Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Silymarin Or Milk Thistle, Silybum Marianum Silymarin or Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum) Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Extractsof the milk thistle plant have been used since ancient times to treat avariety of liver and gallbladder diseases, including cholestasis,jaundice, cirrhosis, acute and chronic hepatitis, and...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Antivenom, Crotalinae, Rattlesnake Antivenom, Crotalinae (Rattlesnake) Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Althoughtwo antivenoms are still available for the treatment of crotalineenvenomation in some parts of the United States, the older product,Crotalinae polyvalent antivenom (equine) (Antivenom CrotalinaePolyvalent, Wyeth-Ayerst), largely has been replaced by the newerCrotalinae...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Glucagon Glucagon Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Glucagonis a polypeptide hormone that stimulates the formation of adenylcyclase, which in turn increases the intracellular concentration ofcyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). This results in enhancedglycogenolysis and an elevated serum glucose concentration, vascularsmooth-muscle relaxation, and positive inotropic, chronotropic,...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Succimer, DMSA Succimer (DMSA) Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology./b> Succimer(meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid [DMSA]) is a chelating agent that isused in the treatment of intoxication from several heavy metals. Awater-soluble analog of BAL (dimercaprol; see BAL [Dimercaprol]),succimer enhances the urinary excretion of lead and mercury....
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Folic Acid Folic Acid Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Folicacid is a B-complex vitamin that is essential for protein synthesis anderythropoiesis. In addition, the administration of folate to patientswith methanol poisoning may enhance the conversion of the toxicmetabolite formic acid to carbon dioxide and water,...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Mannitol Mannitol Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology./b> Mannitolis an osmotically active solute diuretic. Mannitol inhibits waterreabsorption at the loop of Henle and the proximal tubule. The increasein urine output usually is accompanied by an increase in soluteexcretion. In addition, mannitol transiently increases serum...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Atropine And Glycopyrrolate Atropine and Glycopyrrolate Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Atropineand glycopyrrolate are parasympatholytic agents that competitivelyblock the action of acetylcholine at muscarinic receptors. Atropine isa naturally occurring tertiary amine that crosses the blood-brainbarrier and shares significant structural and functional similaritywith scopolamine, homatropine,...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Mannitol Mannitol Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology./b> Mannitolis an osmotically active solute diuretic. Mannitol inhibits waterreabsorption at the loop of Henle and the proximal tubule. The increasein urine output usually is accompanied by an increase in soluteexcretion. In addition, mannitol transiently increases serum...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Haloperidol And Droperidol Haloperidol and Droperidol Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. Haloperidoland droperidol are butyrophenone neuroleptic drugs that are useful forthe management of acutely agitated psychotic patients and asantiemetics. They have strong central antidopaminergic activity andweak anticholinergic and anti–alpha-adrenergic effects. Haloperidol iswell absorbed from...
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Details About Overdose or Poisoning Generic Salt :: Prussian Blue Prussian Blue Drug Pharmacology :: I. Pharmacology. InsolublePrussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate) has been used to treatradioactive and nonradioactive cesium and thallium poisonings. Owing tothe long half-lives of these isotopes, ingestion can pose significantlong-term health risks. Insoluble Prussian blue binds thallium and cesiumin...
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