detox/diarrhea

In the chronic abuser, diazepam (Valium) withdrawal can be a protracted event. In this report a case is presented of a 37-year-old Caucasian female who had been ingesting 60 to 80 mg of diazepam daily for 8 years. Twelve days following discontinuation of the drug, the patient continued to experience

OBJECTIVE To analyze emergency department (ED) presentations after naltrexone-accelerated detoxification. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort analysis of patient presentations to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department over a six-month period (November 2000 to April

Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) has emerged worldwide as a serious antimicrobial-resistant healthcare-associated disease resulting in diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. The two cytotoxic proteins, toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB) are the major virulence factor responsible for the

For individuals dependent on opioids, recovery efforts begin with a period of withdrawal that typically includes discomfort from symptoms, possibly precipitating a return to drug use. The study described here investigated whether the provision of ancillary medications for opioid withdrawal symptoms

Detoxification is a vital cellular task that, if lacking, can lead to early morbidity and mortality. The process of detoxification involves the mobilization, biotransformation, and elimination of toxicants of exogenous and endogenous origin. This article discusses the phase I and phase II

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium that infects the colon, causing symptoms ranging from infectious diarrhea to fulminant colitis. In the last decade, the number of C. difficile infections has dramatically risen, making it the leading cause of reported

Deoxynivalenol (DON), which is one of the most common mycotoxins produced by Fusarium species , is often found known to contaminated food and feed all around the world. It usually causes diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal inflammation in both humans and animals. At present, one promising

Clinical studies suggest that colonic luminal hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), produced by sulfate-reducing bacteria or through other pathways, might be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Nonetheless, this hypothesis has been poorly investigated by basic studies using

OBJECTIVE Intrathecal (IT) drug delivery systems for patients with chronic non-malignant pain are intended to improve pain and quality of life and reduce side effects of systemic use. A subset of patients may have escalating pain, functional decline, and/or intolerable side effects even as IT opioid

The anaerobic parasite Giardia lamblia, causative agent of persistent diarrhea, contains a family of nitroreductase genes most likely acquired by lateral transfer from anaerobic bacteria or archaebacteria. Two of these nitroreductases, containing a ferredoxin domain at their N-terminus, NR1, and

Introduction. Cocaine, a widely used sympathomimetic drug, causes thermoregulatory and cardiac manifestations that can mimic a life-threatening thyroid storm. Case. A man presented to the emergency department requesting only cocaine detoxification. He reported symptoms over the last few years

Organophosphorus insecticides (OPs) generally act through a common mechanism of toxicity initiated by inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). We studied the in vivo interactive toxicity of two common OPs, chlorpyrifos (CPF) and parathion (PS), in adult male rats. Dose-response studies estimated

The hepatic isoform 1A1 of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase is responsible for glucuronidation and detoxification of SN-38, the active metabolite of irinotecan. The presence of an additional TA repeat in the TATA sequence of the UGT1A1 promoter leads to a significant decrease in SN-38

Drug-metabolizing enzymes are responsible for the activation or detoxification of cytotoxic drugs. Allelic variants are present with a variable frequency in different populations around the world and have an important role in the therapeutic index of such drugs. It is known that polymorphisms in

Case reports of hyperammonemia due to urease-producing bacteria are found occasionally, but most of them are associated with urinary tract infections. We experienced a case of infectious enterocolitis with hyperammonemia in which the causative bacteria was speculated to be urease-producing bacteria.