaults [40, 41]. Emanuel Chusid et al, have highlighted regarding nasal instillation of tetrahydrozoline nasal drops in 10 week old boy led to severe respiratory depression along with pharmacology and toxicology of the drug…

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Unit 5 Assignment Medical Truth Angel Melendez Columbia Southern University  One of the biggest topics currently on the news today is the use of medical marijuana, and it being labeled as a schedule one drug. Meaning it has “no medical value or use and is one of the more dangerous drugs with potentially severe phycological or physical dependence” according to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (D.E.A.). In the United States of America a total of 23 states, the district…