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Surrogate markers

...erol . A clinical trial may show that a particular drug is effective in reducing cholesterol. A high chole...). "Surrogate end points, health outcomes, and the drug approval process for the treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular disease". JAMA 282 : 786–79...

Somatic dysfunction

...99, researchers concluded that OMM and traditional drug therapy resulted in equivalent resolution of lower...on. The advantage of OMM was diminution of adverse drug reactions while the disadvantage was the greater amount of physician time required for each patient....

Personalized medicine

...e are opening the possibility of a new approach to drug development as well as unleashing the potential of... large based on what is known as the ' blockbuster drug model'. A blockbuster drug is a product capable of achieving sales of over $1 billion per annum. Th...

Medical writing

...ocuments include monographs about a newly launched drug for sales representatives, data presentations at m...ompany has its own medical writers who work on the drug products developed by that company. Outsourced writing means the pharmaceutical company hires an e...

Medical procedure

...r Medical prescription Nocebo Responsible drug use Vital signs Consensus (medical) Guideline (medical) Algorithm (medical)...

Gastric lavage

...n who has ingested a poison or overdosed on a drug . They may also be used prior to surgery , to clear the contents of the digestive tract before it is opened. Contents 1 Technique 1.1 Indications 1.2 Contraindications 2 Complications 3 References 4 ...

Dose concentration

...s the measure of the ratio of the mass of the drug to the volume that contains it, often measured in units of moles /m 3 ....