This chapter provides an overview of gastrointestinal drugs. Some of the drug classes discussed include antacids, antiemetics, ulcer healing drugs, and cholelitholytic agents—bile acids. The chapter describes the clinical ...
This chapter describes the adverse effects of gastrointestinal drugs. The adverse effects of cisapride include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, headache, dystonic reactions, convulsions, and hypersensitivity. Cisapride ...
This chapter presents an overview and discusses the effects of various antiemetics. These drugs include cisapride, clebopride, domperidone, and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. Clebopride can cause extrapyramidal syndromes, ...
Godamunne, P.K.S.(Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya & Plan International, 2008)
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents have unique reproductive health needs when compared to adults, and the behaviours adopted in adolescence have serious implications for their later well being. Serious gaps have been found in ...
Muttiah, N.; Drager, K.D.R.; Samarasingha, I.S.(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
Individuals with severe communication disabilities benefit from using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to communicate. Many of these individuals live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Appropriate ...
Mettananda, D.S.G.; de Silva, D.G.H.; Jayasinghe, Y.C.; Waduge, T.R.W.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Abeysinghe, A.P.S.D.(Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya & Plan International, 2008)