In this essay we will discuss about the drugs used for treating the diseases of cardiovascular system. Essay # 1. Cardiac Glycosides: Cardiac glycosides are the drugs that have inotropic action. They increase myocardial contractility and cardiac output in a hypo-dynamic heart without an increase in oxygen requirement and thus the overall myocardial efficiency as a pump is increased. The [...]
The parathyroid hormone (parathormone) is concerned with the regulation of calcium metabolism. Parathormone increases serum calcium by: a. Mobilizing calcium from bone. b. Increasing renal calcium reabsorption. c. Promoting renal conversion of vitamin D to its active metabolite calcitriol which in turn increases calcium absorption from gastrointestinal tract. d. Increasing phosphate excretion. Serum calcium regulates the secretion of parathormone from [...]
In this essay we will discuss about the drugs used for the treatment of fungal infections. 1. Amphotericin B: Amphotericin B is fungicidal and is the most important drug for severely ill patients with systemic fungal infections, namely systemic candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis and histoplasmosis. Amphotericin is not absorbed orally and is given only by IV infusion. It is highly protein [...]