Recent news on Pilocarpine

Diagnosing Cystic Fibrosis How a Sweat Test is Done  -  May 22, 2007
DentalPlans.com,A piece of gauze that has been soaked in a chemical called Pilocarpine is applied to an area of skin on the patient's arm or thigh.

Dry eyes and dry mouth are signs of Sjogren's syndrome  -  May 22, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,Pilocarpine (Salagen) and cevimeline (Evoxac) are pills that promote saliva production. Your wish has been fulfilled by the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation,

No tears to shed: The dry eye disease  -  May 8, 2007
Daily Mail,For dryness she was prescribed Pilocarpine, an eye-drop normally given to those with glaucoma, but she takes it orally as tablets and it stimulates the

Recommendations for Primary Care of the Patient With Cancer  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Xerostomia should be treated with sialogogues such as pilocarpine, or may be prevented in part by intravenous amifostine infusion daily before radiation

A list of species: Every blessed thing  -  Apr 17, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Aspirin, quinine, curare, coca, aloe, pilocarpine and many other compounds were familiar to the shamans and wisemen of far-flung tribes well before anything

Dr NM Chandrashekar  -  Apr 10, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Lycopodium, Psorinum, Acidphos, Phos, Wiesbaden, Pilocarpine, Acidsulp, and Ceonanthous are used for premature greying of hair.

News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience  -  Feb 20, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),Reelin immunoreactivity in the dentate gyrus was reduced after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in adult rats. The authors ascribed this loss to the

Monitoring of Acute Generalized Status Epilepticus Using ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
AJNR (subscription),METHODS: DWI was performed in 20 rats before (baseline) and 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after onset of pilocarpine-induced SE.

Wal-Mart $4 Generics Program Launched In Wyoming  -  Nov 27, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)Ranitidine 150MG TAB Ranitidine 300MG TAB Gingivitis Chlorhexadrine GLU 0.12% SOL Glaucoma/Eye Atropine SUL 1% OP SOL Pilocarpine 1% OP SOL Pilocarpine

Gene Therapy Inhibits Epilepsy In Animals  09 Nov 2006
The researchers later injected the rats with pilocarpine, a drug that causes status epilepticus (SE), a convulsive seizure, shortly after injection. ... -eMaxHealth.com, Wal-Mart Brings $4 Generic Program To Ohio  Oct 26, 2006
25MG TAB Promethazine 6.25/5MLSYP Ranitidine 150MG TAB Dicylomine 20MG TAB Ranitidine 300MG TAB Glaucoma/Eye Atropine SUL 1% OP SOL Pilocarpine 1% OP SOL ... -PR Newswire (press release), Actavis Launches Pilocarpine Tablets 7.5mg in the US  Sep 6, 2006
...division of the international generic pharmaceutical company Actavis Group (ICEX: ACT), announced today that it has begun shipping Pilocarpine Hydrochloride 7.5 ... -PharmaLive.com

(PRN) - Industrial Biotechnology Corporation to Exhibit at The ...  Sep 6, 2006
Security Management Software ... [+. PRN) - Actavis Launches Pilocarpine Tablets 7.5mg in the US ... [+. PRN) - SiliconSystems ... -Bolsamania.com

Saliva shortage  Aug 31, 2006
Pilocarpine (Salagen) is used more often, but cevimeline (Evoxac) seems to have fewer side effects. 7. Get special treatments for your teeth and gums. ... -Fort Worth Star Telegram

Wal-Mart's $4 Generics Program Launched In Final 11 States  -  Nov 27, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),Ranitidine 150MG TAB Ranitidine 300MG TAB Gingivitis Chlorhexadrine GLU 0.12% SOL Glaucoma/Eye Atropine SUL 1% OP SOL Pilocarpine 1% OP SOL Pilocarpine

Demineralization and Remineralization: The Battle to keep teeth ...  -  Nov 16, 2006
Woman Dentist Journal,One medication that may help with chronic xerostomia conditions by mimicking the action of acetylcholine on muscarinic receptors includes pilocarpine HCl

Adie's Pupil in the Ross Syndrome  Aug 9, 2006
Adie's, pupil. On examination, she had a left-sided tonic pupil with light–near dissociation and a positive pilocarpine test. In ... -New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)

Keeping neurons in synch reduces epileptic seizures by 90%  Jul 5, 2006
In this study, the researchers induced epilepsy by injecting anesthetized rats with pilocarpine, a drug that excites the brain's neurons and activates the ... -News-Medical.net



Prostaglandin Analog Improves Results of Selective Laser ...  May 3, 2006
...analog users. Patients received 1 drop of 1% pilocarpine in the operative eye 20 minutes before the laser procedure. Researchers ... - DG News





First-Time Generic Approvals: Glucotrol XL, Retrovir, Salagen  Apr 7, 2006
...management of type 2 diabetes; zidovudine 100-mg capsules for use with other antiretroviral agents in the treatment of HIV infection; and pilocarpine HCl 7.5 ... - Medscape (subscription)

Impax gets generic Salagen FDA OK  Apr 5, 2006
The approval covers 5 milligram and 7.5 milligram tablets of pilocarpine hydrochlorine, the active ingredient in MGI's Salagen. ... - BusinessWeek

IMPAX Receives FDA Approval for Generic Version of SALAGEN(R) ...  Apr 5, 2006
FDA) has granted approval of the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of SALAGEN(R) (Pilocarpine Hydrochlorine) 5 and 7.5 mg ... - Genetic Engineering News

Impax OK'd on generic Salagen  Apr 5, 2006
Impax said the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug (pilocarpine hydrochlorine) in 5 mg and 7.5 mg strengths to treat symptoms of dry mouth from ... - United Press International



New information about minims  Jan 27, 2006
All the minims available for use by Additional Supply Optometrists (previously known as Exemption Level 2 optometrists), such as pilocarpine and atropine, are ... - Optician Journal

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