inflammation/hyoscine

The symptomatic treatment of pain associated with spasm of gastrointestinal or genitourinary origin can include the use of spasmolytic agents and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. However, the evidence of a superior effectiveness of combination in comparison with individual drugs is scarce

This was conducted to evaluate the analgesic effect of intravenous tenoxicam (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in the treatment of biliary colic pain and compared with spasmolytics. Thirtytwo patients (26 women, 6 men, mean age 47, range 38-55 years) with acute biliary colic were entered for

OBJECTIVE To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB) in the treatment of acute renal colic. METHODS A literature search was performed using the keywords 'hyoscine N-butylbromide', 'ureteral colic', 'spasmolytic', 'anticholinergic' and 'analgesia'. The articles were

Concern over the scale of morbidity associated with the use of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), particularly in the elderly, has led to the development of alternative strategies for the relief of musculoskeletal and joint pain. One such is to explore the possibility of

BACKGROUND Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and spasmolytics have been used to relieve biliary colic, the role of these drugs in the natural history of biliary colic has not been clarified. The objective of the present study is to compare the efficacy of intramuscular

BACKGROUND Renal colic is acute pain caused by urinary stones. The prevalence of urinary stones is between 10% and 15% in the United States, making renal colic one of the common reasons for urgent urological care. The pain is usually severe and the first step in the management is adequate analgesia.

METHODS A previously well 29-year-old man was referred to the emergency department because of acute left lower abdominal pain without intestinal symptoms. Physical examination was unremarkable except for moderate suprapubic pain on pressure. METHODS There was evidence of a urinary infection.

Abdominal pain in childhood is extremely common and presents frequently to both primary and secondary care, with many children having recurrent pain which impacts on daily functioning. Despite this most children have no discernible underlying pathology. We discuss the underlying mechanism for

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of flurbiprofen (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in the treatment of biliary colic pain as compared with the drugs commonly used (analgesics and/or spasmolytics). METHODS Eighty-four patients aged between 21 and 86 affected by intense pain of simple hepatic

Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) now plays a central role in diagnosing pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and its role in other intestinal pathologies such as scleroderma is gradually expanding. MRE helps distinguish between Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, defining extent and

To determine the pattern of drug prescription by consultants in a private hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1190 prescriptions were collected from the hospital's pharmacy over 30 days. In total, 2659 drugs were prescribed. The mean number of drugs per encounter was 2.2. Only 4.4% of all drugs

In the daily practice of allergology, one of our commonest problems concerns the prescription of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for our patients who are intolerant of acetylsalicylic acid, whose basic clinical expression of this intolerance is primary bronchial asthma. Our problem is the high

Intravenous infusions of angiotensins I and II into anesthetized dogs caused release of a prostacyclin-like substance into arterial blood: prostacyclin (PGI2) was detected by direct bioassay on bovine coronary artery, rat stomach strip, and rat colon, all of which were treated with phenoxybenzamine,

OBJECTIVE Urinary lithiasis is a common disease. The aim of the present study is to assess the knowledge regarding the diagnosis, treatment and recommendations given to patients with ureteral colic by professionals of an academic hospital. METHODS Sixty-five physicians were interviewed about

Scopolamine hydrobromide trihydrate is used in ophthalmic preparations and as a preanesthetic sedative. Its major use is in transdermal patches for the treatment of motion sickness. Scopolamine hydrobromide trihydrate was selected for study because of considerable human exposure resulting from its