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Get information on asthma symptoms, medicines, inhalers, treatment and management. Sat, 03 May 2008 12:17:03 +0200 In today’s world, with its continued focus on health, fitness and beautification, surgery can play a major role in your life. Many types of cosmetic surgeries are there to choose from. One of them is liposuction. The New York liposuction surgeons are the masters of their work. You can choose from many surgeons to [...]
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:32:09 +0200 Dental insurance is a type of insurance in which all the dental parts of the person are insured. The terms and conditions of this insurance are just like any other insurance plan like a family health insurance. In this a person has to pay monthly or annual premium to a dental insurance company. The [...]
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:17:56 +0200 Spiriva (tiotropium) is a medicine used to treat persons suffering from COPD that is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease means constant lung disease with features of airway contraction.
It encompasses two types of disease processes that are emphysema and chronic bronchitis. COPD is mainly caused by smoking. Its symptoms are: -
Cough
Feeling of breathlessness
Sputum production.
Spiriva treats both [...]
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:01:45 +0100 The B-adrenergic agonists available in tablet or elixir form are not for emergency use since they have slow onsets of action (up to one hour). Albuterol, terbutaline, and metaproterenol are available as oral medications. Since they are absorbed into the bloodstream in greater quantity than the inhaled form, there are greater chances of side [...]
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:29:24 +0100 Theophylline has been used for treating bronchial asthma for nearly sixty years but is a weaker bronchodilator than the B-adrenergic agonists. Although widely used as a bronchodilator, the mechanism of its action is unclear. The most recent theories suggest an anti-inflammatory effect that is supported by the inhibition of the late phase response. Due [...]
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:21:02 +0100 To get rid of the problem of obesity there are a number of ways. Obesity is a problem that is mainly caused due to the lack of proper eating habits. People hardly get the time to think about the food that they eat. The working environment is so stressful that one is hardly left [...]
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:50:08 +0100 Beta-Agonists
Since asthma is characterized by narrowing of bronchial tubes caused by tightening of bronchial wall muscle, treatment has traditionally focused on reversing this process, which is called bronchodilatation. The medications that produce this effect are bronchodilators. At this time the most effective bronchodilators are the Bzadrenergic agonists. These drugs are all derivatives of [...]
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:08:25 +0100 The use of epinephrine by injection for the treatment of asthma dates to as early as 1903. An aerosol form was developed around 1910. For many decades epinephrine was the only available medication for the treatment of bronchial asthma. Its use in the emergency setting has certainly saved countless numbers of lives.
In view of [...]
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:07:15 +0100 Nowadays we are hearing so much about hgh but now it seems very interesting actually what does hgh means?
Hgh stands for human growth hormone which is regarded as master hormone formed by pituitary gland in the main centre that is brain. This is only the critical hormone which is responsible growth and development in [...]
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:08:04 +0100 Gold Salts
Gold salts have been adminitered to asthmatic patients based on the benefit of this drug in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Small numbers of patients have been treated with gold injections or an oral gold compound called auranofin, and individual patients have been reported to reduce their symptoms and steroid requirements. Studies of [...]
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