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recommended to change drug plans, change of environment and different asthma medication. An effective medication for asthma treatment includes quick-relief medicines, long-term control medicines, immunotherapy (allergy shots) and calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). Quick-relief medicines are taken at the first sign of symptoms for immediate relief which includes inhalation of beta2-agonists and anticholinergics, but they do not mediate the airway difficulties that cause the attack they only…

being stored under extreme conditions. Cetirizine is a H1-receptor antagonist often used in medications for the treatment of allergic diseases. Numerous studies show that 10 mg, the suggested daily dosage, is highly potent and prevents the mild side effects from an allergic reaction [1]. Through research, it has been proven that cetirizine has many favorable pharmacological properties. One property is cetirizine’s ability to hit target receptors and not be toxic to other organs it comes in…

Dopamine D2 receptor agonists Bromocriptine quick release (QR) is a dopamine D2 receptor agonist licensed in some countries outside Europe for treatment of T2DM as an adjunct to lifestyle changes . The effect of bromocriptine on glycaemic parameters has been noted since 1980. The drug provides a morning boost to hypo¬thalamic dopamine levels, consistent with normal diur¬nal glucoregulation, and contributing to a reduction of sympathetic tone, neural suppression of hepatic glucose production and…

While Pb may act almost immediately KBr can take months to exert its effects. In other words, KBr has a longer half-life. Once absorbed KBr acts on GABA receptors also known as the receptor that depresses the actions of certain neurons that it attaches to. Both KBr and Pb are GABA receptor agonists, as opposed to antagonists. KBr may regulate seizures through neuronal hyperpolarization, leading to a higher threshold towards seizures. In this case, it is the act of impeding certain action’s…

Both of these drugs are antagonists. Atropine has an antagonising effect on the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors caused prevention of acetylcholine (Ach) release from excitatory motor neurons (Dale et al., 2015). Hexamethonium on the other hand is a nicotinic cholinergic antagonist. It is also often referred to as a prototypical ganglionic blocker. Finally we had Nicardipine. Nicardipine is a calcium entry blocker, also known as a calcium ion antagonist. It inhibits the calcium channels…

Hypertension Biology 202 Summer 2016 8 a.m. Online Devynne Carter Hypertension is when a person’s force of blood against the artery walls is consistently elevated over a long period of time and causes a constant blood pressure reading above 140/90 mm Hg. When blood pressure is high over long periods of time it can cause permanent long term effects to the blood vessels. You get this reading by measuring how much blood is pumped out of the heart and the overall resistance of the…

Hypertension also referred to as blood pressure, it 's the force pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them, (Medical Dictionary, 2016). When the heart beats to push out blood from the arteries blood pressure is at its highest.Hypertension sometimes called “Silent killer” because patients can live with the condition for years without any signs and symptoms. Systolic is the first blood pressure reading, it is when the heart is contracting while diastolic is the second blood…

Lead Identification (LO): Lead compounds bind to target receptors, and shows potentially therapeutic pharmacological activity, and may contain similar structures and functional groups. Lead compounds are used as a foundation for drug development and may be modified structurally for greater pharmacodynamic efficiency and potency.1 One source of determining lead compounds is by assaying libraries through HTS. Researchers analyze the drug’s ADME properties (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and…

Introduction The scientific study of Huntington’s Disease (HD) had began in 1872, by George Huntington who is a family physician that had published a report on the clinical symptoms and peculiar mode of inheritance of the disorder.(1, 2) Huntington’s disease has 3 subtypes according to the age onset, which are infantile, juvenile and the adult-onset.(2) Individuals with Huntington’s disease can become asymptomatic between the ages of 1 and 80 years.(3) The typical mean age of onset is 40 years,…

products have been a constant source of new approaches for the treatment of AD, especially alkaloids. For example, galantamine (Galanthus woronowii), is a selective inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, allosteric modulator of the central nicotinic receptor, inhibits βA aggregation and promotes hippocampal neurogenesis. Berberis (Berberis mahonia) is IChE, inhibits the formation and aggregation of βA and reduces hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in some in vitro systems. Other alkaloids of…