*Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Received: 09.08.2012; Accepted: 08.02.2014 Sir, I read with interest the case presented by Rajendiran C et al . enti t led:” Stroke after multiple bee sting” recently published in J Assoc Physicians India.1 The authors have presented a 25-yearold male referring to them after ...

The absorption of many drugs is affected by their interaction with ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. The most extensively studied of these ABC transporters is the proein product of MDR1 (multidrug resistance) that encodes a 170-kDa integral plasma membrane phosphorylated glycoprotein known as P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The purpose of this study was to determine, using two different methods, ...

BACKGROUND There is appreciable utilisation of antihistamines (H1) in European countries, either prescribed by physician and purchased by patients for self-medication. Terfenadine and astemizole underwent regulatory restrictions in '90 because of their cardiac toxicity, but only scarce clinical data are available on other antihistamines. AIM To investigate the pro-arrhythmic potential of anti...