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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Invitation for Tenders

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital intends using part of its Internally Generated Funds to make eligible payments under the contract for which this Invitation for Tenders is issued. 2.   Sealed Tenders are invited from eligible manufacturers or authorized representatives for the supply of items as packaged in the table below, and listed in the schedules […]

Pethidine-PM3

Pethidine (Meperidine); A Therapeutic Friend or Foe????

                         Pethidine (Meperidine); A Therapeutic Friend or Foe???? Pethidine (Meperidine) was synthetically derived in 1938 as an anticholinergic agent (substances which block the action of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine in the Peripheral and Central nervous system), but was discovered to possess analgesic properties shortly after. Although it’s a weak agonist at the opioid receptor (mu receptor), anecdotal evidence suggests it […]