Evaluation of arterial hypertension risk under exposure to noise and chemical occupational hazards.

The article covers studies on determining priority risk factors for health of female workers of heat-and-power engineering enterprise, risk groups revealed, suggestions for medical examinations with investigations in early diagnosis of cardiovascular system dysadaptation.

[Metabolism of designer drugs. The fentanyl derivatives].

This literature review is focused on the studies of metabolism of designer drugs, with special reference to fentanyl derivatives. Certain physicochemical characteristics of the main metabolites most frequently encountered in the illegal trade of the fentanyl group analgesics have been calculated. The proposed recommendations include the methods for the identification of certain fentanyl derivatives during analysis of biological media.

[Metabolism of designer drugs. Piperazine derivatives].

The present review is focused on the specific features of metabolism of designer drugs based on piperazine derivatives. Selected physicochemical properties of the key metabolites of these compounds are described with special reference to their effect on the behavior of these drugs in the human organism..

[Lethal intoxication with baclofen].

The objective of the present study was to select and develop simpler methods for the quantitative determination of baclofen in blood with the use of HPLC and tandem MS (MS-MS) techniques and its qualitative determination in cadaveric organs by the GC/MS technique. These mathods were shown to be suitable for the purpose of forensic medical analysis, clinical, toxicological, and therapeutic monitoring. The special emphasis is laid on the methods used to investigate the biological materials obtained from the subjects who died from baclofen intoxication.

Experimental osteoporosis and its correction.

Osteoporosis was modeled in rats by chronic (6 months) treatment with omeprazole or serotonin, and bone tissue status was studied in experimental hepatic fibrosis and during serotonin treatment under conditions of hepatic fibrosis. Serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, albumins, and creatinine and bone tissue levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron were measured. Treatment with mesenchymal stem cells over 6 months reduced the severity of osteoporosis.