Application The epidural anaesthesia or the epidural catheter can be used for all procedures where a targeted elimination of pain in a specific region of the body is desired. Depending on the height of the intervention site, the pain catheter can be placed in different areas of the spine. The best known is the use … Application | Epidural anaesthesia
Advantages The advantages are simply that the patient is free of pain. Even after an operation, the pain can be eliminated, the patient is thus faster on his legs and rehabilitation can be achieved more quickly. Gentle behaviour or a relieving posture in the affected body part is avoided, which means that normal function can … Advantages | Epidural anaesthesia
Comparison to spinal anesthesia All articles in this series: Epidural anaesthesia Application Advantages Comparison to spinal anesthesia
Introduction Pain is a major topic in all areas of medicine. In acute cases, pain can strain the circulation, aggravates the subjective experience of an illness and can also become a long-term burden. Sometimes pain can no longer be controlled with conventional medication in tablet form. It is then possible to switch from a so-called … Epidural anaesthesia
Paracodin® is a drug from the group of antitussives (cough suppressants) and is used for unproductive irritable cough. The active ingredient contained in Paracodin is dihydrocodeine. Dihydrocodeine is a derivative of the opium alkaloid morphine and a derivative of codeine, which in turn is prescribed as an antitussive and painkiller. In Germany, Paracodin® falls under … Paracodin®
Interactions with other drugs Dihydrocodeine is a drug that acts in the central nervous system, so it may interact with other substances that act in the brain and spinal cord. If dihydrocodeine is taken simultaneously with central depressant medications such as sedatives, sleeping pills or psychotropic drugs, the respiratory depressive and sedative effect of dehydrocodeine … Interactions with other drugs | Paracodin®
DXA measurement, also known as dual x-ray absorptiometry, is a diagnostic procedure used mainly for measuring bone density. It can also determine the body composition and thus determine the percentage of body fat, lean mass and bone mass of the examined person. The technique behind the procedure is based on X-rays. In recent years, DXA … Bone density measurement using the DEXA method
Frequency distribution Osteoporosis is a disease that has seen a significant increase in the last few years. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies the disease as one of the ten most important diseases of our time. Studies assume that about 6.3 million people in Germany suffer from osteoporosis. The best method, which has also been … Frequency distribution | Bone density measurement using the DEXA method
Disadvantages Despite the low dose of radiation exposure necessary for the DXA measurement, there is still a certain residual risk of radiation damage. In a healthy, adult person, the risk is low, and in most cases the advantages of the method outweigh the low risk to the body. However, this risk means that children and … Disadvantages | Bone density measurement using the DEXA method
Caffeine (caffeine) is one of the oldest stimulants used by humans and owes its word origin to coffee. The exact name is 1,3,7- trimethyl-2,6-purindione. It is contained in tea, coffee and cola, among others, and has a stimulating effect on the cerebral cortex. Caffeine is a white powder and was first extracted from coffee in … Caffeine
What is Durogesic®? Durogesic® is the trade name under which the highly potent synthetic analgesic (pain reliever) Fentanyl is marketed. Fentanyl is an analgesic with pharmacological properties very similar to morphine. However, compared to morphine, Fentanyl is a hundred times more effective. Indications Fentanyl is mostly used as an anesthetic in general anesthesia, during which … Durogesic
Interactions Durogesic® sometimes interacts with some medications in a very dangerous way, which should be strictly observed during use: Other opioids with a weaker effect, may weaken the effect of fentanyl MAO-inhibitors, when combined, can increase the circulatory depression of the fentanyl and cause severe CNS side effects Other drugs: preparations which reduce the rate … Interactions | Durogesic
