'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...s (notably adrenalin and noradrenalin, also called epinephrine and norepinephrine) into the blood stream, along with their breakdown products and small proteins produced by an excited nervous system. These chemicals can be temporarily toxic to the heart, effectively stunning the muscle and producing symptoms si...'Outgrown' a peanut allergy? Eat more peanuts!
...at peanut infrequently or in limited amounts carry epinephrine injections at all times, and that they continue wi... eat concentrated peanut products frequently carry epinephrine injections for at least one year after passing an oral food challenge, a highly accurate allergy tes...Expert calls for standard epinephrine doses when treating children in cardiac arrest
...uscitate a child in cardiac arrest should abide by epinephrine dosing levels outlined in the Pediatric Advanced L...stern, cautions against using excessive amounts of epinephrine in children. "Contrary to the conventional wisdom, evidence has been accumulating that high-dose ep...Beta blockers usage low despite insurance
...ass of drugs that blunt the stimulatory effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine, the so-called "fight-or-flight" hormones. By blocking the effects of these hormones, beta blockers reduce the stress on the heart, and during exertion, they limit the increase in heart rate and so reduce the demand for oxygen. Num...Beta blockers cost effective to society for heart failure treatment
...od pressure by blocking the stimulatory effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine and are primarily used to help treat high blood pressure, chest pain and heartbeat irregularities. However, less than half of these patients use beta blockers despite studies showing improved outcomes, Califf said. The study sho...Protein implicated in decline of aging hearts
...receptors (beta-AR), which respond to the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine in the so-called "fight-or-flig...e effects." By blocking the stimulatory effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine, beta-blockers reduce heart rate and blood pressure. The drugs have been used for...Pediatric food allergies: What every parent should know
...llergenicity. In the case of emergency treatment, epinephrine is the drug of choice for an emergency response to reactions. A self-administered epinephrine is readily available and patients can be trained to self-administer this medication. Antihistamines ...People with food allergies should not only be careful about what they eat
...ospital, where she was given a prescription for an epinephrine injection kit, counseled to scrupulously avoid she...ching," Dr. Steensma says. "Carrying an injectable epinephrine kit -- and having been instructed in its use -- and wearing emergency medical information, such as a...Starting beta-blocker before discharge in patients hospitalized for heart failure increases usage
...block the stimulatory effects of the neurohormones epinephrine and norepinephrine, the so-called "fight-or-flight" hormones. By blocking these hormones, beta-blockers reduce the stress on the heart and reverse myocardial remodeling. Most importantly, they have been shown to improve survival and reduce the need f...Injectable gel effective in treating head and neck cancer
... gel combining cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug, and epinephrine is effective in treating cancers of the head and neck, according to a new study published in The Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Squamous cell carcinoma is a type of cancer that originates in a...Beta-blockers protect brain during bypass surgery
...y blocking the stimulatory effects of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine -- the so-called "fight-or-flig...s the body, causing the release massive amounts of epinephrine and norepinephrine, which the beta-blockers "soak up" or neutralize. This neutralization helps pres...Mayo Clinic researchers find useful test for identifying patients
... among certain patients with long QT syndrome when epinephrine was infused into their bodies, while being monitor...nitored continuously with a 12-lead ECG during the epinephrine QT stress test. The test takes about an hour to conduct. The patient is lying on his or her back wh...Beta-blockers improve outcomes of bypass surgery
...y blocking the stimulatory effects of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine -- the "fight-or-flight" hormones -- beta-blockers reduce heart rate and blood pressure. Beta-blockers have been used for 20 years for different ailments. Cardiologists use them to help treat high blood pressure, chest pain and hea......ptic shock deactivate dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine destroying their biological activity and often lea... pressure. Together, dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine are known as catecholomines, a class of chemically similar small molecules that are derived from the...UCSF finding could lead to a new class of painkillers
...l animals responded to stimulation. However, when epinephrine was added to increase pain sensitivity, the animal...s effect was decreased by half, demonstrating that epinephrine depends on PKC to prompt a full effect on the TTX-RI NA channel in a critical group of pain-sensing ...Researchers develop better means to diagnose adrenal gland tumors
...e that continually transforms the adrenal hormones epinephrine andnorepinephrine into the chemicals metanephrine and normetanephrine. Onlypheochromocytomas produce these chemicals consistently in any significantquantity. Dr. Eisenhofer and colleagues hypothesized that measurements of bloodlevels of these two c......o block chloride, thesedrugs indirectly may affect epinephrine -- and thereby help prevent theformation of dangerous blood clots, says the study's lead author, WarrenLockett, M.D., professor of medicine and endocrinology at Wayne State UniversitySchool of Medicine, Detroit. "The goal of treatment should ...