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Phenylephrine is a selective α 1 -adrenergic receptor agonist with minimal to no β-adrenergic receptor agonist activity or induction of norepinephrine release. [5][8][15] It causes constriction of both arteries and veins. [12] Phenylephrine was patented in 1933 [16] and came into medical use in 1938. [17]
If less than 3% weight loss is seen after 3 months it is recommended the medication be stopped. [2] The weight loss is modest. [2] Effects on heart related health problems or death is unclear. [2] Common side effects include tingling, dizziness, trouble sleeping, and constipation. [2] Serious side effects may include suicide, abuse. [2]
Phentermine (phenyl-tertiary-butyl amine), sold under the brand name Ionamin among others, is a medication used together with diet and exercise to treat obesity. [3] It is taken by mouth for up to a few weeks at a time, after which the benefits subside. [3]
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This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with the severely ill and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. [1] POLST began in Oregon in 1991 and currently exists in 46 states ...
In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may be classified according to the dominant sequence of these elements in unmarked sentences (i.e., sentences in which an unusual word order is not used for emphasis).
The entrance and exit angles of each ray that passes through an imaging system (grey box) are related. When the imaging system obeys the Abbe sine condition, the ratio of the sines of these angles equal the (lateral absolute) magnification of the system.