Despite only being fatal in around 1% of cases Iâm including mustard gas because of its horrific nature. Its mode of action is basically to burn any part of the body it comes into contact with, whether that be skin, eyes or lungs. It forms large blisters on the skin and lungs and can even damage DNA leading to cancer.
Actos (pioglitazone) is an oral Type 2 diabetes drug that lowers blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and reducing the amount of glucose made in the liver. This allows the body to better dispose of excess blood sugar.
A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes. Urinary antispasmodics are anticholinergic agents that inhibit involuntary detrusor contractions. There are two types of nicotinic receptors: muscle type (mainly in skeletal neuromuscular junction) or neuronal type (in autonomic ganglia, sensory nerve terminals and other regions in the central nervous system).