Following ingestion of a particular medication, the body sometimes responds by signaling the immune system to produce an allergic reaction, which can be mild, or life threatening.
Occasionally, when a drug enters the body (by swallowing, contact with the skin, inhaled or injected) the immune system recognizes that substance as foreign and triggers a heightened response [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 30, 2008
What causes allergic reactions to drugs?
April 25, 2008
Memory Reseach
FRIDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) — A new report finds that where protein-destroying machines reside in the brain’s nerve cells may help determine how memories are formed, a finding that may play a role in future treatments for Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers studying mice discovered that cylinder-shaped proteasomes, [...]
April 21, 2008
Medication, Water, Kidneys
When taking medications does drinking lots of water help prevent possible kidney problems?
Certain medications need to be taken with plenty of water. Depending on the medication, there are different reasons for this:
- The medication could damage the kidneys or lead to kidney stones if too much of it reached the kidney at the same time [...]
April 16, 2008
Babies’ Sleep and Obesity
CHICAGO (AP) – When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. And when babies sleep less, they may gain too much weight. A new Harvard study finds that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greater risk for being overweight in preschool, startling evidence that the link between sleep and [...]
April 11, 2008
Blood Pressure and Age
Does normal blood pressure reading differ because of age?
Although blood pressure can change as we age, the normal range of blood pressure in adults is part of a standard guideline that does not change with age.
The following table explains the various categories for blood pressure in adults. It is important to note that these [...]
April 4, 2008
Arthritis, Treating with Gold
Ask the Pharmacist
Question: How does gold help arthritis?
Answer:
While it is not known exactly how gold works in patients with arthritis, we do know it is not a cure, but simply one treatment to help control the disease.
Not many decades ago, gold was the standard in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It was replaced with drugs [...]
