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General
How to remember Enzyme inducers and Enzyme inhibitors (mnemonics)
Enzyme inducers will increase the rate of metabolism of co-administered drugs and thus their effect will decrease or will be at lower therapeutic dose. As a result, the dose of such drugs (which are metabolized by microsomal enzymes) should be increased when administered along with enzyme inducers. Enzyme inhibitors will decrease the metabolism of drugs…
Apr 9, 2017
Drug facts
Drug suffixes have a clue about the drug class
Drugs are classified into groups, but as a pharmacist you could know what is the class of certain drug as long as the drug has a very common suffix. The most popular example is -statin , as long as the drug name has the suffix statin, it is immediately known as cholesterol lowering agent. So,…
Apr 9, 2017
Drug facts
Mode of Action for Antibiotic Classes – Quick tips
Knowing how do Antibiotics work and fight the infection is an important step for treatment. Resistance is emerging rapidly to most classes and we have to control the use of Antibiotics and avoid misuse or overuse in both community and healthcare society. Developing Antibiotics resistance has many unfavorable outcomes: Increase the rates of mortality and…
Apr 5, 2017
General
20 Most Common Pharmaceutical Additives with Examples
A pharmaceutical additive or an excipient is a substance that mixed with an active pharmaceutical ingredient for a specific purpose. I will go through the most common types with examples: It is an agent that prevent the oxidation process to the pharmaceutical preparation. Thus, avoid its deterioration. Examples: Antioxidants as a pharmaceutical additives have two…
Apr 4, 2017
Drug facts
Drug Approval Process – explained by images
A drug is any product that is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure mitigation, treatment , or prevention of disease; and that is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. Before a drug can be used, it must pass the FDA’s approval process. This process involves first testing the drug…
Mar 28, 2017
News & Updates
Bavencio approved by FDA for metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC)
“While skin cancer is one of the most common cancers, patients with a rare form called Merkel cell cancer have not had an approved treatment option until now,” said Richard Pazdur, M.D., acting director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and director of the…
Mar 23, 2017
General
Is Tedizolid really an alternative to Linezolid ?
Short answer, yes! Tedizolid (SIVEXTRO™) is a novel oxazolidinone antibiotic approved recently for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and I believe it is a matter of time until being approved for other indications like pneumonia (HAP/VAP). But is it really with additional benefits over Linezolid ? Short answer, No! So I am…
Mar 10, 2017
General
Pharmacokinetics VS Pharmacodynamics – Differences
Pharmacokinetics VS Pharmacodynamics : From the very beginning when learning pharmacology or pharma sciences, you have to know the differences between the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. How to remember Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics? So, to remember it easily, pharmacodynamics is the effect of the drug on the body and therefore, the pharmacokinetics mean what the body does…
Mar 10, 2017
General
Immunity response to a pathogen (Animated Video)
A good animated video shows how is the interact and an immunity response produced upon pathogen attack.
Mar 6, 2017
Diseases
Siliq (brodalumab) approved as a new psoriasis drug by FDA
Psoriasis is a skin condition that causes patches of skin redness and flaking. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder that occurs more commonly in patients with a family history of the disease, and most often begins in people between the ages of 15 and 35. The most common form of psoriasis is plaque psoriasis, in…
Feb 15, 2017
General
Food Safety at emergency like power outage
This is how to keep food safe during emergency like power outage. Follow the following steps to help keep the food safe as longer as possible and avoid food loss or getting ill because of unsafe damaged food. Source: foodsafety.gov
Feb 12, 2017
Diseases
Heart Attack | Animated Video
What Is Heart Attack? When blood doesn’t reach to your heart, your heart muscle doesn’t get the oxygen it needs. Without oxygen, its cells can be damaged or die (Ischemia). If this Ischemia has not been treated, part of the heart muscle will eventually become permanently damaged (Myocardial Infarction). The key to recovery is to…
Jan 2, 2017