June 2011

BACH FLOWER REMEDIES: THE NEGATIVE STATE THE CHESTNUT BUD

In the negative state the Chestnut Bud type forget their past experiences, take no lesson from it, and worse of it develop an escapist mentality. To avoid doing home work, the child feigns colic, although he would feel alright for eating icecream in that state. A typist would loosen some screw of the machine to [...]

DRUGS FOR ABSENCE AND OTHER GENERALIZED SEIZURES: ETHOSUXIMIDE (ZARONTIN) AND VALPROIC ACID (DEPAKENE, DEPAKOTE)

Ethosuximide (Zarontin) Ethosuximide is very effective in simple absence seizures, but has no effect on partial seizures or on generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Allergic side effects to ethosuximide include rashes, blood problems, and liver disease, but such complications are very infrequent. Dose-related toxicity is also uncommon, and the drug dose may be increased even when the [...]

MEDICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE II DIABETES: ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS

A number of medications are available, by prescription only, to people who have Type II diabetes. Each has special characteristics and specific value for some but not all persons with Type II diabetes. First of all, if you have followed the recommendations of your doctor you may never need to take an oral hypoglycemic medication. [...]