Pozvánka k volbám do orgánů ČFS ČLS JEP

PharmDr. Pavel Grodza

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 219  

Hormone replacement therapy from the perspective of an endocrinologist

prof.MUDr.Josef Marek, CSc.

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 222-226  

Insufficient hormone production by the endocrine glands can be replaced either with identical hormones processed synthetically (thyroid hormones, cortisol) or biotechnologically (growth hormone, gonadotropins) or with their synthetic analogues with improved function (desmopressin; aldosterone, testosterone, oestrogen and progestin analogues). Due to the number of preparations, the options to treat hormone deficiencies vary greatly. For the treatment of central diabetes insipidus, only one preparation by one company is available; to treat growth hormone deficiency, seven analogical preparations by various companies are available; similar hormones...

Urinary incontinence in elderly patients from the urologist’s point of view

MUDr.Miroslava Romžová, MUDr.Marie Hurtová, MUDr.Miloš Broďák, Ph.D.

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 227-230  

Urinary incontinence in elderly patients is one of the most frequent medical problems. Based on statistics it is more frequent than cardiovascular disorders, osteoporosis and malignant diseases. Around 10–40 % of elderly population is afflicted with this problem. It fundamentally affects the quality of the patient’s life. Urinary incontinence in elderly age is multidisciplinary challenge. The successful treatment depends on the cooperation of the urologist with geriatrist, gynaecologist, physiotherapist, nurse and especially family.

Menstrual pain

doc.MUDr.Peter Koliba, CSc.

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 232-234  

Review of menstrual pain, physiology, and also pathologically painful menstruation – dysmenorrhoea. The article lists the recommended physical procedures and medical and alternative methods affect on menstrual pain, including OTC drugs.

What´s news in the treatment of haemorrhoids ?

MUDr.Petr Vlček, Ph.D., MUDr.Jiří Korbička Ph.D., MUDr.Petr Diviš, MUDr.Štěpán Chalupník, MUDr.Václav Jedlička, Ph.D., prof.MUDr.Ivan Čapov, CSc., doc.MUDr.Lenka Veverková, Ph.D., MUDr.Jan Doležel, Ph.D., MUDr.Radek Tomčík

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 236-239  

This article describes various treatment options, in the office and outpatient setting, as well as the use the newer devices available to treat haemorrhoids. This new devices such as the Liga Sure, PPH stapler and radiofrequency ablation devices were developed as physicians pursue the „Holy Grail“ of the treatment of haemorrhoidal disease, which is a painless haemorrhoidectomy. The authors have reviewed the curent methods and give their considered opinion on the proper use of these modalities.

What a pharmacist should know about drug interactions and adverse effects of cardiovascular therapy

MUDr.PharmDr.Kamil Rudolf, Mgr.Josef Malý

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 240-243  

In the long term, cardiovascular diseases represent the main cause of morbidity and mortality of adult population in the Czech Republic. Concerning the numbers of distributed unit packs by ATC groups, cardiovascular therapeutics are the most voluminous group, constituting 20.36 % of total (1). Drug interactions are a serious cause of toxicity and of adverse effects of all used drugs. Their recognition is often problematic in the context of differential diagnosis. The occurrence of adverse effects of therapy depends on quantity of simultaneously dosed drugs. With increasing quantity of drugs grows the possibility of drug interactions and related...

Hoodia gordonii - natural apetite suppressant

Mgr.Zdeňka Navrátilová

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 255-256  

With ever growing number of obese people in the world population the situation is often qualified as an epidemic. A severe obesity is connected with many health risks so appetite suppressants are used among others in the therapy, but with many side effects. Pharmaceutical companies therefore try to develop new medicaments without these side effects. Natural substances are very important in such development; they can be used either directly or as a precursor or a model for new pharmaceuticals. The extract of Hoodia gordonii seems to be very good for weight loss, its further research may even lead to a development of new, safer drugs with anorectic...

New medicinal substances in extemporaneous prescription, part 3 - Clotrimazole

PharmDr.Jan Hašek, PharmDr.Zbyněk Sklenář, Ph.D.

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 244-249  

The present article provides information on the properties and use of clotrimazole in the treatment of mycotic diseases of the skin and mucosae. The introduction summarizes the basic galenical properties and possibilities of formulating clotrimazole in medicinal products; next, examples of formulas are presented which are suitable for pharmacy compounding. Combinations of clotrimazole with other drugs are frequently ordered by physicians in prescriptions for customized medications which, however, have so far been preparable only when using proprietary creams containing clotrimazole. The use of the pharmaceutical substance allows not only to...

Influenza and seasonal respiratory diseases

MUDr.Hana Fojtů

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 250-254  

The list of seasonal respiratory diseases includes not only the serious disease of influenza but also various other less serious respiratory diseases. Despite the similarity in the symptoms and the season of occurrence, influenza still remains a serious disease that, during a global pandemic, may cause tremendous problems in all areas of life and affect up to 50 % of the population. Some more trivial respiratory diseases also occur during this season; however, their occurrence, too, tends to be of epidemic nature. Key word: influenza, acute respiratory infections (ARI), influenza like illness (ILI).

Rakousko spouští testy e-medikace

PharmDr. Martin Dočkal

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 261  

Psychological aspects of the pharmacist’s work

Mgr.Alexander Tomeček

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 258-260  

Psychologist’s sight of the work in the pharmacy should contain conscious provisions, should get some adice about what to do with them and also should make us thinking about “what are the unconscious aspects of the shipping clerk’s work”. Eventually it should also try to make aspects “visible” and then eliminate them. That’s why I am foreshowing here the description of outer and internal aspects of the pharmacist’s work in the psychological view. I am desrcibing them here as a psychologist whose charge is training the comunication skills of all workers in pharmacy for more than 9 years. I focus...

Autodidaktický test 5/2010

Prakt. lékáren. 2010; 6(5): 262