Total parenteral ernæring (TPN) gis forebyggende eller korrigerende mot feilernæring til pasienter hvor oral eller enteral ernæring vanskelig lar seg gjøre. TPN inneholder glukose, fett og aminorsyrer i tillegg til viktige vitaminer, sporelementer og elektrolytter. TPN er en steril olje-i-vann (o/v) emulsjon, stabilisert ved hjelp av en lecitin-emulgator. Scenario hvor legemiddel og TPN må administreres ...

The exposure to pollutants is a serious and increasing health problem, which has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality among people. Many toxic compounds can accumulate in the environment and evidence suggests that most people have varying degrees of toxic compounds within their body. This can result in disruption of many physiological processes in the human body and the development ...

Background: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary autosomal dominant condition characterized by the appearance of hundreds to thousands of adenomatous polyps throughout the colon and rectum. If the condition is left untreated it will ultimately develop into colorectal cancer. Most of the articles available today concerning FAP focus on the adenomatous polyposis coli gene as this gene ...

Oxytocin has been shown to be implicated in psychiatric diseases such as depression, anxiety disorders, autism post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia. As a result, oxytocin can be used as a potential treatment for these brain disorders. However, oxytocin is a large peptide, and is therefore unable to cross the blood brain barrier. Thus, the development of new small non-peptide drugs would ...

Dopamine and serotonin are two neurotransmitters that exert their actions through mediation of dopaminergic and serotonergic receptors respectively. The receptors in focus in the current study, are the dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT2A receptors. Common for both receptors is that they are class A G-protein-coupled receptors consisting of seven transmembrane helices embedded in the lipid membrane of ...

The enzyme UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B17 (UGT2B17) has a major role in androgen metabolism, being involved in the conjugation of both testosterone and its potent metabolite dihydrotestosterone. The enzyme catalyses the transfer of glucuronic acid from UDP-glucuronic acid to the lipophilic androgen substrate. As a consequence, the water solubility of the substrate is increased, and it is more ...

Vaginal drug administration is a challenging approach due to the body´s natural defense mechanisms and specificity in formulation design. However, where applicable, topical drug delivery is preferable to systemic therapy. Firstly, it allows averting hepatic first pass effect and degradation by GI enzymes. Secondly, non-invasive application provides closer and direct contact with the affected area ...

Alternativ medisin har vesentlig interesse utenfor skolemedisin. Preparater fra naturen er et populært eksempel på alternative behandlingsmetoder. Markedet for naturmedisin er stort. I perioden fra 2003 til 2011 har det skjedd en del endringer i lovgivningen omkring naturlegemidler som kan påvirke forbruket. En deskriptiv studie av omsetning av naturlegemidler i perioden 2003-2011 er basert på ...

Network analysis (NA) has been used for studying many social aspects. Employing of network analysis as an approach in the field of public health, to study the relations between patients or health workers and their potential effects in many medical perspectives, took a good share of researchers’ efforts as well. Few attempts have been conducted to use network analysis to study drug-drug relations ...

Peptide based drugs have been shown to have better target selectivity and thereby better safety profile than many small molecule drug candidates. This led many researchers and drug companies to show an increasing interest toward bioactive peptides. Developing an effective analytical method for peptide /protein structural identification is a cornerstone to meet this expanding area of research in this ...