Sildenafil (Viagra®) has two actions that may be of consequence in patients with heart disease. It can lower the blood pressure, and it can interact with nitrates. It should never be used in patients who are taking nitrates.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.
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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Potassium Channel Blockers
The cell membrane is a lipid bilayer with signal proteins and channel proteins embedded in it.
The channel-forming hemolysin from S. aureus
The flow of ions through ions channel in myocardial cells