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Propecia and alopecia: what is the link between them?

June 21st, 2011

Androgenic alopecia is hair loss, often genetic, caused by one of the following reasons: the excessive content of the male sex hormone DHT (dehydrotestosterone) and increased sensitivity of hair follicles to DHT. Dehydrotestosterone, affecting the hair follicle, causing reduction in the growth stage, so that hair prematurely enters the stage of rest, followed by the deposition stage.

Often accompanied by signs of androgenic alopecia oily seborrhea and acne (blackheads), possible excessive hair growth on face and other body parts. In men, androgenic alopecia usually starts in front of the hairline and moving toward the top. In women, there is progressive thinning and loss of hair over the head and especially in the hair roots.
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Zoloft in the treatment of pathological aggression in adolescence

June 17th, 2011

Sertraline (generic Zoloft) – an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) has been successfully applied in psychiatric practice, expressing timoanaleptic action and a minimal degree of side effects. Numerous studies of the last decade have shown that Zoloft is the most effective against a broad spectrum of depressive and neurotic disorders (atypical depression, dysthymia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorders, etc.), including depression and dysthymia in childhood and adolescence.

Aggressiveness – significant in social terms of behavioral disorders – needs more-more careful psychopathological analysis. Of particular interest is the identification of depressive component as an important part of aggressive behavior.
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Wellbutrin helps people quit smoking in acute cardiovascular disease

June 9th, 2011

Wellbutrin is used to treat major depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder. At least one brand of bupropion (Zyban) is used to help people stop smoking by reducing the traction and other effects.

Recently made study has shown, that generic Wellbutrin helped hospitalized with acute cardiovascular disease smokers to quit smoking.
Dr. Nancy Rigotti with colleagues (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) performed a randomized controlled clinical trial, including 248 smokers who were hospitalized with acute cardiovascular disease, mainly unstable angina or myocardial infarction. Within 12 weeks the participants were randomly assigned to receive either Wellbutrin (150mg/day) or placebo.
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Celexa: how to use in elderly patients

May 31st, 2011

The prevalence of depressive disorders is estimated at 15% of elderly. Estimated number of Union Geriatric Psychiatric patients with depression in this age group in the U.S. is approaching 6 million. Examination of 1070 randomly selected people aged 65 years and older living in Liverpool, England, found that the prevalence of clinical cases of depression was 11.3 back in 10.7 observed for subsyndromal disorder. Major depression in elderly patients had happened less than secondary or minor depression. As reported, the rate of minor depression reaches 50. The probability of early relapse after the first depressive episode increases with age. The probability of full recovery after an episode of major depression in the elderly is reduced and residual symptoms may persist even with a decrease in their degree of severity.

According to available data, 40 of 50 patients with Alzheimer’s disease revealed signs of depressed mood, and in 10-20 the current depressive disorder of clinical severity.
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Propecia pills for hair loss treatment

May 28th, 2011

Drug treatment of baldness is aimed at enhancing the functions of hair follicles and improvement of hair growth. Currently, there are many ways for medical treatment of baldness, and a huge number of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products to prevent hair loss.

Determine which medication or combination of drugs suitable for you depends on your age, degree of hair loss and budget. For the choice of treatment and use of drugs you should be tested in the clinic, and only after that, doctor will be able to select and prescribe treatment, which is always individual.
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Ovulation enhancing with the help of Clomid

May 26th, 2011

For induction of ovulation in the majority of patients with infertility as a first treatment method most often are used anti-estrogens (clomiphene citrate or generic Clomid, serofen, pergotaym), which are indirect stimulators of ovulation. The action of clomiphene performed because of its ability to bind to estrogen receptors in target organs at all levels of the reproductive system, but mainly in the hypothalamic-pituitary region.

As a result, offset by a signal activated by endogenous estrogen and neuroendocrine mechanism of secretion of GnRH. Due to the increase secretion of gonadotropins-releasing hormone (GnRH) increases the concentration of FSH and LH, which leads to an increase in dominant follicle and ovulation.
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Propecia or how to avoid hair loss

May 24th, 2011

Doctors identify several forms of hair loss, however, the most common of them so-called androgenic alopecia. According to some experts about 90-95% of people suffering from hair loss, are experiencing exactly this form of alopecia. According to the research it was found that a key role in the development of androgen alopecia in both men and women assigned to male sex hormones.

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is one of the male hormones that play an important role in the development of the male body, but with increasing age leads to hair loss. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) gradually “shrinks” the hair follicles, so that eventually they become unable to reproduce the visible hair.
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Back pain and muscle relaxants

May 23rd, 2011

Back pain – one of the most common patients’ complaints in general practice. Often they are caused by spinal osteochondrosis – degenerative intervertebral disc cartilage and reactive changes of the adjacent vertebral bodies.

A classic example of painful muscle spasms is lumbago (lumbar backache), which is characterized by sharp, shooting pain in the back, emerging usually during exercise (lifting weights, etc.) or an awkward movement. The patient is often frozen in an awkward position, trying to motion leads to increased pain. The examination reveals the voltage of the back muscles, usually scoliosis, flattening the lumbar lordosis and kyphosis.
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Paxil – true “champion” effective therapy of depression

May 21st, 2011

Anxiety – an integral component of the clinical picture of mental, neurological and somatic disorders. As a clinical phenomenon of psychopathology, it is closely linked with other symptoms and, as a rule, most determines the level of psychosocial maladjustment.

The central place among the anxious-phobic disorders is panic disorder. Over a lifetime, 10-20% of the population carries one or more panic attacks. Panic attack – suddenly appearing and rapidly, within minutes, increasing symptom of autonomic disorders (shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness), combined with a sense of impending death, fear of loss of consciousness, loss of control. The duration of panic attacks is variable, averaging about 30 minutes.
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Clinical efficacy and tolerability of Effexor

May 19th, 2011

Modern and severe depression: clinical efficacy and tolerability of Effexor

Therapy of depressive disorders spectrum, ranging from 60-ies, and to date, remains a complex and important issue. Despite the variety available in the arsenal of antidepressants psychiatrists, there is a large group of patients for whom well-known drugs are ineffective or cause side effects. In this regard, active research continues the pathogenesis of depression and mechanisms of action of antidepressants, which allows synthesis of new effective drugs with improved tolerability profile and a more powerful mechanism of action.
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