Category: T

This the main toxicology database of the National Poisons Information Service. It is available on the Internet. Toxbase gives information about routine diagnosis, treatment and management of people exposed to drugs, household products and industrial and agricultural chemicals.  

A skeletal-muscle relaxant used in patients whose muscle spasticity is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) or injury to the spinal cord. Its side-effects include drowsiness, tiredness, dizziness, dry mouth, nausea and lowered blood pressure.  

The simple elements from which the various parts and organs are built. All the body originates from the union of a pair of cells, but as growth proceeds the new cells produced from these form tissues of varying character and complexity.  

A beta-adrenoceptor-blocking drug which is of value in the treatment of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and hypertension. It is also used in the treatment of glaucoma.  

Another name for trigeminal neuralgia due to some affection of the fifth cranial nerve, and characterized by pain situated somewhere about the temple, forehead, face, or jaw and sometimes by spasm in the muscles of the affected region. A severe type of facial pain, affecting the area on the side of the face served by…

A hormone manufactured by the anterior part of the pituitary gland which stimulates the thyroid gland to manufacture thyroid hormones (thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine).  

A group of drugs used to treat type-2 diabetes which work by suppressing the activity of resistin, a recently discovered hormone that acts against insulin. Resistin links obesity to type-2 diabetes, which has long been known to be associated with overweight subjects.  

The drug of choice for adults infected with the intestinal parasite Strongyloides stercoralis. Its side-effects, including anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, itching and drowsiness, are more troublesome in elderly patients.  

A commonly used device for measuring people’s exposure to radiation. It contains activated sodium fluoride which lights up in proportion to the radiation dose to which it is exposed. An instrument for measuring a person’s body temperature. A traditional clinical thermometer comprises a glass capillary tube sealed at one end with a mercury-filled bulb at…

The scrotum may be affected by various skin diseases, particularly eczema or fungal infection. A hernia may pass into the scrotum. Defective development of the testicle may lead to its retention within the abdomen, a condition called undescended testicle.