Amlodipine/Valsartan in Non-Whites With HypertensionAmlodipine/Valsartan in Non-Whites With Hypertension
Hypertension and its related morbidity and mortality affect a disproportionate number of black patients compared with white patients. Will this drug combo fill in the gaps? American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Unichem gets USFDA nod for generic hypertension tablets
Unichem Laboratories today said it has received approval from the US health regulator USFDA for its generic amlodipine besylate tablets used for treating hypertension and coronary artery disease. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 24, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Jellyfish conquering the world: Weekly Web Review in Toxicology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCigZ_bsTM
Having just returned from vacation and from the 2013 North American Congress on Clinical Toxicology in Atlanta — where I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with such toxicology social media luminaries as @PharmERToxGuy, @DavidJuurlink, @Jldorazio, and @toxic_tweets. Because I’ve been away, I have some catching up to do, and this installment will cover not just toxicology on the web over the last week, but the last month.
Jellyfish well on their way to world domination: In his New York Review of Books piece on Lisa-ann Gershwin’s Stung! On Jellyfish Bloom...
Source: The Poison Review - October 9, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical arsenic box jellyfish irukandji isa-ann gershwin pma stung! thallium tianle li Source Type: news
Methylene blue for toxic shock?
This article review the experimental and clinical literature suggesting that methylene blue may have a role in reversing distributive shock (caused by vasodilatation). The two primary causes of distributive shock are anaphylaxis and sepsis. Certain drug overdoses, particularly those associated with dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (e.g., nifedipine and amlodipine) can also produce shock from vasodilatation.
Experimental evidence indicates that the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway is a key factor in producing distributive shock; methylene blue selectively inhibits this pathway. There are limit...
Source: The Poison Review - October 5, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical amlodipine antidote distributive shock methylene blue toxic shock vasodilatation Source Type: news
