[Amizon in the treatment of nervous system involvement in herpes zoster].

The authors submit results of treatment of patients having suffered from postherpetic pain syndrome (herpetic ganglionitis of the cervical, thoracic, lumbosacral localization, postherpetic intercostal neuralgia, ganglionitis of the trigeminal nerve). In viral diseases, amizone has marked analgetic, antiinflammatory, and immunomodulating effects. The drug is well tolerated by patients, is not associated with side effects under prescribed doses (0.

[Anticyan--a new highly effective antidote in cyanide poisoning].

Anticyan is a highly effective antidote of cyanic acid and cyanide-containing compounds. It was created at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of AMS of Ukraine. Anticyan differs from other existing cyanide antidotes in that it possesses a tready methemoglobin-formation activity, has no hypotensive effect and is capable of direct stimulation of cyanide-inhibited tissue respiration.

[The prospects and problems of drug-induced anesthesia].

The problem of pain has a major medico-social significance and necessitates detailed investigation both from the position of etiology and pathogenesis and new therapy methods. Among many methods of pain control drug-induced anesthesia is of great importance. The multiplicity of pain requires optimal use of analgetics and their combination with other agents strictly in coordination with individual needs of the patient.

[Analysis of the role of calcium in analgesic action of non-narcotic analgesics and calcium channel blockers].

In the mice hot-plate test we have compared analgesic effect of calcium channel blockers and new non-narcotic analgesic antiinflammatory agent PV-107: verapamil > fenigidin > PV-107. Simultaneously we have shown strong correlation (r - 0.82) between analgesic effect and 45Ca2+ efflux of cardiac membrane in depolarizing media in vitro.