A medication used to stop contractions of the uterus in preterm labor
Used to prevent seizures (eclampsia) in women with pre-eclampsia. It is also the active ingredient in most laxative wafers.
Salts of magnesium used to soothe, soften, and condition the skin.
Medication used to arrest preterm labour.
Epsom Salts. Small, white crystal resembling salt. It is used in soaks and baths to 'draw' toxic substances from the body through the skin. Very effective for sore, tired muscles.
One of a group of drugs called tocolytics used to stop preterm labor.
The active ingredient in most laxative wafers. A medication used to treat convulsions, poisoning from certain chemicals, and inflammation.
A remarkably versatile compound administered intramuscularly and intravenously as an anticonvulsant and as a tocolytic agent (to halt premature labor), taken by mouth as a fast-acting laxative, and applied locally as an anti-inflammatory. Informally called mag sulfate. Also known as Epsom salt.
A chemical used for various purposes. Taken orally, it is a laxative. When given intravenously to pregnant women in labor, it may abolish or diminish uterine contractions.
One of the stronger drugs given through IV to stop or slow labor.
A medication used to prevent and treat eclampsia.
A drug used to treat pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (serious complications of pregnancy). Magnesium sulfate is also being studied for its ability to prevent the toxic side effects of certain drugs used to treat colorectal cancer. It is a type of anticonvulsant agent.
Magnesium sulfate or Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate or Epsom salt is a chemical compound containing magnesium, with the formula MgSO4·7H2O. Magnesium sulfate without water of crystallization MgSO4 is available as a far less common chemical and drying agent, but typically "magnesium sulfate" refers to the hydrate, and Epsom salt always refers to the hydrate. In medical preparations the hydrate form is used to prepare and label even magnesium sulfate formulas in water solution, because the hydrate crystals, which are not deliquescent, are far more easily weighed and subject to quality control in manufacture.
