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Drug allergies are a group of symptoms caused by allergic reaction to a drug (medication).
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Allergic reaction - drug (medication)
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Drug Poisoning
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toxic effects caused by an administered drug. Worldwide more than 9 million natural and synthetic chemicals have been identified; fewer than 3000 cause more than 95% of acidental and deliberate poisonings.
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Drug Watch Archive
April 18, 2006
Raloxifene: Less risky breast cancer prevention
Raloxifene works as well as tamoxifen in protecting older, high-risk women from breast cancer.
April 13, 2006
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DRUG ABUSE - Use of a drug for a reason other than which it was intended, or in a manner or in quantities other than directed.
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Drug rashes are the body's reaction to a certain medication. The type of rash that occurs depends on the type of drug that is causing it. Rashes can range from mild to severe.
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Drug, antifungal: A drug used to treat fungal infections.
Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and clotrimazole (LOTRIMIN, MYCELEX).
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Drug therapy monitoring, also known as Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM), is a means of monitoring drug levels in the blood.
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Drug Development and Approval
Understanding the Approval Process for New Cancer Treatments
A look at how the U.S.
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Why can drug resistance lead to an epidemic?
If there are forms of HIV that are resistant to drug treatment, they are more likely to survive and infect other people. Resistant forms of HIV are able to spread more easily and infect more people.
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New Bone Drug May Not be Worth Its High Price
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Medication Use Crucial After Stent Placement
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Drug addiction can have a devastating effect, not only on the user, but also on friends and relatives. Here you can read personal stories of others.
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Drug Allergy
Certain drugs can cause a severe allergic reaction, known as an anaphylatic reaction . First exposure to a drug does not cause this reaction but subsequent exposure may.
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Drug-induced hypothyroidism may be caused by treatment with lithium or iodides in susceptible people. Drugs used for hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) such as PTU and methimazole may cause unintentional hypothyroidism.
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Drug abuse is a widespread problem that affects people from all socioeconomic levels. The symptoms of abuse and addiction differ slightly based upon the drug being taken. Drug abuse and addiction cause many health-related and social problems.
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Drug-induced cholestasis
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A drug interaction is a change in the effect of a drug caused by some other substance. In some cases, there is a change in the helpful effects of a drug and in other cases there is a change in side effects.
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The drug, Sutent, is the first cancer treatment to be simultaneously approved by the FDA for the use in two distinct forms of cancer.
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Common MRI Drug May Help Fight Cancer
TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A contrast agent used in magnetic resonance imaging tests might have a second role to play as a cancer -fighter, new research suggests.
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Qigong helps reduce drug intake & saves lives
Qigong, a relaxing form of Tai Chi, has been found to have important therapeutic health benefits for three different medical conditions.
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Some people maximize the drug effects by only consuming caffeine once a week. This is useful for one day or night of very high energy levels.
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Drug or food interactions: Contraceptive effectiveness may be reduced by antibiotics, antifungals, anticonvulsants, HIV-fighting drugs, St.
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Drug-induced myositis - In drug-induced myositis, muscle inflammation occurs as a side effect of a medication or a combination of medicines.
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Drug interaction
Do not use any medications for common illnesses such as the flu or allergies without first speaking with your doctor or pharmacist. Avoid drinking alcohol or taking other drugs.
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DRUG HABITS, ELIMINATING (J.H. Kellogg, M.D., Formulas)
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DRUG HEPATITIS - Hepatitis caused by a drug. Causative drugs include isoniazid (INH), Alpha Methyldopa, and Dilatin.
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Drug therapy for an uncoordinated bladder and urethra. Scientists have not yet found a drug that works selectively on the urethral sphincter muscle, but drugs used to reduce muscle spasms or tremors are sometimes used to help the sphincter relax.
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DRUG RESISTANCE: The ability of some disease-causing microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and mycoplasma, to adapt themselves, to grow, and to multiply even in the presence of drugs that usually kill them. See Cross-Resistance.
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Drug resistance The result of cells' ability to resist the effects of a specific drug. Dysphagia Difficulty in swallowing. Dyspnea Difficult or painful breathing; shortness of breath. Dysuria Difficult or painful urination.
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Drug-induced loss of feeling or sensation.
anesthetic
An agent used to produce anesthesia.
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Any substance, other than food, that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition.
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- Drug abuse
- Placenta previa, a condition in which the placenta lies over the cervix, or neck of the uterus
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2) Drug-induced lupus can develop in response to the use of certain medications such as procainamide and some high blood pressure medications.
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This drug is used to treat heart failure. This article profiles the medication and its side effects.
There are several different products available to treat dry eyes. This article profiles these and how they should be used.
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Rapid Drug Screen Drug screening test which yields results in three to five minutes. Test detects the presence of amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana (THC), opiates and PCP. Mfg: American Bio Medica. Source: PR Newswire - 4/16/97.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aspartame for sale as a sugar substitute in 1983. It was initially used in soft drinks and later incorporated into other products. It has been a huge success, as shown by its use in thousands of foods.
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Both types of drug increase the body's supply of vital CD4 white blood cells while reducing the amount of viral RNA circulating in the blood- stream.
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Another imidazole drug, itraconazole (Sporanox) is available in capsule form. Other preparations in this class include Desenex and Tinactin, which contain tolnaftate.
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You should be able to discuss past sexual histories and any previous STD exposures or IV drug use, as well as current health status, with the sexual partner.
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In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognized emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) as a safe and effective method of preventing pregnancy.
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They have each been determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be safe for use by almost all people. The exception is for those very rare people who are born with a condition called phenylketonuria (PKU).
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Allergic vasculitis is hypersensitivity to a drug or foreign agent that leads to inflammation and damage to blood vessels of the skin.
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Vasculitis - allergic hypersensitivity; Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis ...
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Douching is rinsing or cleaning out the vagina by squirting water or other fluids (solutions made with vinegar or baking soda that you can buy at the drug store) into the vagina.
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GEN: prefer specifics; /drug ther: consider also ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
Virus Diseases Categories.
Arbovirus Infections - Infections caused by arthropod-borne viruses, general or unspecified.
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Williard RL, Tresolini CP, O'Neil EH. Characteristics, Importance, and Implications of Comprehensive Drug Therapy Management. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists. March 1996, 53.
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In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved Celecoxib, previously approved for the treatment of individuals with arthritis, to be used in conjunction with the usual therapy for individuals with FAP.
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Presently, small-molecules which alter the enzymatic activity or cellular localization of key biological macromolecules are derived from two sources: natural product screening (eg. Taxol, FK506, staurosporine, and others) and drug development ...
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