Rituximab is available in Pakistan by the brand names of Ristova and MabThera (Roche Pakistan Ltd). It is indicated for a variety of conditions worldwide. Some of the common indications of Rituximab are: Blood cancers: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Lymphoma Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia Autoimmune rheumatic diseases: Rheumatoid Arthritis Wegener’s Granulomatosis Microscopic polyangiitis Immune thrombocytopenia Autoimmune hemolytic anemia …
Healthy habits may be linked to a long lifespan. Some may talk about getting fewer diseases. For others, healthy habits may be just the looks (fat, skinny, tanned, bald, etc). Still, others may link “healthy habits” to being tall, with good muscles (for men), shiny and silky hair (for women especially), shiny teeth, a moist …
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Dapagliflozin and empagliflozin are the two SGLT2 inhibitors currently available in Pakistan. Worldwide, among the SGLT2 class of medicines, apart from dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, canagliflozin is also being used to treat type 2 diabetes patients. Which patients should be prescribed SGLT2 inhibitors? SGLT2 inhibitors can be used as monotherapy or in combination with metformin, insulin …
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“Vita” meaning life, and “min” stands for mini. Thus, although required in minimal amounts, these substances are essential for life. Multivitamin benefits those individuals who are on nasogastric feeding or have a chronic diarrheal state. Vitamin D can be produced in sufficient amounts by the skin if the body is exposed to the sun for …
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How to lose body fat? Since obesity is a pandemic and losing weight is hard, everybody is interested in reading articles like “how to lose weight in three days”, “how to lose weight without dieting”. However, losing weight is not that easy. If you understand obesity, losing weight will become easy. You can also read the …
How to lose weight fast, without medicines and surgeries, without a diet plan and without a dietition help? Here are simple but important steps to include in one’s dietary and daily schedule. Introduction: Obesity is the mother of all the diseases. Obese patients, apart from getting all the nasty diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancers, joint …
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EMA (European medicine agency’s) PRAC (pharmacovigilance risk assessment committee) has recommended restricting the use of systemic and inhaled fluoroquinolones because of the disabling and serious adverse effects of quinolones, following a safety review. EMA/ PRAC recommends avoiding quinolones! The EMA in a news release emphasized the potentially long-lasting and disabling side effects of fluoroquinolones on …
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Essential Vitamins for good health – A to Z. This article covers almost all aspects of essential vitamins required for a good health, their sources, daily requirements and toxicities. Essential vitamins for good health – a brief intro … Vitamins are essential components of the human body. These organic substances are not synthesized by the …
Protein is an essential component of the human diet, However, excessive intake of protein should be avoided especially in patients with kidney & liver diseases. Meat is a very rich source of proteins, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12. Compared to iron derived from plant sources, iron derived from animal proteins is readily absorbed. Apart from …
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Painkillers can be classified as narcotics and non-narcotics or steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). This article focuses on the adverse effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Adverse effects of other painkillers especially acetaminophen or paracetamol (Tylenol) shall be discussed in some other article. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the most overused drugs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory …