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    Rheumatoid Case Study

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    Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: it is an antimalarial agent to treatment RA, it’s usually better than gold or penicillamine. 8- Methotrexate: in the UK it classified to be the most common agent for the early treatment of (RA ) .  Azathioprine , Ciclosporin, Leflunomide and others are also examples of drugs that can help in Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment. (Laurence .K.(2014)(link)

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    The extent of normal hair growth differs between people, families, and races. It is somewhat extensive in the Mediterranean and some Asian subcontinent populations. Too much facial or body hair growth in a woman is known as hirsutism. There is no absolute margin between the normal hair growth and hirsutism. Usually, sex hormones affect the hair growth in the moustache, beard, breast, chest, armpit, the midline of the abdomen, genital area, and the thighs. A type of soft hair (vellus hair), which

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    Pemphigoid gestationis (PG) is a very rare pregnancy-associated autoimmune skin disease that is characterized by an itchy rash that progresses to form blisters. Initially, the rash appears around the navel before spreading to other parts of the body including the back, trunk, arms, and buttocks. Areas such as the face, scalp, palms, soles and mucuous membranes are very rarely affected, Whilst PG may occur at any time during pregnancy or even throughout, it is most common during the second and third

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    Increase extracellular concentration of dopamine and noradrenaline by selectively inhibiting noradrenaline reuptake in the cortex of brain. thus, enhancing synaptic levels of noradrenaline and dopamine in brain. Increase risk of cardiac events when used with fluoxetine ,paroxetine and quinidine Cause additive effect if used with drug that increase BP GI disturbances, anorexia and weight loss, fatigue, sleep disturbances, dizziness, cough, sinusitis or rhinorrhea Readily absorbed after oral administration

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    Aplastic Anemia - Essay

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    blood cells may attack the rest of the body ("graft-versus-host disease"). Medical therapy of aplastic anemia often includes a short course of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) or anti-lymphocyte globulin (ALG) and several months of treatment with ciclosporin to modulate the immune system. Mild chemotherapy with agents such as cyclophosphamide andvincristine may also be effective. Antibody therapy, such as ATG, targets T-cells, which are believed to attack the bone marrow. Steroids are generally ineffective

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    What is Polypharmacy?

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    Polypharmacy is generally defined as the use of multiple prescription and/or over-the-counter medications simultaneously. “The incidence of risk for adverse drug events, reactions, and interactions increases proportionately with the number of drugs taken, such that the use of five or more compounds increase risk for adverse drug events to more than 50% while the use of seven or more drugs results in a risk of more than 80% (Heuberger, 2012).” Having multiple prescribers, different filling pharmacies

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    Organ Donation and Transplantation

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    patients survived to leave the hospital (Watson and Dark, 2012). In 1973, endomyocardial biopsy was introduced followed by the classification of histological rejection and by 1980s, cardiac transplantations became widespread with the introduction of ciclosporin. By 1986, there a total of 2000 procedures being recorded to the Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and subsequently decreased in number (Watson and Dark, 2012). 2.5. Lung Transplantation Dr. James

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    Leighton Wireman PHBS 2901.01 Dr. Christoff 30 March 2016 Fluconazole Background/History Fluconazole is a white, hygroscopic, crystalline powder, and is an orally active bistriazole antifungal agent.1 The discovery of fluconazole was a milestone in the pharmaceutical industry because it was the first antifungal drug that could be used both orally for minor infections, and intravenously for serious systemic infections. The development and use of antifungals continues to become more of a necessity

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    Immune system reactions to plausible rejections in pediatric patients after heart transplantation Keywords Summary heart transplant, immunosuppression, Of many medical crisis in cardiology, heart transplant seems pediatric, rejection. to prevail despite various complications. It is obvious that heart transplant is not a cure nor complications cease to occur. Over two decades

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    Full Blood Count Essay

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    Full Blood Count is a test used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood such as red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, etc. The abnormality it could identify are anaemia which means that there are less red blood cells or less haemoglobin in red blood cells than normal; polycythaemia which means there are too many red blood cells due to various causes; leucopoenia which means there are too few white cells due to various causes; leucocytosis which

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