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Crushed leaves of Nicotiana tabacum are applied to wounds in Guatemala [ 63 ] . The steam vapour was a general cure-all in Latin America and the Caribbean [ 16 104 ] . Historically, powdered tobacco was burnt on the blade of a paddle as a propitiatory offering to the local boa snake ( Constrictor orophias ) [ 16 ] . The plant contains nicotine, malic and citric acids, phenolic acids (chlorogenic, quinic, nicotinic), flavonoids (rutoside), coumarins and enzymes [ 81 ] . Presumably the nicotine in the dog's nose would act as a stimulant.
The Los Angeles Times leads with the California governor's signing into law a patient-oriented rewrite of the state's HMO regulations, one that could serve as a stimulant to similar managed care reform around the country (Texas, the story points out, already has similar laws).
Cathartic medications fall into several classes [ 70 ] . For patients with advanced illness, poor mobility, and decreased oral intake, a stimulant laxative (eg, prune juice, senna, casanthranol, or bisacodyl) is appropriate front-line therapy [ 71 ] . Osmotic laxatives (eg, magnesium salts, lactulose, sorbitol) may be added.
3 [ 43 ] . Methylphenidate, the primary stimulant used in pharmacological treatment of ADHD, was shown by PET imaging to block the dopamine transporter [ 44 ] . ADHD patients have also been found to show higher levels of DAT1 in the striatum [ 45 ] . The most well studied polymorphism is a VNTR in the 3' untranslated region of the DAT gene [ 46 ] . Since this VNTR is not in the coding region of the DAT gene, it does not affect the protein sequence of the dopamine transporter, but may affect the translational efficiency and thus the amount of protein expressed.
A lubricant stimulant (eg, mineral oil) may assist a patient to defecate if the rectal vault is full.
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