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Buy Generic Drugs from Big-Box Stores and Save Money

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:13:06 +0000

Medication cost is extremely high to be able to afford without financial difficulties. Many of you might be thinking whether to buy generic drugs or not. If you are short of cash and not able to make your mind about taking generic drugs, it is important for you to know what is generic drug to expel all your doubts. Generic drugs are the drugs for which the patent has expired and any pharmaceutical company can manufacture it without a license from its original patent holder company and as a result these drugs are cheaper. But the chemical composition, as well as other phramocokinetic and pharmacodynamics properties (i.e. side effects and effectiveness) is similar to branded drug. So there is no reason to think that generic drugs are less potent than branded drugs and you can use them safely. Related posts:

Women and Health Care Reforms In US

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:22:02 +0000

Healthcare reform in US brings good news for women. Because the gender based health insurance industry and due to the gender, women are greater sufferers. They used to pay more and get less in return. But with implementation of new healthcare reform and “Affordable Care Act”, hopefully the biased against women in health care will be removed.

In a study it was seen that as many as half of women delay seeking medical advise because they could not afford it, in compare less than 40% men (approximately 39%). Due to women suffering, their children also suffer. Before implementation of Affordable Care Act, women are being charged higher health insurance premiums in compare their male counterparts. Even pregnancy was treated as preexisting medical condition and frequently denied or charged higher health insurance premiums for that. Related posts:

Probiotics: Standards and Medical Requirements

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:26:12 +0000

According to modern definition, probiotics - considered to be drugs and foods, which contain substances of microbial origin or their metabolic products, which have in the natural way of introducing a beneficial effect on physiological functions and biochemical reactions of the body through the optimization of its Microecological status.

According to WHO, MI - live microorganisms, bringing the introduction of an adequate number of health benefits the host such as correlation between probiotics and beauty. During intake, they colonize the mucosa of the intestine, alter the pH and oxygen content to a level that kills pathogenic microorganism, preventing damage to the intestinal mucosa and secrete pathogenic microorganism biologically active substances - organic acids, bacteriocins and other inhibitory proteins that suppress the growth and propagation of pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms. Probiotix foods also have a beneficial effect on the enzymatic and motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), detoxification action, including with respect to carcinogens, stimulate the host's immune system. Related posts:

Treatment of Botulinum Toxin Poisoning

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:38:34 +0000

Poisoning of botulinum toxin (botulism) generally occurs as food poisoning. In the 1950s the death rate (case fatality rate) was 60%, but now it is below 15%, due to availability of antitoxin and efficient and fast management.

Diagnosis of botulinum poisoning:

Presence of botulism can be done by brain scan and nerve conduction test and test for myasthenia gravis (to differentiate botulism from myasthenia gravis, which botulism can mimic). Electromyography can help in differentiating botulism from myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, both of which may mimic botulism. Serum specimen culture, wound tissue cultures, stool specimen cultures are best for detecting botulism. Mass spectrometry technology can detect botulinum toxin very fast (three or four hours) and can identify seven types of toxins and should be used if available.

Side Effects of Botox

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:24:16 +0000

Toxicity of botulinum toxin in human is very low, due to use of minute quantities for medicinal and cosmetic purpose. There are several side effects of Botox, although most of them are temporary and minor in nature. The side effects of Botox are mainly due to protenaceous nature of the product and due to mechanism of action of Botox. Side effects are mainly of two categories, namely allergic reaction (due to protenaceous nature of Botox) and paralysis of the wrong muscle along with the desired muscle paralysis (due to mechanism of action).

Side effects of Botox due to protenaceous nature:

They are mainly allergic manifestations, because allergic manifestation is caused by antigens, which are protein in nature.

Medical Uses of Botox

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:20:58 +0000

Botox or botulinum toxin is a lethal naturally occurring toxin, but can be used as powerful and highly effective medication for various medical conditions and for cosmetic purpose. The usefulness of Botox was discovered after 1950s, when scientists discovered that, injection of minute quantity of botulinum toxin type-A to muscles (especially in overactive muscles) results in decrease muscle activity and weakness, which (muscle weakness) can last up to 3-4 months.

Botulinum toxin blocks release of acetylcholine which is the neurotransmitter responsible for muscle contraction, from its stores in neurons and cause muscle weakness. Related posts:

Know About Botox

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:24:03 +0000

Botox (brand name) is botulinum toxin A (protein in nature), which is made from bacteria (clostridium botulinum, C. butyricum, C. baratii and C. argentinense) that are responsible for botulism, a serious disease. Botulinum toxin has several therapeutic used such as in treatment of muscle spasm, cervical dystonia, overactive bladder and urinary incontinence, migraine headaches as well as for cosmetic purpose (which is most commonly known by non medical persons) to reduce or lessen wrinkles in face, which is a normal process of aging.

Most of the individuals who are not associated with medical profession know that Botox is used for cosmetic purpose, i.e. as anti aging or anti wrinkle medication to reduce facial wrinkles. There are other medical uses of Botox which most people not aware of. Related posts:

What Are The Health Risk of Being Left Handed?

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:26:27 +0000

There are certain health risks associated with left handed people, i.e. certain diseases are more common among left handed people than right handed people. Left handed people are more prone to suffer from dyslexia, schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); all of these disorders are due to defect in brain development. Recent researches suggest that handedness (right or left) is only partly due to genetical reason. This is clear from the fact that identical twins (who share 100% of same genes) may not have same dominant hand. Environmental factors may play a role in becoming left handed or right handed.

Approximately 10% of people are left handed and approximately 1% has no dominant hand (mixed handed) and use both hands with equal ease and the remaining are right handed. Left handed people are subjected to stigma and curiosity even these days in many cultures. Using left hand (such as offering something to somebody with left hand) is considered taboo or uncultured in many cultures. Related posts:

Few Important Points About Generic Drugs

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:56:15 +0000

There are many people who think generic drugs are not good. Before we decide if generic drugs are good or not, it is important for us to learn and know what generic drugs are. According to WHO (World Health Organization) “A generic drug is a pharmaceutical product, usually intended to be interchangeable with an innovator product, that is manufactured without a license from the innovator company and marketed after the expiry date of the patent or other exclusive rights” (quote from WHO official site http://www.who.int/trade/glossary/story034/en/index.html). In simple term a generic drug is the drug that can be manufactured and marketed by any pharmaceutical company without any license from the company which discovered the drug molecule, because the patent right for the particular drug (i.e. generic drug) has expired. USFDA also accept generic drugs as identical with the brand name counterpart or at least have comparable bioequvalance in terms of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics properties of that particular drugs. Related posts:

What is Super ORS?

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:31:11 +0000

ORS (oral rehydration salt or solution) is commonly used in treatment of mild (fluid loss of 5% to 7% of body weight) to moderate diarrhea (fluid loss of 7% to 10% of body weight). If mild and moderate diarrhea (which cause mild to moderate dehydration) is not treated adequately and early in the disease, it may lead to severe dehydration, which may ultimately cause death. Initiate treatment (replacement of lost fluid) of diarrhea as early as possible with ORS to reduce morbidity and mortality. There is no alternative to starting treatment early in diarrhea cases.

What is super ORS?

Super ORS is made by adding certain amino acids (such as alanine, glycine etc. which are actively transported or absorbed amino acids lumen of gastrointestinal tract and transport sodium along with them) which have some advantages over commonly used WHO-ORS (as recommended by World Health Organization). The advantages of super ORS (by adding amino acids) is said to be marginal and generally do not benefit much in non-cholera diarrhea.