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Astemizole is a histamine H1-receptor antagonist.It has anticholinergic and antipruritic effects.. Astemizole is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and competitively binds to histamine H 1 receptor sites in the gastrointestinal tract, uterus, blood vessels, and bronchial muscle.
Only a small amount of the magnesium from magnesium hydroxide is usually absorbed by the intestine (unless one is deficient in magnesium). However, magnesium is mainly excreted by the kidneys; so long-term, daily consumption of milk of magnesia by someone suffering from kidney failure could lead in theory to hypermagnesemia.
Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a woman without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. [2] Gestational diabetes generally results in few symptoms; [2] however, obesity increases the rate of pre-eclampsia, cesarean sections, and embryo macrosomia, as well as gestational diabetes. [2]