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A rapid diagnosis of allergy to these drugs is performed in the presence of these signs and knowing the history of the patient is being treated with antibiotics. Furthermore, a review of skin and face may show rashes, and swelling of lips, face or tongue, typical of a mild problem, bearing in mind that low blood pressure, hoarseness, wheezing sound when breathing and nausea may indicate an anaphylactic reaction.

The immediate goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms and prevent the consequences of a severe reaction if it was submitted. If mild or moderate allergic reactions: Read the rest of this entry »

To a large extent, the development of modern medicine has been possible thanks to the discovery and development of antibiotics, as they have helped defuse a dangerous disease that took the lives of thousands of people. However, it is clear that their use, although common today, is not without risk.

Antibiotics or antimicrobials are substances that help remove bacteria that produce disease, either by killing (bactericidal) or inhibit reproduction (bacteriostatic). Its origin dates back to 1928 when the Scotsman Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered that certain harmful organisms do not survive in the presence of a tiny mushroom, the Penicilliun notatum, as this generated a chemical agent that destroys: Penicillin. Read the rest of this entry »

More than half of women drug addicts in the region are addicted to cocaine and 36% under 40 years
The network serves the Madrid Anti-Drug Agency each year to more than 3,700 women drug abusers, 18% of all patients

The 58 percent of women addicts in the Community of Madrid are addicted to cocaine, according to the regional government, which also indicate that the profile of women attending the centers of the Drug Enforcement Network Madrid matches patients between 31 and 40 years (36 percent), unmarried (52 percent), with a middle socioeconomic level (45 percent) and without legal incidents (62 percent) Read the rest of this entry »

antibiotics are effective medicines and necessary for certain diseases. For example, community-acquired pneumonia requires antibiotics always immediately. It is also important to distinguish the classic case of the adult and the child, especially in the case of the infant and if they have additional risk factors (chronic diseases, allergic … terrain).

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France is the champion all categories … consumption of antibiotics. Results: The resistors are more numerous here than anywhere else in Europe. Before the arrival of many diseases of winter, a development seems warranted.

Antibiotics are drugs that very effective. At one proviso: they act only on diseases caused by bacteria. When you are bedridden with viral illness, they are useless. If we consume less fortunately antibiotics a few years ago (11.6 million unnecessary treatments have been avoided since 2002), viral infections are still being prescribed unnecessary.

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The possible risks of simultaneous use of allopathic or traditional with natural stems from the perception that herbs are harmless or “healthier” or “softer” than allopathic drugs.

However, this belief can generate more than an inconvenience. “The herbal drugs containing active substances as well as traditional medicines, as drug interactions and may have unwanted side effects.

Concurrent use of herbal drugs and allopathic drugs can lead to prescribed therapy does not produce the expected results or adverse events that occur to the patient, “explains Paola Tapia, a teacher at the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the U. Andres Bello Chile.

“Although it is commonly found in scientific literature reports of interactions between allopathic drugs, herbal and medicinal plants, there is documented evidence that concomitant use may in some cases alter the blood concentration is expected to achieve with the administration of drugs, leading to see it increased or decreased, “he adds.

“When a drug concentration in the blood reaches higher than therapeutic, we face a greater risk of occurrence of adverse effects and when the plasma is less than desired, the therapy does not achieve the desired effect. For example, There is evidence showing that the concurrent or simultaneous use of herbal drugs containing active substances in garlic and oral anticoagulants, a decrease of plasma concentration of anticoagulant. Likewise, the simultaneous use of St. John’s Wort and certain antidepressants leads to increased plasma concentration of these “, explains the pharmaceutical chemist.

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