You searched for : 'X'

MAALOX® TC Novartis Consumer Health Magnesium Hydroxide – Aluminum Hydroxide Antacid Indications And Clinical Uses: A high potency antacid for the treatment and relief of the symptoms of peptic ulcer and severe hyperacidity related disorders. Contra-Indications: Alkalosis, hypermagnesemia; where distention may be due to partial or complete intestinal obstruction. Not recommended for severely debilitated patients or those with impaired renal function. Precautions: Magnesium salts in the presence of renal insufficiency…

MAALOX H2 ACID CONTROLLER™ Novartis Consumer Health Famotidine Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonist Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Famotidine is a competitive inhibitor of histamine H2-receptors. The primary clinically important pharmacologic activity of famotidine is inhibition of gastric juice secretion. Famotidine reduces the acid and pepsin content, as well as the volume, of basal, nocturnal, and stimulated gastric secretion. Indications And Clinical Uses: In the treatment of the following conditions where a…

MAALOX® HRF Novartis Consumer Health Magnesium Alginate – Aluminum Hydroxide-Magnesium Carbonate – Magnesium Carbonate Gastroesophageal Reflux Therapy Action And Clinical Pharmacology: The liquid or tablets when chewed, produce a viscous demulcent antacid foam barrier which floats on the stomach contents serving as a protective barrier for the esophagus against reflux of gastric contents. The alkaline foam readily flows into the esophagus during reflux aiding in the neutralization of refluxed gastric…

MYOFLEX® Bayer Consumer Triethanolamine Salicylate Topical Analgesic Indications And Clinical Uses: Analgesic rub for the temporary relief of aches and pains of muscles and joints associated with backache, lumbago, neck ache, arthritic or rheumatic pain, strains, sprains, pain of tendons and ligaments. Contra-Indications: Salicylate hypersensitivity. Manufacturers’ Warnings In Clinical States: For external use only. Use only as directed. Keep this and all other drugs out of the reach of children….

MYLANTA™ Preparations Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare Aluminum Hydroxide – Magnesium Hydroxide Compound Antacid – Antiflatulent Indications And Clinical Uses: The treatment and relief of symptoms of peptic ulcer, gastritis, hiatus hernia, hyperacidity, and the management of gastrointestinal disorders accompanied by excessive gas or flatus. Contra-Indications: Alkalosis, hypermagnesemia, where distention may be due to partial or complete intestinal obstruction. Not recommended for severely debilitated patients or those with impaired renal function. Precautions:…

LUVOX® Solvay Pharma Fluvoxamine Maleate Antidepressant – Antiobsessional Agent Action And Clinical Pharmacology: The antidepressant and antiobsessional actions of fluvoxamine are believed to be related to its selective inhibition of presynaptic serotonin re-uptake in brain neurones. There is minimum interference with noradrenergic processes, and, in common with several other specific inhibitors of serotonin uptake, fluvoxamine has very little in vitro affinity for a1, a2, b1, dopamine2, histamine1, serotonin1, serotonin2 or…

LOVENOX® Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Enoxaparin Sodium Anticoagulant – Antithrombotic Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Enoxaparin is a low molecular weight heparin fragment, which is obtained by controlled depolymerization of natural heparin from porcine intestinal mucosa. It possesses antithrombotic action. Enoxaparin is composed of molecules with and without a specially characterized pentasaccharide, the antithrombin binding site, that is essential for high affinity binding to the plasma protein antithrombin (formerly referred to as antithrombin…

LOXAPAC® Wyeth-Ayerst Loxapine Antipsychotic Agent Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Loxapine, a tricyclic dibenzoxazepine antipsychotic agent, which is chemically distinct from the phenothiazines, thioxanthenes and butyrophenones, produces pharmacological responses in various animal species which are characteristic of those seen with the majority of antipsychotic drugs. Loxapine is an antipsychotic drug which exhibits many of the actions common to this broad class of drugs. Loxapine has proven to be of value in…

LOPROX® Hoechst Marion Roussel Ciclopirox Olamine Topical Antifungal Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Ciclopirox is a synthetic broad spectrum antifungal agent that inhibits the growth of pathogenic dermatophytes, yeasts, and M. furfur. It exhibits fungicidal activity in vitro against isolates of T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, E. floccosum, M. canis and C. albicans. The mode of action of ciclopirox olamine was studied mainly in C. albicans. It is presumed that ciclopirox mediated…

LONITEN® Pharmacia & Upjohn Minoxidil Antihypertensive Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Minoxidil is an orally effective direct acting peripheral vasodilator that reduces elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure by decreasing peripheral vascular resistance. Minoxidil does not directly stimulate the heart or electrolyte reabsorption by the kidney. However, because of peripheral dilatation, minoxidil elicits a reflex mediated increase in cardiac output, salt and water retention, and a rise in plasma renin activity….