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1) You can become addicted to stimulant laxatives. Research laxative abuse and "bowel retraining".
2) Propecia is generally considered a market failure. Its sales never reached near the goals that its manufacturer had for it. Why isn't Propecia more popular?
3) Cranberry juice is purported to prevent urinary tract infections. What is the proposed mechanism by which cranberry can prevent a UTI?
4) Phenergan (promethazine) is a phenothiazine derivative often used for nausea. It also used in the antitussive combination Phenergan w/Codeine. What is Phenergan's original FDA indication? It's often used in children; why does this seem odd?
5) Weight Loss treatments abound in the marketplace and on the internet. Pick one and describe its proposed mechanism of action
Explanation / Answer
Current generation clings to the size zero concept. So they try many ways to be thin sndin shape through good and bad ways. Stimulant laxative promotes defecation through increase intestinal motility and increase the secretion of water and electrolyte by the mucosa.
Increasing number of young people are using it as it becomes an addiction, a weapon against their own bodies. Better example is Anorexia bulimia an eating disorder where people dontbwant to gain weight eventhough they are not over sized. So they consume laxative in high amount to increase the bowek movement and emptying the calories wgat consumed before abdorption. But unfortunately its a misconception actually the food get absorbed before reaching lsrge intestine. So laxative removes only water, electrolytes, minerals and fecal waste. Habitual use of stimulant laxative may lead to various Gastrointestinal disturbances like irritable bowel syndrome, loss of electrolytes - for example loss of potassium can cause huge strain to heart, nerves, colon. Also can damage natural cycle of their colon where they cannot defecate without laxative.
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