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Cost-effectiveness of glaucoma management with monotherapy medications in Egypt

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2017
Glaucoma is a serious chronic ophthalmic disease since it causes irreversible visual disability if untreated can lead to blindness. Treatment options include medications (classified into five major classes of drugs which are muscarinic cholinergic ...
Amal Abd-Elaal El-Khamery, Amir Ibrahim Mohamed, Hassan Eisa Hassan Swify, Alaa Ibrahim Mohamed   +3 more
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The medical management of glaucoma

South African Family Practice, 2017
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. The main characteristic features include optic disc cupping, visual field loss, and in most instances a raised intraocular pressure.
André Marais, Elzbieta Osuch
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Late expression of alpha 2-adrenergic-mediated antilipolysis during differentiation of hamster preadipocytes.

Journal of Lipid Research, 1991
In order to study the ontogenesis of the beta- and alpha 2-adrenergic control of lipolysis during the adipose conversion process, a model based on preadipocytes isolated from the stromal-vascular fraction of hamster adipose tissue was developed.
JS Saulnier-Blache, M Dauzats, D Daviaud, D Gaillard, G Ailhaud, R Négrel, M Lafontan   +6 more
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The efficacy and safety of epidural dexmedetomidine and clonidine with bupivacaine in patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2016
Background and Aims: Alpha (α-2) adrenergic agonists have both analgesic and sedative properties when used as an adjuvant in regional anesthesia. A prospective randomized double-blind study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of epidural route and ...
Safiya I Shaikh, Sarala B Mahesh
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Adjuvant dexmedetomidine in treatment of alcohol withdrawal delirium: Case series

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023
Alcohol withdrawal delirium is a medical emergency with mortality rates of 20–50% without treatment. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) (gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor agonists) are the mainstay of treatment.
Amit Chail, Madhubrata Ray, Ranveer Singh, Mayank Dhiman   +3 more
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The Role of BK Potassium Channels in Analgesia Produced by Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptors

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2016
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Millions of people suffer from pain worldwide, and annually, great economic costs are imposed on societies for pain relief. Analgesics such as alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, which have low risk of complications, can be ...
E Hooshmand, m Jahanshahi, Gh Attarzadeh-Yazdi   +2 more
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Pharmacological and therapeutic directions in ADHD: Specificity in the PFC

Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2008
Background Recent directions in the treatment of ADHD have involved both a broadening of pharmacological perspectives to include nor-adrenergic as well as dopaminergic agents.
Levy Florence
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Segmental Arterial Mediolysis: A Multiguised Vasospastic Arteriopathy with Collateral Mesangial Cell Hyperplasia and Cardiac Toxicity Generated by Norepinephrine and Hyperdense Adrenoceptors Alone or by Crosstalk with Other Pressor Agents

International Journal of Vascular Medicine, 2021
Segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM), an uncommon vasospastic arteriopathy occurring in the muscular arteries innervated by the peripheral sympathetic nervous system, usually presents with catastrophic abdominal and retroperitoneal hemorrhages in elderly ...
Richard E. Slavin
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Catecholamine-induced vasoconstriction is sensitive to carbonic anhydrase I activation

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2001
We studied the relationship between alpha- and beta-adrenergic agonists and the activity of carbonic anhydrase I and II in erythrocyte, clinical and vessel studies. Kinetic studies were performed.
Puscas I., Coltau M., Gilau L., Pasca R., Domuta G., Baican M., Hecht A.   +6 more
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Avaliação da dexmedetomidina e do tramadol, associados ao midazolam, em gatas anestesiadas com isoflurano e submetidas à ovário-histerectomia

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
RESUMO Objetivou-se comparar as alterações cardiorrespiratórias e a analgesia pós-operatória promovidas pela dexmedetomidina e pelo tramadol, quando associados ao midazolam, em felinas.
V.C.C. Lemos, J.Q. Sande, V.F. Barbosa, J.M. Costa Neto, E.F. Martins Filho, C.H.D. Iwassa   +5 more
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