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There are a number of effective options available for the alleviation of NVP, varying from non-pharmacological strategies such as diet and lifestyle changes to pharmacological treatments such as Diclectin ®(doxylamine/pyridoxine) [ 5 ] , antihistamine H1 blockers [ 6 ] , phenothiazines [ 7 ] , as well as pyroxidine (vitamin B6) alone [ 3 8 ] . The thalidomide tragedy of the 1960's as well as the Bendectin ®unfounded scare of the mid 1980's [ 9 10 ] has caused women with NVP to look on drug-based strategies with great caution due to concerns over the perceived teratogenicity of these drugs [ 4 11 ] , even when data exist documenting safety [ 5 9 10 ] . Accordingly, non-pharmacological strategies to alleviate NVP may be popular choices amongst pregnant women.
Carbenoxolone, the succinyl ester of glycyrrhetinic acid [ 1 ] , is now used in clinical treatment of ulcer diseases [ 2 ] . It has some pharmacological properties such as: the inhibition of 11β-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) [ 1 ] , and inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication [ 3 ] . Electrotonic synaptic communication between neurons via gap junctions (GJs) is increasingly recognized as an important synchronizing mechanism in the brain.
Surrogates have also been found to have the minimal structural content necessary to induce a pharmacological effect on any target in addition to their use in partner identification.
Each experiment was conducted in triplicate wells and at least three independent experiments were conducted with each pharmacological agent.
Nevertheless, pharmacological antagonism of glucocorticoid (type II) receptor by mifepristone (RU486) was reported to reverse high fat diet-induced obesity [ 14 ] . Since diet-induced obesity does not entail elevated glucocorticoid levels [ 15 16 17 ] , this result suggests that reduction of glucocorticoid levels would reverse obesity even when glucocorticoid levels are not elevated.
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