Skin

July 28, 2020 Rima 0

Anatomy of Skin • Skin is the largest organ of body, comprising about 15 % of total body weight of an adult. It is one […]

Succinylcholine

July 28, 2020 Rima 0

Succinylcholine also known as suxamethonium or suxamethonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium compound. It is a depolarizing agent with short term muscle relaxing properties. It […]

Ephedrine

July 27, 2020 Rima 0

Ephedrine is an alkaloid obtained from plant of genus ephedra. It is non-catecholamine: sympathomimetic amine which doesn’t have catechol nucleus. Ephedrine was first isolated in 1885 […]

Pyrazinamide

July 24, 2020 Rima 0

Pyrazinamide (PZA) is synthetic pyrazine analogue of nicotinamide. It is one of the key drugs included in therapeutic regimen to treat tuberculosis. TB is an […]

Rifampicin

July 22, 2020 Rima 0

Rifampicin, also known as rifampin, is semi-synthetic derivative of rifamycin-B which is obtained from Streptomyces mediteranei. It is used to treat several types of bacterial […]

Isoniazid

July 22, 2020 Rima 0

Isoniazid also known as isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) is an antibiotic used in treatment of tuberculosis (TB). It has been mainstay of TB treatment in […]

Leukotriene Modifiers

July 20, 2020 Rima 0

Leukotriene Modifiers are medicines used to manage allergic rhinitis or allergy and asthma. They are also known as antileukotriene or leukotriene antagonist. They entered clinical […]

Thiazolidinediones

July 19, 2020 Rima 0

Thiazolidinedione (TZDs) or glitazones are an important class of insulin sensitizers used in treatment of type 2 diabetes. Their introduction in the late 1990s was […]

Metformin

July 17, 2020 Rima 0

Metformin is a biguanide, a drug class of herbal origin that has been widely used to treat diabetes since 1950s. It is the only biguanide […]

Sulfonylurea

July 16, 2020 Rima 0

• Sulfonylurea are group of medicines used in treatment of type 2 diabetes. Sulfonylurea were discovered by chemist Marcel Jabon and coworkers in 1942, when […]