Therapeutic Indication of Suranjan Shirin (Colchicum luteum)

( refereed ) Shirin Madon

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Colchicum Ad Nauseum

A 39-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of vomiting and diarrhoea. He had developed cardiomyopathy of unknown cause a decade earlier that was managed with diuretics and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Two years thereafter, insulindependent diabetes mellitus appeared. His HbA1c was controlled at 7.5%. Two weeks prior to admission, he developed a burning pain in both feet. ...

A new therapeutic indication of botulinum toxins: sialorrhea.

Local anesthetics and the inflammatory response: a new therapeutic indication?

LOCAL anesthetics (LA) are known for their ability to block Na channels. However, they have significant effects in several settings other than local and regional anesthesia or antiarrhythmic treatment, the areas in which they are used traditionally. These effects result from LAs interacting with other cellular systems as well. Interestingly, some of these effects occur at concentrations much lo...

Therapeutic angiogenesis: new indication for endothelial NO synthase gene transfer.

Evidence continues to accumulate on the importance of NO in angiogenesis.1–7 A number of angiogenic substances, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), stimulate production of NO in endothelial cells.8,9 In vivo biosynthesis of NO is essential for angiogenesis induced by tissue ischemia.3 Angiogenesis is severely impaired in ischemic hindlimb of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS)defici...