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05 Mar

Medicines

Simvastatin: a drug indicated against hypercholesterolemia

October 3, 2023
By Michele Pelizzari
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Statins represent a class of drugs extremely useful for reducing blood cholesterol values in people predisposed to ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Heart failure: new drugs for treatment

October 2, 2023
By Michele Pelizzari
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Heart failure is a highly debilitating disorder that is widespread in industrialized countries. Two new drugs have shown ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Morphine: a drug of natural origin

April 6, 2022
By Michele Pelizzari
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Morphine is the reference drug for the therapy of severe and chronic pain, obtained from opium, a latex extracted from capsules ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Proton pump inhibitors: beware of long-term side effects

March 28, 2022
By Michele Pelizzari
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Pantoprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, esomeprazole and rabeprazole are among the most prescribed drugs in Italy. In this...

05 Mar

Medicines

Paracetamol: mechanism of action and toxicity

April 6, 2022
By Michele Pelizzari
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Paracetamol (or acetaminophen) is one of the most popular and marketed drugs around the globe. In Italy it is known by the name ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Fertilization, contraception techniques and the abortion pill

April 6, 2022
By Anna Contato
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Several birth control methods are put in place to prevent pregnancy. Some birth control methods work at the level of ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Cortisone drugs

October 2, 2023
By Michele Pelizzari
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Cortisone drugs are chemically very similar to the hormone hydrocortisone, or cortisol, which is naturally produced by the glands that s ...

05 Mar

Medicines

NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

April 6, 2022
By Michele Pelizzari
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Properly called NSAIDs, acronym for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are among the most used drugs in the world ...

05 Mar

Medicines

Levothyroxine: replacement therapy for thyroid dysfunction

April 6, 2022
By Michele Pelizzari
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In Italy, more than 3 million people suffer from thyroid dysfunction, with a significant prevalence of women. In this arti ...

05 Mar

Medicines, Pathologies

Benzodiazepines: treatment of insomnia

January 9, 2024
By Michele Pelizzari
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Benzodiazepines are hypnotic-sedative anxiolytic drugs used for the treatment of pathological anxiety and sleep disorders. ...