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Zicam is a branded series of products marketed for cold and allergy relief whose original formulations included the element zinc. The Zicam name is derived from a portmanteau of the words "zinc" and " ICAM-1 " (the receptor to which a rhinovirus binds in order to infect cells). [ 1 ]
Zicam was launched without a New Drug Application (NDA) under a provision in the FDA's Compliance Policy Guide called "Conditions under which homeopathic drugs may be marketed" (CPG 7132.15), but the FDA warned Matrixx Initiatives, its manufacturer, via a Warning Letter that this policy does not apply when there is a health risk to consumers. [137]
Bicalutamide may cause sexual dysfunction, including decreased sex drive and erectile dysfunction. [8] However, the rates of these side effects with bicalutamide monotherapy are very low. [ 8 ] In the EPC trial, at 7.4 years follow-up, the rates of decreased libido and impotence were only 3.6% and 9.3% in the 150 mg/day bicalutamide monotherapy ...
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Psychophysiological insomnia is anxiety-induced. Idiopathic insomnia generally begins in childhood and lasts for the rest of a person's life. It's suggested that idiopathic insomnia is a neurochemical problem in a part of the brain that controls the sleep-wake cycle, resulting in either under-active sleep signals or over-active wake signals.
Rebound insomnia is insomnia that occurs following discontinuation of sedative substances taken to relieve primary insomnia. Regular use of these substances can cause a person to become dependent on its effects in order to fall asleep.
Around 2-6% of adults with insomnia use somnifacients to aid sleep. [2] However, somnifacients only benefit transient or short-term insomnia but not chronic insomnia. [3] It is because somnifacients lack supportive evidence for sleep aids in chronic insomnia, and chronic use of somnifacients leads to many adverse effects.
The first-generation sedating antihistamines diphenhydramine, doxepin, doxylamine, and pyrilamine are the most widely used medications in the world for preventing and treating insomnia. [6] As of 2004, doxylamine and diphenhydramine, which are both over-the-counter medications, were the agents most commonly used to treat short-term insomnia. [11]