Medicine

Category of Drug Levetiracetam is a  Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics drug  Mechanism of Action   Indications  Levetiracetam is used for 1. Good effect difficult-to-treat idiopathic focalepilepsies of childhood,2. Photosensitivity and myoclonus- Generalisedepilepsy with photosensitivity3. Idiopathic epilepsy– control of GTCS and Myoclonic4. Treatment of postanoxic and post-encephalicmyoclonic epilepsy5. Epileptic encephalopathies-LGS, West Syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy,absence seizure, rolandic epilepsy. Well […]

Category of Drug Cinnarizine is Anallergics and Drugs used in Anaphylaxis Mechanism of Action   Indications  Cinnarizine is used for1. Moon sickness2. Nausea3. Vomiting4. Vertigo5. Tinnitus Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms 1. TABLETS Dose   Contraindications 1. Hypersensitivity2. Parkinson’s Disease3. Children below 5 years. Precautions 1. Hypotension2. Patients should not drive or operate machinery

Category of Drug  Chlorpheniramine is Antiallergics and Drugs used in Anaphylaxis Mechanism of Action   Indications Chlorpheniramine is used in 1. Symptomatic relief of allergy2. Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)3. Conjunctivitis4. Urticaria5. Insect stings and pruritus of allergic origin6. Adjunct in the emergency treatment of anaphylactic shock and severe angioedema. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage

Category of Drug Magnesium Sulphate is a  Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Magnesium Sulphate is used for 1. Prevention of recurrent seizures in eclampsia2. Prevention of seizures in pre-eclampsia3. Acute Nephritis in children. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  INJECTION Dose   Contraindications  Not to be injected parenterally in patients withheart block or myocardial

Category of Drug Pyrantel Pamoate is an Anti-Infectives Mechanism of Action   Indications  Pyrantel Pamoate is used for1. Ascariasis2. Hookworm infections3. Enterobiasis4. Trichostrongyliasis5. Tissue nematode infection Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms 1. TABLET2. ORAL SUSPENSION Dose   Contraindications  Hepatic diseases Precautions 1. Pregnancy2. lactation3. liver disease4. Severe malnutrition5. Anaemia6. Concurrent administration withpiperazine. Adverse Effects  1.

Category of Drug Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine is an Anti-Infectives drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine is used for1. Treatment of malaria due to susceptibleP. falciparum in areas of high chloroquineresistance and in patients who have notresponded to chloroquine2. additionally quinine may be given for 3 days Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms

Category of Drug Quinine is an Anti-Infectives  Mechanism of Action   Indications  Quinine is used forMultiple drug resistant P. falciparum malaria Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLETS2. SUSPENSION Dose   Contraindications 1. Haemoglobinuria2. Optic neuritis3. Tinnitus4. Quinine resistant falciparum5. Pregnancy6. Lactation10. Prolonged QT interval. Precautions  1. Atrial fibrillation2. Conduction defects3. Heart block4. Monitor for

Category of Drug Artesunate is an Anti-Infectives Mechanism of Action   Indications  Artesunate is used forTreatment of uncomplicated P. falciparummalaria in areas of multiple drug resistance. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLET2. INJECTION Dose   Contraindications 1. The first trimester of pregnancy2. Hypersensitivity Precautions  1. Risk of recurrence if used alone in non-immune patients2.

Category of Drug  Artemether is an Anti-Infectives Mechanism of Action   Indications  Artemether is used for1. Treatment of severe P. falciparum malaria inareas where evidence is there that quinine isineffective2. multidrug-resistant malaria Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms 1. CAPSULE2. INJECTION Dose   Contraindications 1. The first trimester of pregnancy 2. Hypersensitivity Precautions  1. Electrolyte disturbances2. Concomitant

Category of Drug  Dexamethasone is Anallergics and Drugs used in Anaphylaxis Mechanism of Action   Indications  Dexamethasone is used in 1. Adjunct in the emergency treatmentof anaphylaxis2. Short-term suppressionof inflammation in allergic disorders3. Adrenocortical insufficiency4. Ocular inflammation5. Autoimmune disorders6. Rheumatic disorder7. Cerebral oedema Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLETS2. INJECTION3. CREAM Dose