Stroke; Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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DefinitionSucralfate is a medication primarily taken to treat active duodenal ulcers. Sucralfate is also used for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease? (GERD?) and stress ulcers. Sucralfate is a sucrose sulfate-aluminum complex that binds to the ulcer?, creating a...
Sulindac is a sulfinylindene derivative prodrug with potential antineoplastic activity. Converted in vivo to an active metabolite, sulindac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory? drug (NSAID), blocks cyclic guanosine monophosphate-phosphodiesterase (cGMP-PDE), an enzyme...
DefinitionSunburn is a form of radiation burn that affects living tissue, such as skin, that results from an overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, commonly from the sun. Common symptoms in humans and other...
DefinitionSympathetic nerves run on the front surface of the spinal column and not in the spinal canal with the nerves that provide sensation and strength to...
DefinitionTardive dyskinesia is a syndrome? which includes a group of iatrogenic movement disorders caused due to a blockade of dopamine receptors. The movement disorders include akathisia,...
DefinitionTea bag is a small, porous, sealed bag or packet containing dried plant material, which is immersed in boiling water to make a tea or an infusion. Classically these...
DefinitionTelithromycin is a ketolide, a novel form of macrolide antibiotic? that is recommended for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia?. Telithromycin was approved for use in the United States in 2004...
DefinitionTenatoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor drug candidate that was undergoing clinical? testing as a potential treatment for reflux oesophagitis and peptic ulcer? as far back as 2003. The compound was invented by Mitsubishi...
Teneligliptin is a long-acting, orally bioavailable, pyrrolidine-based inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), with hypoglycemic activity. Teneligliptin may also reduce plasma triglyceride levels through a sustained increase in GLP-1 levels....
Terbutaline is a selective beta-2 adrenergic agonist used as a bronchodilator and tocolytic. Terbutaline Sulfate is the sulfate salt form of terbutaline, an ethanolamine derivative with bronchodilating and tocolytic properties. Terbutaline...
DefinitionTetracycline is a broad-spectrum naphthacene antibiotic? produced semisynthetically from chlortetracycline, an antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. In bacteria, tetracycline binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit, interferes with the binding of...