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March 1, 2020
Do Antipsychotic Medication Cause Weight Gain? Prevalence of weight gain is a common in psychotic patients. Individuals with schizophrenia have more intra-abdominal fat. Therefore, these patients […]
March 1, 2020
Resistance of Antibiotics INTRODUCTION Due to an increase in the number of microorganisms that shows resistance to antimicrobial agents, control of various infectious diseases is becoming […]
March 1, 2020
Introduction of Antihistamines Antihistamine was discovered more than a century ago by Anne Marie Staub and Daniel Bovet. Antihistaminic drugs were made by doing primarily modifications […]
February 21, 2020
Classification of First Generation Antihistamines First generation antihistamines include the following drugs Chlorpheniramine Cyclizine Diphenhydramine Dimenhydrinate Doxylamine Hydroxyzine Meclizine Promethazine Doxepine Histamine Histamine is an important […]
February 20, 2020
Beta Lactam Antibiotics And Macrolides Explained The term antibiotic was derived from the word “antibiosis” which actually means “against life”. Antibiotics were thought to be organic […]
February 20, 2020
Antihypertensive Drugs Introduction Hypertension sustained systolic blood pressure of greater than 140mm Hg or a sustained diastolic blood pressure which is greater than 90 mm Hg […]
February 20, 2020
ANABOLIC STEROIDS Androgens are steroids that have masculinizing effects or anabolic effects associated with proteins building in muscle and bones of both males as well females. […]