Posts tagged with: tablets
Desloratadine
Desloratadine is an metabolite (active breakdown product) of loratadine, and is used to treat relief of allergic rhinitis and urticaria. It is also available as a separate product (NeoClarityn). For some individuals exposure to pet fur, pollen, house dust mites or an insect... [Read more]
Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin Is a broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic (previously spelt amoxycillin here in the UK). Although this antibiotic is use to treat a variety of infections it excels when used to treat ear, nose and throat infections including infections of the respiratory tract,... [Read more]
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel is an anti platelet drug that is used to prevent blood clots from forming. It is prescribed to patients who have a tendency to form blood clots in the fast flowing arteries and heart or possibly those who have recently had a heart attack or stroke. This drug... [Read more]
Doxazosin
Doxazosin is classed as a antihypertensive vasodilator drug that relieves hypertension (high blood pressure)it does its job by relaxing the blood vessels, the knock on effect allows blood and oxygen to circulate more easily around the body, lowering blood pressure and reducing... [Read more]
Antihypertensive Drugs
Your blood pressure is ascertained by a machine that takes two reading The first measurement is called the systolic pressure and is measured while the heart’s ventricles are contracting, this reading is normally higher than the second one which is known as the diastolic... [Read more]
Nystatin
This particular drug was developed at the New York State Institute of Health back in the early 1950′s and it was because of this fact that it was named Nystatin after the institute. Nystatin is an antifungal drug used to treat candidiasis the medical name for thrush,... [Read more]
Ciprofibrate
Ciprofibrate is used to lower high lipid (fat) levels in the blood (hyperlipidaemia). These lipids include cholesterol and triglycerides the medication itself belongs to a group of drugs known as fibrates. Apart from lowering low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol being... [Read more]
Dicycloverine (Dicyclomine)
Dicycloverine also known as dicyclomine is a mild anticholinergic antispasmodic drug which has direct muscle relaxant properties it is used in combination preparations that treat gastro-intestinal disorders such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Dicycloverine... [Read more]
Rosiglitazone
Rosiglitazone is an anti-diabetic drug in the thiazolidinedione class of drugs and is used to treat type 2 diabetes known as non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus. It can be used alone or combined with metformin or with a sulphonylurea or with both. It’s function... [Read more]
Cimetidine
Cimetidine belongs to the group of medicines known as histamine H2-receptor antagonists which act to decrease the natural production of acid in the stomach. Histamine is a natural chemical that stimulates stomach cells into producing acid. Histamine H2-antagonists decrease... [Read more]
