Medical Reference for Common OTC Prescription and Drugs

Synopsis of Important Principles Critical illnesses are often associated with circulatory, respiratory, hepatic and/or renal dys­function that may alter the pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics of drugs. Decisions about routes of administration and doses of drugs used during medical emergen­cies must consider the physiological status of the patient, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of the particular drug, [...]

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General Anaesthetic Agents The mechanism by which anaesthetic drugs produce unconsciousness is still unknown. Meyer in 1899 and Overton in 1901 noted that within any group of drugs, anaesthetic potency correlates well with lipid solubility, and most modern theories agree that the site of action is probably the lipid bilayer of nerve cell mem­branes, or [...]

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Brand name Glyset, Miglitol is prescribed for treating Diabetes Type 2 . This is an Antidiabetic medication. Generic Ingredients are :- Acarbose, Precose. General Information of the drug Miglitol works differently from other oral antidiabetes drugs, which control blood sugar levels by increasing the production of insulin or helping the body to use the hormone [...]

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A Benzodiazepine sedative class type of dug , Clorazepate is generic drug name for Gen-Xene, Tranxene, Tranxene-SD , Tranxene T-Tab. It is commonly prescribe for treating several conditions :- Anxiety, tension, symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal, partial seizures, fatigue, agitation, irritable bowel syndrome, and panic attacks. General Information of the drug Clorazepate dipotassium is a benzodiazepine, [...]

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Synopsis of Important Principles 1. Specific antidotal therapy is available for very few poisons. The mainstay of treatment of severe poisoning is intensive supportive therapy and good nursing care. 2. The great majority of poisoned patients recover with intensive supportive therapy alone, and enthusiastic claims for the success of other treatment often cannot be justified. [...]

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