Pregnancy treatment

Burns L, Mattick RP, Lim K Wallace C (2006). Methadone in pregnancy treatment retention and neonatal outcomes. Addiction, 102,264-70... 

Antibiotics also are active against other protozoans. Tetracycline and erythromycin are alternative therapies for the treatment of intestinal amebiasis. Clindamycin, in combination with other agents, is effective therapy for toxoplasmosis, pneumocystosis, and babesiosis. Spiramycin is a macrolide antibiotic that is used to treat primary toxoplasmosis acquired during pregnancy. Treatment lowers the risk of the development of congenital toxoplasmosis. 

Pinkofsky HB. Psychosis during pregnancy treatment considerations. Ann Clin Psychiatry 1997 9(3) 175-9. 

The authors concluded that when a woman taking glaucoma therapy becomes pregnant, it is usually possible to interrupt therapy during pregnancy. Treatment may be deferred until delivery of the infant. 

Oral/IV use for treatment of infections of the respiratory tract, skin and skin structure, and STDs caused by susceptible organisms treatment of pertussis, diphtheria, erythrasima, intestinal amebiasis, conjunctivitis of the newborn, Legionnaires disease, listeriosis, nongonococcal urethritis, pneumonia of infancy, urogenital infections during pregnancy treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, syphilis, uncomplicated urethral, endocervical, or rectal infections in adults prevention of attacks of rheumatic fever prevention of bacterial endocarditis. 

Problems within diabetes treatment can usually be divided into two phases, namely (i) acute and short-term treatment of patients and related to well-being and near-perfect physical abilities for professional and leisure activities, most often related to good metabolic control, (ii) On the other hand, the long-term perspective is preventive treatment of complications, both microvascular and vascular complications. Under special situations such as pregnancy, treatment is critical. A number of co-morbid situations are important heart disease (although not always specifically related to diabetes), obesity (an increasingly important problem), and lipid management (very common). Since 1991, we have seen a rapid development in the treatment of one important issue, namely treatment of erectile dysfunction, which is even more important in diabetic than in nondiabetic individuals. 

Anti-inflammatory, treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, skin allergies Support of pregnancy, treatment of male to female transsexuals... 

In the case of tinea corporis, treatment may last longer than six weeks. The treatment of onychomycosis may last up to twelve months, certainly if the toenails are involved. Caution is required in patients with impaired kidney or Hver function or hematological disorders. Also, use is contraindicated during pregnancy. 

Approved for sale in March, 1998, Viagra has been used by more than 16 million men. It is currently undergoing study as a treatment for preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that is responsible for as many as 70,000 deaths each year. 

The first SPRM to reach the advanced stage of clinical development for treatment of endometriosis and uterine fibroids, asoprisnil, is expected to receive FDA approval this year. The therapeutic effect of asoprisnil stems from its PR antagonist/ antiproliferative activity in the endometrium and breast. Unlike classical PR antagonists however, this compound does not induce labor in animal models of pregnancy and parturition. Recent structural studies... 

Judy Cowan, age 28 years, has been prescribed clomiphene to induce ovulation and pregnancy. Judy is very anxious and wants desperately to become pregnant. Her husband, Jim, has come to the clinic with her. Discuss assessments the nurse would consider important before initiating treatment with clomiphene. Discuss information the nurse would include in a teaching plan for Jim and Judy. 

Consider the menstrual cycle, ovulation, and the possibility of pregnancy before beginning treatment. 

Dantrolene is the mainstay of MH treatment. It has long been available for the treatment of muscle spasm in cerebral palsy and similar diseases. It is a hydantoin derivative that was first synthesized in 1967, and reported to be effective in the treatment of porcine MH in 1975. Also in 1975, dantrolene was shown to be more effective than procainamide in the treatment of human MH, which until that time was the drug of choice. However, the intravenous preparation was not made available until November 1979. It significantly lowered mortality. The half-life of dantrolene is estimated to be 6-8 hr. Dantrolene s primary mode of action is the reduction in calcium release by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Dantrolene also exerts a primary antiarrhythmic effect by increasing atrial and ventricular refractory periods. Side effects of dentrolene include hepatotoxicity, muscle weakness, ataxia, blurred vision, slurred speech, nausea, and vomiting. Dantrolene is not contraindicated in pregnancy, but it does cross into breast milk and its effect on the neonate is unknown. 

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