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Patients with asthma, often came at midnight and when I ready to go to sleep. But, I realized that their asthma is severe if they must go to the doctor. I usually give them nebulizer (if available) or sometimes I give them Relivan injection. Asthma and other conditions associated with bronchospasm are extremely prevalent and evidence suggests that the prevalence and severity is increasing. A measure of the magnitude of the problem in British Columbia is the fact that the 2-agonist salbutamol is the second most frequently prescribed drug, after acetaminophen/codeine combinations. Most ?2-agonists are prescribed to relieve episodic bronchospasm in ambulatory patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This articles focused on the optimal management of asthma in the primary care setting.

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Do you ever know that people who want to get weight loose so fast usually use many drug, one of them is Rimonabant. But this drug actually have side effect, the people who consumed this drug must face heightened risks for severe depression and anxiety. Wow, not the equal price for getting loose. The finding follows a recommendation by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel in June that the agency not approve the diet drug because of continuing concerns about increased risks for suicidal thoughts among some users. Previously, the FDA rejected the drug as an aid to help people quit smoking. Dr. Philip Mitchell, head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and co-author of an editorial that accompanies the study said there was still controversy over the rates and severity of psychiatric adverse effects with rimonabant.
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Today, I get patient who have chest pain. When I saw her, I feel really symphatic because she feel so pain that you can ever imagine, unscious many times and become so weak. But actually she didn’t come to me for her chest pain, but just for her fever. Because she said that she already went to many doctor and all of them said that her disease can’t be cure. So he already give up to get treatment for her chest pain.

So what’s her disease ? If the symptoms of chest pain like that. I believe she have angina pectoris. And there are 3 classes of drugs which are effective in the symptomatic management of angina pectoris. These 3 classes are nitrates, beta-blockers, and Ca channel blockers. But, beside the pharmacologic management you must change your lifestyles: cessation of smoking, low saturated fat diet, and regular low intensity cardiovascular exercise.
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