Introduction Hormonal therapy is a treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells that need hormones to grow. Hormonal therapy is also called hormone withdrawal therapy, hormone manipulation or endocrine therapy. It is the a kind of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also […]
Category: Modern Pharmacology
Meaning An agent that affects the dissolution of a calculus. A calculus (plural calculi), often called a stone, is a concretion of material, usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body. Formation of calculi is known as lithiasis. Introduction Lithotripsy is a procedure that uses shock waves to break up […]
Meaning A drug or substance that reduces inflammation (redness, swelling, and pain) in the body. Anti-inflammatory agents block certain substances in the body that cause inflammation. They are used to treat many different conditions. Some anti-inflammatory agents are being studied in the prevention and treatment of cancer. What can I drink to reduce inflammation? Susosu […]
Introduction An antiplatelet drug , also known as a platelet agglutination inhibition of platelet aggregation inhibitor, is a member of a class of pharmaceuticals that decrease platelet aggregation and inhibit thrombus formation . They are effective in the arterial circulation, where anticoagulants have little effect. They are widely used in primary and secondary prevention of […]
Defination Hepatoprotection or anti hepatotoxicity is the ability of a chemical substance to prevent damage to the liver. This is opposite to hepatotoxicity. Hepatoprotective drugs means the drugs that are prevent the liver disease. Hepatotoxicity has now become the most serious liver disorder, which accounts for about 15% of the world’s burden of diseases. Hepatoprotective […]
What are hematopoietic drugs? Hematopoietic medications increase the production of erythrocytes or red blood cells, leukocytes or white blood cells, and platelets, which are small clot forming fragments of a larger cell called a megakaryocyte. Let’s first understand haematopoiesis!! Haematopoiesis means”blood” “to make” or to make blood in body Hemopoiesis is the formation of blood […]
Immunostimulants, also known as immunostimulators, are substances (drugs and nutrients) that stimulate the immune system by inducing activation or increasing activity of any of its components. One notable example is the granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Classes of immunostimulants include bacterial vaccines, colony stimulating factors, interferons, interleukins, therapeutic vaccines, vaccine combinations and viral vaccines. Some immunostimulants […]
Introduction A depressant, or central depressant, is a drug that lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain. Depressants are also occasionally referred to as “downers” as they lower the level of arousal when taken. Stimulants or “uppers” increase mental or physical function, hence the […]
Bronchodilator is a substance that dilates the bronchi and bronchioles, decreasing resistance in the respiratory airway and increasing airflow to the lungs. Bronchospasm can induce or aggravate cough. Stimulation of pulmonary receptors can trigger both cough and broncho constriction, especially in individuals with effectiveness of cough in clearing secretions by increasing surface velocity of airflow during the act of coughing. They should […]
Expectorants are the drugs used for cough. Cough is a protective reflex, its purpose being expulsion of respiratory secretions or foreign party cles from air passages. Expectorants (Mucokinetics) Bronchial secretion enhancers :- Sodium or Potassium citrate, Potassium iodide, Guaiphenesin (Glyceryl guaiacolate), balsam of Tolu, Vasaka, Ammonium chloride. Mucolytics: Bromhexine, Ambroxol, Acetyl cysteine, Carbocisteine DEMULCENTS AND […]