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Antispasmodic drugs
Antispasmodic drugs are used to reduce the pain and cramping that can accompany conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and diverticular disease. For example mebeverine, sold as Colofac® in the UK, and scopolamine butylbromide (a.k.a.
smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 8:55am
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Anti-emetic drugs
Drug-induced emesis can now be largely controlled with anti-emetic drugs, however, nausea remains a very significant clinical problem. This dichotomy suggests that different mechanisms underlie nausea and vomiting.
smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 7:50pm
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Antimuscarinic drugs for urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence
Antimuscarinic drugs for urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence (overactive bladder syndrome)
efaccena - 05/07/2016 - 2:57pm
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Drugs affecting acetylcholine receptors
Drugs acting at ganglion nicotinic receptors
As the same receptors are present at the ganglia of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic arms of the ANS, they cannot be differentiated pharmacologically. Being ionotropic receptors, overstimulation can lead to depolarization blockade. Thus, there is the potential for both agonists and antagonists to inhibit ganglionic neurotransmission. Although ganglion blocking drugs have been used in the past in the treatment of hypertension, they are now considered clinically obsolete.
efaccena - 21/03/2016 - 10:49am
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Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea is the abnormal passing of loose or liquid stools, with increased frequency, increased volume, or both. It can be classified based on its duration into:
efaccena - 09/02/2023 - 1:44pm