Abstract

FERNANDEZ DUHARTE, Jesús et al. Use and abuse of prostaglandins. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.1, pp.113-121. ISSN 1029-3019.

In this work it is commented about the use and abuse of prostaglandins which form part of the so called autacoid agents or local hormones, as well as of their action mechanisms, biosynthesis, metabolism, pharmacological actions, clinical uses, administration schedules and adverse reactions. Likewise, it is stated that prostaglandins have very well-known effects on the smooth muscle and the platelets, and they act on other important systems, such as the digestive, reproductive and the nervous systems, and in the nervous autonomous posganglionar endings, the sensorial nerves endings, the endocrine organs and the fatty tissue

Keywords : prostaglandins; drug interaction; misoprostol; cyclooxigenases.

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