Journal of Korean medical science
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For many many thousand years, mankind has been using various plants as nutrient, beverage, cosmetics, dye and medicine to maintain health and to improve quality of life. In Aisa, particularly, Panax ginseng C. A. ⋯ Even in the Western world, where there are greatly advanced research facilities and highly qualified man-power available, and are regarded to be capable of conquering any hard-to-cure ailments, many peoples has recently been reported to use herbal medicine, particularly ginseng. In the present compilation of papers, many scientists contributed papers pertaining to "Chemopreventive effects of ginseng". In order to facilitate the readers understand easier and better, I catalogued this collection as follows: The spiritual nature of ginseng in the Far East, the history of ginseng, nomenclature and geographical distribution of ginseng, and type of ginseng products.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Dec 2001
Case ReportsVestibular schwannoma with malignant transformation: a case report.
We describe a rare case of malignant transformation in a vestibular schwannoma in a 33-yr-old woman. She presented herself with headache, tinnitus, and hearing loss and underwent posterior fossa explorations three times during the short period of 3 months. The clinicopathological features of the original tumor were typical of benign vestibular schwannoma. ⋯ Repeat magnetic resonance imaging performed a month after the second surgery unexpectedly showed definite tumor enlargement. She remained clinically stable following the third debulking of the tumor and adjuvant radiotherapy. We propose that this recurrent tumor represent malignant transformation from a benign vestibular schwannoma which was an unusual occurrence in a patient without neurofibromatosis.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Aug 2001
Case ReportsTherapeutic embolization of the dural arteriovenous malformation involving the jugular bulb.
Pulsatile tinnitus is a rarely occurring symptom of vascular origin. Most frequently, the symptoms are due to an arteriovenous malformation, to a tumor of the jugular glomus or to a local arterial stenosis. A 39-yr-old Korean male suffering from pulsatile tinnitus of the left ear was diagnosed to have dural arteriovenous malformation of the jugular bulb. ⋯ Stenosis of the left jugular vein caused retrograde venous drainage through the contralateral transverse sinus. Superselective embolization of these feeding arteries was successfully performed using 25% mixture of N-butylcyanoacrylate and lipiodol. In postembolization period, his complaints of pulsatile tinnitus and buzzing noise behind his left ear disappeared.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDoes albumin preinfusion potentiate diuretic action of furosemide in patients with nephrotic syndrome?
The aim of this cross-over study was to investigate whether albumin infusion before furosemide administration could potentiate the diuretic action of furosemide. Seven patients with nephrotic syndrome were given the following infusions in random order on two separate days: 1) a sham solution followed by 160 mg of furosemide, 2) 100 ml of 20% human albumin followed by 160 mg of furosemide. Urine and serum furosemide concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. ⋯ However, the increments of sodium and chloride excretions between furosemide alone and albumin preinfusion were not different. No significant differences in the pharmacokinetic parameters between the two treatments were observed: area under the concentration-time curve (AUC: 12.7+/-2.2 vs 15.1+/-4.4 g/ml hr), total plasma clearance (253+/-41 vs 256+/-54 ml/min), volume of distribution (341+/-34 vs 494+/-153 ml/kg), elimination half life (4.0+/-1.1 vs 4.6+/-0.8 hr), and urine furosemide excretion of the administered amount (16.5+/-7.3 vs 7.5+/-1.6%). In conclusion, these data show that albumin preinfusion potentiated diuresis, but not natriuresis, of furosemide without any change in the pharmacokinetics of the agent in patients with nephrotic syndrome.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Aug 2001
Synergistic effects between intrathecal clonidine and neostigmine in the formalin test.
Spinal alpha-2 adrenoceptors and cholinergic receptors are involved in the regulation of acute nociception and the facilitated processing. The aim of this study was to examine the pharmacological effect of an intrathecal alpha-2 agonist and a cholinesterase inhibitor on the facilitated pain model induced by formalin injection and to determine the nature of drug interaction using an isobolographic analysis. Both intrathecal clonidine and neostigmine dose-dependently suppressed the flinching during phase 1 and phase 2. ⋯ Intrathecal pretreatment with atropine and yohimbine antagonized the effect of the mixture of clonidine and neostigmine in both phases, but no antagonism was observed with mecamylamine pretreatment. These data indicate that spinal clonidine and neostigmine are effective to counteract the facilitated state evoked formalin stimulus, and these two drugs interact in a synergistic fashion. In addition, the analgesic action of intrathecal clonidine is mediated by spinal muscarinic receptors as well as alpha-2 adrenoceptors.