What are Antifibrinolytic Drugs These are drugs used to stop or reduce unwanted bleeding, They prevent or treat serious bleeding in patients who have certain conditions, such as haemophilia, very heavy menstrual bleeding, or some types of vascular tumours. When you bleed your body forms clots to stop the bleeding Types of Antifibrinolytic Drugs And…
What is Tranexamic Acid Tranexamic Acid (sometimes shortened to TXA) belongs to a group of medicines called antifibrinolytic drugs (Drugs that help your blood clot) What are they used for? These are used to stop or reduce unwanted bleeding. When you bleed your body forms clots to stop the bleeding. In some people, these break…
What is Livonurgestrel? Livonurgestrel is a synthetic progestogen hormone drug used by women to prevent pregnancy after birth control failure (such as a broken condom) or unprotected sex. Indications: Livonurgestrel is an emergency contraceptive for the prevention of pregnancy following unprotected intercourse or if you were forced into having sex (rape) or after a known…
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What is Sildenafil? Sildenafil is a type of medication called phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor and is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. source Wikipedia Molecular mechanisms of the effects of sildenafil The physiologic mechanism of the erection of the penis involves the release of nitric oxide (NO) in the corpus cavernosum…
Rhesus Incompatibility is a major cause of repeated miscarriages in some marriages, especially in remote areas where there are poor patronages of antenatal & medical services. Have you ever heard those stories of married women who were accused of being a witch & eating/killing their unborn babies? Yes, this used to be a common scenario…
Are you ready to get married, but confused about if you guys are good to go maybe due to your blood group or genotype? Then, this is for you. Over the past week, a large number of Nigerians on our various platforms have been bothered about their status and that of their partners, and most…
Today we will be discussing Supplements and why you need them but before we do that we need to understand what are supplements. Remember that you cannot understand what a Supplement is if you don’t have an idea of vitamins What is Vitamin: Oxford Dictionary describes vitamins as a natural substance found in food that…
Several types of massage focus on different parts of the body or healing approaches. Read on to learn about massage. But before that, there is something you need to know. While sports therapy and massage sound synonyms, there is a difference between these two terms. Sports massage is mostly about rubbing soft tissues like skin,…
Allergy: Have you ever felt itchy after a bath after wearing some type of clothes (like cotton, nylon, etc.), or when using some type of jewellery (e.g.: gold, silver, iron, copper, etc.)? Some persons, find it difficult to breathe when they are in areas that are either dusty, damp, cold, or with animals or where…