BRANDED DRUGS
All Drugs has its own therapeutic and adverse effects. All of these will take effect depending on what particular part of your body- External or Internal, that you wanted to be cured.
Before I go directly to the topic, let me give you a short background about Branded and Generic Drugs and about the difference between Drugs and Medicines because this two are often mistakenly used as similar terms which reality are NOT the same. Medicines is defined to have fairly negligible toxicities, they are those chemical substances that cures diseases, safe to use and not ADDICTIVE. Drugs on the other hand, are habit-forming substances that may lead to some serious adverse effects even though it is still initially used to cure diseases.
Branded Drugs and Generic Drugs has also its different distinction. Why is it that Generic Drugs are less expensive compared to those Branded Drugs where in fact those drugs bears the same Generic Name and differs only in their Brand Names? Do these Drugs have the same efficacy even though they don’t bear the same cost? Well, all these questions will be answered right away! So, this is how it goes, Generic Medicines are those which contain the same active ingredient this active ingredient being mentioned is the one which acts to cure the condition of the medicine that is also used to cure or to treat a particular sickness like headache for example. This active ingredient that a particular Generic medicine contains has the same quantity a Branded medicine bear. The only reason why Branded Drugs are expensive is because they are being develop by a Pharmaceutical Company, meaning to say when a company develops a new medicine, their product must undergo and pass rigorous tests and evaluations to ensure that it is both effective in curing the condition it claims to treat and safe for human use. so, compared to Generic medicines, Branded Drugs undergoes different examinations, it takes time and the pharmaceutical companies invest considerable amounts of money before the drugs are released. That is why most Branded Medicines are well-known and most trusted when it comes to efficacy.
If I were to choose on what particular medicine will I prefer when it comes to immediate effect like those common illness for example e.g. COUGH, COLDS, HEADACHE and STOMACHACHE I would likely prefer those OTC or Over-The-Counter Medicines which easy to buy because first and foremost, It is always available in most of the community pharmacy so, We don’t have to worry, right? 🙂 When it comes to a particular medicine,I’d like to choose LOMOTIL since it’s the one that I’ve been frequently using these past few weeks because of LBM. Let give you some info about when it is used, what is its dose, how it is being administered and more!.
Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride and Atropine Sulfate is the Generic Name for Lomotil. Lomitil comes with Tablet and Liquid. Each Lomotil tablet and each 5 ml of Lomotil liquid contains Diphenoxylate hydrochloride-2.5 mg, Atropine sulfate-0.025 mg. Lomotil is used orally. It is effective as adjunctive therapy in the management of diarrhea. It helps to decrease the number and frequent bowel movements. Lomotil works by slowing the movement of the intestines. Diphenoxylate is similar to narcotic pain relievers, but it acts mainly to slow the gut while Atropine belongs to a class of drugs known as anticholinergics, which help to dry up body fluids and also slow gut movement. It is important that you drink the proper amount of fluids and minerals to prevent loss of body water. Just like other medicines, Lomotil has also it’s side effects including withdrawal reactions or those Stomach Cramps, Nausea and Vomitting, especially if it has been used regularly for a long time or in high doses.
So, anybody out there! If you are suffering from diarrhea or LBM or something don’t hesitate to try Lomitil, I’m definitely sure that it’s effect won’t take long and will surely give you an “AHHHHHH!” effect. :)) Hope you’ll learn something. 😀
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