The effect of chronic alcohol abuse on gastric and duodenal mucosa.

Alcohol consumed in small quantities is not dangerous for health but if it is drunk in big amounts it has a negative effect on somatic and psychical health. A number of studies have been published on the harmful effect of ethanol on the nervous system, circulation, endocrine and immune systems. Ethyl alcohol can directly damage the mucosa of the alimentary tract.

Effect of amlodipine upon the protective activity of antiepileptic drugs against maximal electroshock-induced seizures in mice.

Amlodipine, a calcium channel antagonist of the dihydropyridine class, up to 10 mg kg(-1)(i.p.) did not significantly affect the threshold for electroconvulsions.