General Illness Information: Description: Vitamin deficiency (avitaminosis, beriberi) is a disease caused by a severe shortage of vitamins in the body, which leads to serious consequences, sometimes, fatal diseases. Causes: Insufficient intake of vitamins with food, malnutrition, inadequate or poor-quality nutrition; Violation of the digestive process or disruption of the work of organs related to digestion; Taking antivitamins, for example, drugs used in the treatment of high blood coagulability; Features…
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Vitamin Deficiency
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Skin Care
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Herbal Supplements
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Zyrtec (Cetirizine)
(Pharmaceutical)ZYRTEC® UCB Pharma Cetirizine HCl Histamine H1-Receptor Antagonist Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Cetirizine, a human metabolite of hydroxyzine, is a histamine H1 receptor antagonist antiallergic compound; its principal effects are mediated via selective inhibition of peripheral H1 receptors. Cetirizine is distinguished from other histamine H1 receptor antagonists by the presence of a carboxylic acid function. This difference may be partly responsible for the selectivity of cetirizine seen in pharmacologic models…
Zerit (Stavudine)
(Pharmaceutical)ZERIT Bristol-Myers Squibb Stavudine Antiretroviral Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Stavudine is a synthetic thymidine nucleoside analogue active against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In vitro studies demonstrate that stavudine is converted to the triphosphate by cellular kinases. The 5′-triphosphate is the active form of the drug. In cell culture studies with 2 different cell lines, stavudine triphosphate had an intracellular half-life of 3.5 hours. Stavudine triphosphate has been shown to…
Zantac (Ranitidine HCl)
(Pharmaceutical)ZANTAC® Glaxo Wellcome Ranitidine HCl Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonist Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Ranitidine is an antagonist of histamine at gastric H2 receptor sites. Thus ranitidine inhibits both basal gastric secretion and gastric acid secretion induced by histamine, pentagastrin and other secretagogues. On a weight basis, ranitidine is between 4 and 9 times more potent than cimetidine. Inhibition of gastric acid secretion has been observed following i.v., intraduodenal and oral…
Z-Bec (B vitamins)
(Pharmaceutical)Z-BEC® Whitehall-Robins Zinc – Multivitamins Indications And Clinical Uses: For deficiencies of Z-BEC’s components in conditions such as febrile diseases, chronic or acute infections, burns, fractures, surgery, leg ulcers, toxic conditions, physiologic stress, alcoholism, prolonged exposure to high temperature, geriatrics, gastritis, peptic ulcer and colitis; in conditions involving special diets and weight reduction diets; dentistry: herpetic stomatitis, aphthous stomatitis, cheilosis, herpangina and gingivitis. Precautions: Not intended for the treatment of…