SAQ/LAQ/Viva Classify the drugs used in the management of cough. 1. Cough suppressants (Antitussives): (a) Causing sedation: Codeine, Dextromethorphan, Pholcodeine, Levopropoxyphene (b) Causing less sedation:…
Parkinson or Parkinson-like syndromes may be Idiopathic, Drug-induced or Post-surgical, Post-infective (Post-encephalitic), or Post-traumatic. Parkinsonism may be associated with dopamine hypoactivity and/or acetylcholine hyperactivity.…
Diarrhea is increased frequency of passing stools. It also involves poorly formed stools. Most of the diarrheas may be self limiting. The treatment of diarrhea…
Drugs may be useful for following purposes: To eradicate H pylori infection To decrease the gastric acid secretion (Anti-secretory drugs) To give mucosal protective effect…
I advise you to go through the two videos to have overview of the topic of antianginal drugs. Angina is chest pain due to ischemia.…
Lets rapidly overview the topic of heart failure with the two video sessions, then go through the text material, and again come back to the…
There are 3 videos for you: Narcosis means central nervous system depression. (CNS depression) Narcotic analgesics are the drugs which relieve pain and also produce…
Antihypertensive drugs are presented in the following three video sessions. Have a brief overview: Hypertension (what people call BP !) is an important condition responsible…
The basic meaning behind the two terms – Laxative and Purgative – is same. It basically means – to increase the gastrointestinal motility. If the…
Prokinetics are the drugs which stimulate the forward movement of the gastrointestinal tract; whereas Anti-emetics help prevent or stop vomiting. Since some prokinetics do have…