Studies from collective literature search through EBSCOhost, Medline, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar databases revealed methods of intervention to help reduce dental anxiety and the avoidance of dental treatments. And a pharmacological study on 5-HT 3 antagonist may guide the way to discover a better anxiolytic that can potentially block the anxiogentic effects in patients with panic disorder and social phobia including dental fear and anxiety. The Studies of Dental Fear and Anxiety in Children,
cause IBS diarrhea-predominate (IBS-D) is a high level of serotonin especially after the meals. There are two type of serotonin that involve in the gastrointestinal system, type 3 (HT3) and type 4 (HT4). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ondansetron, which is a selective 5-HT3-receptor antagonist that have been used as antiemitc agent, in the treatment IBS-D. Literature search strategy: A literature search was conducted in Pubmed using the following MeSH terms: ondansetron
Vertigo and Its Treatment In our everyday lives, we almost take for granted this idea of balance or equilibrium that is maintained within our bodies. In general, no real thought processes are required. It is only when something is disturbed within our balance system that one is able to take notice of changes in the equilibrium. There may be several different factors that cause a disturbance to our bodies. One major area pertains to dizziness. Dizziness is found to be "the chief complaint in
et al., 1997; Flint & Rifat, 1997; Davidson et al., 2002). A recent large-scale multicentre study of potential predictive factors related to TRD took place in Europe and displayed 5 main clinical predictors in order of their strength (1) current suicidal risk (2) comorbid anxiety disorder (3) gender (4) seasonal pattern (5) non-response to first antidepressant lifetime (Oswald et al., 2005). Non-psychiatric co-morbidities have been discovered to be predictors of TRD (Iosifescu et al., 2004). It was