Warfarin

Pulmonary Embolism Did you know that just from sitting too long or just any type of prolonged immobility could sometimes be fatal? Life threatening 1/3 of people with undiagnosed and untreated Pulmonary Embolism don’t survive, can lead to Pulmonary Hypertension (PHTN), PHTN is a type of blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. When lower extremities are horizontal for long lengths of time, the flow of the venous blood slows and blood can pool in…

A person who was working in a pharmacy is also a kind of nursing care only was supposed to give 2.5mg Warfarin to the customers but despite of reading the prescriptions many time carefully the nursing staff gave Wafarin 5mg to the patient. Later on after few days when the patient wife called them and told about their mistake the staff was very scared as due…

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…

Stroke is a cerebrovascular accident with sudden onset of focal neurological deficits(s) from either infarction or hemorrhage within the brain. • Ischemic stroke (thrombotic or embolic); 87% • Hemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral or subarachnoid); 13% Risk factors • Age: >45 years; highest during the 7th and 8th decades • Male > Female (3:1), equalizes after menopause • Family history/genetics • Prior stroke or TIA • Smoking, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse (cocaine, amphetamines) •…

Cancer does not discriminate, weather you are white, black, young, old, rich, poor, man or women, it affects everyone and threatens anyone. Even with all the modern advances in medicine, cancer is still a battle however new research and new medications constantly being tested gives us hope. Hope that people like my grandmother, who passed away from ovarian cancer never dreamed. Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other gynecologic cancer in the United States. “FDA approved bevacizumab…

Facts about Turmeric Turmeric is more than just an orange-colored, savory, bitter root and spice used in several Indian dishes. It is used in Ayurvedic medicine in India and China. This orange spice has anti-inflammatory properties that work exactly like conventional anti-inflammatory medications. Turmeric for inflammation is an effective treatment for all sorts of inflammatory health conditions, and is often used for arthritis. Facts about Arthritis Arthritis is a broad term used to describe…

Chlorpromazine (CPZ) is an antipsychotic drug. Antipsychotics are drugs that are utilized to regard side effects of psychosis, for example, daydreams (for instance, hearing voices), visualizations, neurosis, or befuddled considerations. They are utilized as a part of the treatment of schizophrenia, extreme gloom and serious tension. Antipsychotics are additionally helpful at settling scenes of madness in individuals with Bipolar Disorder. Chlorpromazine is utilized for Schizophrenia and…

3.1 NATEGLINIDE (Javed et. al., 2013) Nateglinide [N-(trans-4-isopropylcyclohexylcarbonyl)-D-phenylalanine] is a novel, highly physiologic, glucose regulator recently approved for the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus. Nateglinide has a rapid onset and short duration of insulinotropic action that results in reduction of glucose level. Nateglinide block the K-ion channels in pancreatic beta-cells, facilitating insulin secretion. In the present investigation formulation and evaluation of…

In the Operating Room today, there seemed to be about a million different nurses and doctors working and running around. There is a group that pretty much ran pre-op and took care of the patients before surgery, then there was a group that took the patient to the surgery area and stayed with the patient throughout the surgery, and finally a group that the patient is passed off too following the surgery. I manly worked and shadowed the nurses and doctors that took the patient to the surgery and…

Mechanical valves have come a long way since, but have deficincies such as being prone to infection and graft rejection [1]. Mechanical valves require a patient to take anticoagulation medication such as warfarin to prevent valve thrombosis but this can increase the risk of bleeding. Mechanical valves provide durability and can last for decades which is optimal for younger patients but are only efficient if a patient can handle anticoagulation therapy [4]…