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ZEGERID OTC™ hits the shelves today as another over-the-counter option for treating frequent heartburn. What makes this treatment different from Prilosec OTC and Prevacid 24HR is that it combines more than one ingredient to help treat heartburn. The first ingredient is omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, and sodium bicarbonate. The sodium bicarbonate acts as a protection from stomach acid and allows it to be absorbed. According to Dr. Michael Rahmin, gastroenterologist at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, “Other OTC PPIs have used an enteric coating to prevent the medicine from being broken down by acid in the stomach prior to absorption. ZEGERID OTC capsules do not need an enteric coating because the sodium bicarbonate offers built-in protection against stomach acid, so the…

CONCLUSIONS: Postischemic treatment with esmolol and landiolol provided neuroprotection in the hippocampus in rats subjected to bilateral carotid artery occlusion combined with hemorrhagic shock, whereas treatment with propranolol failed to show neuroprotection. We suggest that concomitant beta-blockade and shock might work as a systemic depressant, rather than a neuroprotectant, resulting in exacerbation of cerebral ischemia. PMID: 20357154 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia)

Today, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to eight months in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for the possession of controlled drugs with the intent to supply, and for the possession of medicines with the intent to place th em on the market without a licence. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) began their investigation in January 2008 into a website called http://www.pharma2u.com. The website advertised the sale (more…)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Migraine sufferers may be able to get sufficient relief without turning to prescription drugs, according to two new studies. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Drug firm Glenmark on Wednesday said US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its new drug application (NDA) for pain killer oxycodone hydrochloride capsules. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)

Migraine sufferers may be able to get sufficient relief without turning to prescription drugs, according to two new studies.Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Migraine, Pain Relievers (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

Sleeping sickness, elephantiasis, leprosy, helminthiasis, trachoma, leishmaniasis, Buruli ulcers, schistomiaisis and yaws are among neglected diseases that still ravage lives covertly as nations publicise tuberculosis, malaria and Aids. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have discovered a new way of tackling the fatal parasitic disease African sleeping sickness which they say could pave the way for the development of safe, effective drugs to treat it. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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Conclusions: The combination of intracostal suture with intercostal muscle flap may not necessarily achieve better post-thoracotomy pain control than using intracostal suture alone. (Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)