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  2. Carvedilol - Wikipedia

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    Carvedilol is a nonselective beta blocker and alpha-1 blocker. [5] How it improves outcomes is not entirely clear but may involve dilation of blood vessels. [5] Carvedilol was patented in 1978 and approved for medical use in the United States in 1995. [5] [8] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [9]

  3. Salt poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Salt poisoning sufficient to produce severe symptoms is rare, and lethal salt poisoning is possible but even rarer. The lethal dose of table salt is roughly 0.5–1 gram per kilogram of body weight. [1] In medicine, salt poisoning is most frequently encountered in children or infants [2] [3] who may be made to consume excessive amounts of table ...

  4. Cerebos - Wikipedia

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    A boy chasing a chicken and pouring salt over it is an icon that has become synonymous with the brand. [3] [5]The Cerebos salt company invented 'Bisto' gravy powder product (a mixture of salt, flavourings and colourings), at its salt factory in Middlewich, Cheshire in the United Kingdom.

  5. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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    The choice between the drugs is to a large degree determined by the characteristics of the patient being prescribed for, the drugs' side effects, and cost. Most drugs have other uses; sometimes the presence of other symptoms can warrant the use of one particular antihypertensive. Examples include: Age can affect the choice of medications.

  6. Calcium channel blocker - Wikipedia

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    Recordings were replicated at varying concentrations (0, 10, 25, 50, and 100 mM) at a voltage clamp of +30 mV. Results showed calcium current decreased as concentration of ethanol increased. [ 29 ] Similar results have shown to be true in single-channel recordings from isolated nerve terminal of rats that ethanol does in fact block VGCCs.

  7. Health effects of salt - Wikipedia

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    The use of a salt substitute can provide a taste offsetting the perceived blandness of low-salt food; potassium chloride is widely used for this purpose. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends daily potassium intake of not less than 3,510 mg. [ 18 ] Government interventions such as food product reformulation and food procurement policy ...

  8. Andrews Liver Salts - Wikipedia

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    The trademark "Andrews Liver Salt" was registered in 1909. [4] From the 1930s, promotional materials recommended taking the salts for "inner cleanliness". In 1960, Scott and Turner's company merged with Charles Phillips , manufacturers of milk of magnesia , to become Phillips, Scott & Turner. [ 5 ]

  9. List of edible salts - Wikipedia

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    A saltwater used in the preservation of food. Butter salt: Seasoned salt with butter flavouring. Celery salt. Salt seasoned with celery seeds. Cooking salt. A coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table. Curing salt. A salt containing sodium nitrite, used in the preservation of meats. [1] Cyclic salt: Any salt deposited by the wind ...