{"id":6595,"date":"2024-11-17T21:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T21:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2024-11-17T21:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T21:26:25","slug":"decongestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/17\/decongestants\/","title":{"rendered":"DECONGESTANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Decongestants are the drugs that reduce congestion of nasal passages, which in turn open<br>clogged nasal passages and enhances drainages of the sinuses.<br>e.g phenylephrine, oxymetazoline etc.<br><strong>Mechanism of Action<\/strong><br>Mucus membrane decongestants are \u03b11 agonists, which produce localized vasoconstriction on<br>the small blood vessels of the nasal membrane. Reduce congestion in nasal passages.<br><strong>Clinical uses:<\/strong><br>Used in congestion associated with rhinitis, hay fever, allergic rhinitis and to a lesser extent<br>common cold.<br>Drugs can be administered nasally or orally for longer duration of action.<br><strong>Classification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short acting decongestants administered topically \u2013 phenylepherne, phenylpropanolamine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long acting decongestants administered orally &#8211; ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, naphazoline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long acting topical decongestants<br>o Xylometazoline<br>o oxymetazoline<br><br><strong>Side effects:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rebound nasal congestion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ischemic changes in mucus membranes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nasal burning, stinging, dryness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tachycardia, arrhythmia, nervousness, restlessness, insomnia, blurred vision<br><strong>Contraindications<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hypertension, severe coronary artery disease<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decongestants are the drugs that reduce congestion of nasal passages, which in turn openclogged nasal passages and enhances drainages of the sinuses.e.g phenylephrine, oxymetazoline etc.Mechanism of ActionMucus membrane decongestants are \u03b11 agonists, which produce localized vasoconstriction onthe small blood vessels of the nasal membrane. Reduce congestion in nasal passages.Clinical uses:Used in congestion associated with rhinitis, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[693],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drugs-action-on-the-respiratory-system"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2779928.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6596,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions\/6596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}