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Birthmarks are abnormalities of the skin that are present when a baby is born. There are two types of birthmarks. Vascular birthmarks are made up of blood vessels that haven't formed correctly. They are usually red. Two types of vascular birthmarks are hemangiomas and port-wine stains. Pigmented birthmarks are made of a cluster of pigment cells which cause color in skin. They can be many different colors, from tan to brown, gray to black, or even blue. Moles can be birthmarks.

No one knows what causes many types of birthmarks, but some run in families. Your baby's doctor will look at the birthmark to see if it needs any treatment or if it should be watched. Pigmented birthmarks aren't usually treated, except for moles. Treatment for vascular birthmarks includes laser surgery.

Most birthmarks are not serious, and some go away on their own. Some stay the same or get worse as you get older. Usually birthmarks are only a concern for your appearance. But certain types can increase your risk of skin cancer. If your birthmark bleeds, hurts, itches, or becomes infected, call your health care provider.

Present FDA Approved Drugs

OPSUMIT [MacitentanC19H20Br2N6O4S]
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Actelion Pharms LtdOct 18, 2013
  • Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising macitentan and a polysorbate, wherein the polysorbate represents 0.1 to 3% of the weight of said pharmaceutical composition.
  • Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising macitentan and a polysorbate, wherin the polysorbate represents 0.1 to 1% of the weight of said pharmaceutical composition.
  • Method of treating pulmonary hypertension comprising administering macitentan in combination with a compound having phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitory properties.
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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Present

ACONITUM NEPALLUS
   The dried tuberous root of Aconitum Napellus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae). Mountains of Europe and Asia, and northwestern North America.... / ...e of aconite alkaloids. Preparations.—1. Specific Medicine Aconite. An exceedingly poisonous and representative preparation. Dose, 1/30 to 1/2 drop. ( Usual form of dministration: Rx Specific Medicin... / ...approaching from the extremities to the body. Excessive sweating comes on, rapidly lowering the body temperature, dimness of vision, 1

ACTÆA ALBA.
   The rhizome and rootlets of Actaea alba, Bigelow (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae). A perennial of the United States east of the Mississippi, abounding in... / ... resin similar to that obtained from black cohosh (cimicifuga). Albumen, starch, sugar, and gum are present, but neither tannic nor gallic acids. Preparation.—Specific Medicine Actaea. Dose, 1 to 20 ... / ...arising from derangement of the reproductive organs. Like cimicifuga it is useful in atonic indigestion of the nervous dyspepsia type. 1

ADONIS VERNALIS
   The whole plant of Adonis vernalis, Linné. (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae). Southern Europe, Siberia, and Labrador. Dose, 1/2 to 3 grains. Common Name:... / .... It is especially commended where arryrthmia with feeble cardiac force and dyspnoea and dropsy are present. It has long been a popular remedy in Russia for dropsies of both heart and kidney origin. I... / ...in epilepsy, administering it with bromide of potassium. It should not be given when there is gastro-intestinal irritation or inflammation. 1

ÆSCULUS GLABRA
   The bark and fruit of Aesculus glabra, Willdenow (Nat. Ord. Sapindaceae). A small fetid tree common to the central portion of the United... / ...s); aesculetin (C9H6O4); a peculiar tannin and saponin. Starch is abundant and a rich yellow oil is present. Preparation.—Specific Medicine Aesculus. (Made from the ripe fruit.) Dose, 1 to 15 minims.... / ...Aesculus deserves further study to determine its status as a remedy for nervous disorders, and especially its control over visceral neuralgias. 1

ALOEALOE
   The dried juice of the leaves of several species of Aloe: (1) Aloe Perryi, Baker; (2) Aloe vera, Linné; (3) Aloe ferox, Miller. (Nat. Ord.... / ... not be given to plethoric persons, nor when gastro-enteritis, or actively inflamed hemorrhoids are present; nor when pregnancy exists. Therapy.—Aloes, in 1/2 to 1 grain doses, is a gastric stimulant...1

ARISÆMA TRIPHYLLUM
   The fresh corm of Arisaema triphyllum, Torre (Nat. Ord. Araceae). Common in damp woods and wet situations in North and South merica. Common Names:... / ...tion and tenderness may follow. This effect is thought to be due to the raphides of calcium oxalate present. Milk mitigates the distressing sensation. Therapy.—Arisaema has been recommended for a var... / ...may be given in drop doses every half to one hour, and a throat wash of one drachm of the tincture to a half glass of water may be used freely. 1

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
   The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Pleurisy Root,... / ...be continued and used freely. There is no kindlier cough medicine than asclepias, and when fever is present it is an ideal aid to the special sedatives. Asclepias should form an important part of the ...1

BAPTISIA
   ...fulness in typhoid or enteric fever is one of record. One or more of the foregoing symptoms will be present with the addition of the characteristic pea-soup, meat washings, or prune juice stools, or t......entery and typhoid pneumonia, so called, are helped by it just in proportion to the typhoid element present. In dysentery the greater the evidence of intestinal ulceration the stronger the call for ba...1

BELLADONNA (Atropa belladonna)ATROP
   The (1) dried root and the (2) dried leaves and tops of Atropa Belladonna, Linné (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae). Europe and Central Asia; also... / ...entioned the conjoint internal use is advisable—provided the specific indications for the drug are present. Therapy.—Internal. Belladonna is employed in Eclectic Therapeutics in doses which produce ...1

BOLETUS
   The fungus Polyporus officinalis, Fries (Boletus laricis, jacquin). (Nat. Ord. Fungi.) Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central America. Common Names:... / ..., but occasionally will be needed in irregular intermittents, not reached by quinine medication and presenting alternate chills and flashes of heat, accompanied by a heavy bearing down pain in the bac... / ...is one of the most effectual of antihydrotics. In 113 grain doses it controls the thirst, cough, and the excessive sweating of consumptives.1

BRYONIA
   The root of Bryonia dioica, Jacquin, and Bryonia alba, Linné... / ...dies, both for the cough and the debility. We use it confidently in pneumonia to control pain, when present; but above all, to allay the harsh, harassing cough. Bryonia is an excellent agent for cough......r explosive, showing its origin in irritation or erethism. Tensive or sharp pains are almost always present, and the secretion, if there is any, is small in quantit1

CAFFEA
   ...nts.-The chief constituents are caffeine (C8H10N4O2. H2O); a volatile aromatic oil; caffeol is also present in minute quantity and upon it depends the aroma of coffee; and caffeo-tannic acid. Preparat......obably the hepatogastric symptoms— “coffee biliousness” —is due largely to the empyreumatic oil present in coffee; the nervous symptoms chiefly to the caffeine it contains. Therefore preparations ...1

CALUMBA (Jateorhiza palmata)JAPA2
   ...inciple, berberine (C20H17NO4) with columbic acid, and columbine, a possible white alkaloid, may be present. No tannin is present. Preparations.—1. Infusum Calumbae, Infusion of Calumba. Dose, 1 to 2......nger, and aromatics, to meet special indications, particularly when flatulence and constipation are present. Calumba and the allied bitters should not be given in acute or subacute inflammatory condit...1

CANTHARIS
   The dried beetles, Cantharis vesicatoria (Linné), De Geer. (Ord. Coleoptera.) Southern Europe. Dose, 1 grain. Common Name: Spanish Fly; Synonym:... / ...at debility following grave illness, or the exanthems, nor when renal congestion or inflammation is present. Cantharis has been used in lotions to promote the growth of hair. Howe advised it with bay ...1

CAPSICUM
   ...r relieves or aggravates, according to the sensitiveness of the nerve or the degree of inflammation present. We have used it with great satisfaction for pain coursing along the spermatic cord in the l...... it should be selected for atonic conditions and avoided where irritation or active inflammation is present. Nevertheless, in low grades of inflammation and fever, with sluggish blood current, it is a...1


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Present

CASCARA CARMINATIVE
   Hepatic stimulant, laxative and intestinal antiseptic. Each fluidrachm represents; Cascara Sagrada, 30 grs.; Blue Flag, 2 grs,; Wahoo. 3 grs.; Sodlum Phosphate, 5 grs.; Sodium Salicylate, 2 grs,; with Aromatics, q. s. Dose, as laxative, 4 c. c. (1 fluidrachm).2

HAEMO-MANGAN
   A ferruginous tonic, each fluidrachm containing; Iron Citro peptonate, 1% grs.; ManganeseCitropeptonate, 1/4 gr. The preparation resembles dialysed iron in its freedom from astringency and acidity, but it has the advantage over that preparation in the fact that the iron is presented in the form of an organic compound which is readily assimilable. Clinical experience declares it a most eflicient agent in all conditions in which a blood-euriching tonic is indicated. Dose, 4 c. c. (1 fluidrachm) a2

MENTHOL
   Stearopten obtained from PEPPERMINT and other species of Mentha and representing the medicinal activity of these plants. Carminative, stimulant, anodyne, antiseptic. Used chiefly as a local anodyne, especially for relief of neuralgic pain.2

NUTRIENT PEPTONES
   A preparation representing the nitrogenous elements of beef, milk and cereal grains in a vinous vehicle. The nutrient value of such a preparation is far higher than that of a wine or elixir of beef prepared from the extract of beef. Taken in connection with meals, the preparation serves to assist digestion by a direct stimulant action on the glands of the stom ach. It is of use, therefore, not only in convalescence from acute illness, but in enfeebled conditions of the system generally where the2

NUTRIENT PEPTONES WITH CREOSOTE
   This preparation combines with the peptonized nitrogenous con stituents of beef, milk and cereal grains as much Creosote and Guaia col as can be rendered at all palatable. It constitutes thus a highly concentrated, predigested food, having also the stimulant properties of the wine which forms the vehicle, and a powerful bactericidal action due to the creosote present. The combination is one admira bly adapted to meet the indications in a wasting disease like phthisis, and experience has shown th2

PAPAIN (Papayotin)
   A preparation representing in concentrated form the peptonizing property of the fruit of CARICA PAPAYA, Lin. Unlike Pepsin it acts in neutral or alkaline as well as in acid solutions. Used as an aid to digestion and for dissolving diphtheritic false membrane. Dose, 0.12 to 0.3 Grm. (2 to 5 grs.) . For dissolving false membrane, a 5 per cent. solution in water and glycerin (1:1) is used.2

PAREGORIC (Camphorated Tincture Opium)
   Carminative, anodyne. bronchial sedative. Each fluidrachm represents nearly 23-100 gr. Powdered Opium and the same quantity of Benzoic Acid, of Camphor and of Oil Anise. Dose for an adult, 4 to 8 c. c. (60 to 120 M); for an infant, 0.1 to 1.0 c. c. (2 to 20 drops).2

PILOCARPINE
   Alkaloid obtained from the leaves of various species of PILOCARPUS, and representing their medicinal activity. see Jaborandi. The alkaloid may be used to advantage in all cases where jaborandi is beneficial, and has besides in a remarkable degree the power of con tracting the pupil of the eye when applied locally. Solutions contain ing 1 to 4 grains to the fluidounce of the hydrochloride are much used by ophthalmologists for their myotic effect and to relieve intraocular tension, Dose, 0.001 to 2

RED CLOVER COMPOUND
   A combination of vegetable alteratives with Potassium Iodide. Not inferior as an antisyphilitic to Bamboo Brier Compound. q. v. Fluid Bed Clover Compound. Each pint represents; Red Clover, 4 1/2 ozs.; Stillingia, Burdock root, Poke root, Berberis Aquifolium. Cascara Amarga, of each 2 1/4 oz.; Prickly Ash bark, 1/2 oz.; Potassium Iodide, 512 grs. (approx.). Used mostly in the form of the syrup, made by mixing one volume of the Fluid with three of Syrup . Dose, 1 to 2 c. c. (15 to 30 M). Syrup Re2

RED GUM (Eucalyptus Kino)
   Exudation from EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA, Schlect. Strongly as tringent, having the same properties as true kino. Fluid Red Gum. Each pint represents; Red Gum, 6 1/2 ozs. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 c. c. (5 to 30 M). Tincture; Fluid Red Gum, 5; Alco hol. 6; Glycerin. 2 1/2; Water, 3 1/2 volumes. Syrup Red Gum; Fluid Red Gum, 1; Syrup, 3 volumes.2


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Therapeutics Memoranda on Present

ACNE
   Ascertain whether constitutional disease or disordered dhrestion is present and modify treatment accordingly. Arsenic is... / Ascertain whether constitutional disease or disordered dhrestion is present and modify treatment accordingly. Arsenic is generally indicated. especially in combination with iron. For constipation. if present, Compound ... / ...iodide, resor cin, ichthyol or Iodosyl. Give attention to the diet, which should be simple but nourishing. fats especially to be avoided.2

BLEPHARITIS
   Remove crusts by careful use of a solution of sodium borate (8 grs. to fl. oz.), then apply Iodosyl ointment (6 per cent.) or a dilute oint ment of yellow oxide of mercury (1 gr. to drm.) or an ointment con taining in each drachm 2 grs. of precipitated sulphur and 1.5 grs. of resorcin. For accompanying conjunctivitis, eye drops containing boric acid or sodium borate. Correct refractive errors if present.2

CHOLERA INFANTUM
   Withheld milk, substituting the juice of raw beef. , If irritant un digested food is present, give castor oil (aromatic); if stools are wa tery and colorless, give podophy1lin(1-20 gr. repeated in 2 hours), to change character of stools, then give astringents and carminatives. If vomiting is severe the best remedy is calomel in small repeated doses. Irrigation of the bowels with water at 100° F. is often useful. Apply a mild mustard or spice poultice over the bowels.2

DYSMENORRHEA
   The treatment of Dyspepsia is essentially empirical, being direct ed to the symptoms which present themselves.2

ECZEMA
   Improve general health of patient by hygienic measures. See that the diet is simple and... / ... articles of food must be interdicted. See that the excretory functions are properly performed. If anemia or de bility or any constitutional taint is present, treat on general princi ples. In early stages, apply zinc ointment or zinc oxide or oleate as a dusting powder. Later, use more stimulating r...2

HEART DISEASE
   In organic diseases of the heart. remedies must be adapted to symptoms presented. Digitalis and similar agents are to be used when... / In organic diseases of the heart. remedies must be adapted to symptoms presented. Digitalis and similar agents are to be used when increase of blood pressure is desired; strophanthus when increas ed pressure will do harm,... / ...tonics are indicated, particularly nux vomica and iron. In cardiac failure, use diffusible stimulants, ammonia, ether and alcohol.2

HEMORRHOIDS
   The bowels... / ... be kept free (best by compound liquorice powder, Fl. Ext. Cascara Sagrada Aromatic, N., B. & Co. or solution sodium phosphate); portal congestion if present must be remedied; evacuation of the bowels should be in the evening. The best local applica tions (preferably in form of suppository) consist ...2

INSOMNIA
   Use drugsto induce sleep only when absolutely necessary. If bromides fail use hypnotics, chloral (combined with morphine if severe pain is present), sulphonal, chloralamide, chloretone, etc.2


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.