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Spectroscopy short notes

Water soluble vitamins short notes.....

Cardiac cycle
Short notes ....

Some of the Central nervous diseases along with their treatment strategies ...

Coronary Circulation

Peptic Ulcer can be defined as the soreness of stomach. It can either be gastric, peptic or duodenal ulcer, causing severe heart burns that are unavoidable.

For Heart burns, one can use any antacid at the time of need ....

Cefixime is a cephalosporin antibiotic 3rd generation it is available in orally active tablets capsules or suspension form
Cefixime is active against enterobacteriaceae, haemophilus influenza, streptococcus pyrogens
It has resistance against beta lactamases
It is widely used for the treatment of respiratory, urinary tract and biliary infection.

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Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes tremors in patients
It is spreading fast in the worldwide making it one of the common neurologic disease
drugs that are used to treat epilepsy are called ANTI-EPILEPTICS

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Staph infection is a skin infection caused by staphylococcus bacteria 🦠
The bacteria is present usually on the skin and near nose on even healthy human but in some cases, it may cause infections such as boils, cellulitis, impetigo, infection in hair follicles etc
The treatment is to use various broad spectrum antibiotics that can cure the disease
Treatment should be done according to the dose and atleast for 5-7 days

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Panadol I'd one of the most commonly used brand name for paracetamol used in Pakistan

It is from Glaxo Smith Klein (gsk) company
Uses:
It is used in the treatment of fever, inflammation, pain, headache, nasal or sinus congestion, flu, cough

Different variant of panadol are discussed above
And are differentiated on the basis of the amount of active ingredient Paracetamol present.

Aspirin is one of the most commonly used medicine in Pakistan , it falls under the classification of NSAIDs as well as anti platelet as it is also used in blood thinning process

Naproxen is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug that is used to reduce inflammation , fever and pain .
It is non selective COX inhibitor and has stronger analgesic effects than that of ibuprofen.

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Flurbiprofen is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug that inhibits the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme .
COX is an enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into Prostaglandins E2 , an autocoid that is involved in fever , pain and inflammation.

Drugs used in Typhoid Fever

Typhoid Fever is a bacterial infection casued by gram negative bacteria Salmonella typhae
It is identified by WIDAL test
Patients are told to complete the course of medication without skipping it , because if the bacteria got the antibiotic resistance , it will be difficult eliminating the bacteria

Prescription and it's parts
Prescription is an order of medicine formed by physician , dentist or a doctor
Following are it's important parts

Classification of NSAiDs (painkillers/analgesics)

Ibuprofen, non steroidal anti inflammatory drug, one of the most commonly used medicine in the brand name of Brufen in Pakistan for the patients having fever
It's duration of action is 4-6 hours while onset is about 1 hour after the intake of drug

Panadol Antipyretic analgesic, is one of the most commonly used medicine in Pakistan is the drug of choice for fever , headache or sore throat

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Levofloxacin is antibiotic that is broadly used in Pakistan specially for the treatment of Respiratory tract infections . It is also used in many other diseases caused by bacteria .
For Respiratory tract infection , it is used in combination with Anti histamine drugs

Diclofenac sodium, one of the most commonly used medicines in Pakistan, is an analgesic that is used to relieve intramuscular pain , muscle and joint pain , to reduce inflammation , NSAID
The commonly used brand name of Diclofenac sodium is Dicloran , Voren and Voltran

Omeprazole, one of the most common used medicine in Pakistan, is a proton pump inhibitor that is used in many Gastrointestinal tract diseases such as
1. Stomach acidity
2. Ulcers
It is to be used in combination with H2 antagonists (famotadine , cimetidine) , anti spasmodic drugs (dortaverine) , antibiotics (clarithromycin, tetracycline) and many others according to the disease
It is a drug of choice in stomach problematic patients

Immunity

Emergency medication

Effects of hormones of various metabolism activities .

Concentration Expression
The basics of physical pharmacy
(Part 2)

Solution
The basics of physical pharmacy ( part 1 )

Pharmacology and Routes of Administration of Drugs