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| Chemotherapy | Drug |
Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In popular usage, it will usually refer to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the...
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| Surgery |
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Surgery (from the cheirourgikē, via , meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve...
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| Mastectomy |
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In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breast, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer...
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| Antimalarial drug |
Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or cure malaria. Some antimalarial agents, particularly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus associated arthritis. There are many of these...
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| Benzoyl peroxide |
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Benzoyl peroxide is a chemical in the organic peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups (benzoic acid with the H of carboxylic acid removed) joined by a peroxide group. Acceptable condensed structural formula would include CH-COO-OOC-CH,...
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| Retinol |
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Retinol (Afaxin), the animal form of vitamin A, is a fat-soluble vitamin important in vision and bone growth. It belongs to the family of chemical compounds known as retinoid. Retinol is ingested in a precursor form; animal sources (liver and egg)...
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| Salicylic acid |
Salicylic acid (from the Latin word for the willow tree, Salix, from whose bark it can be obtained) is a beta hydroxy acid (BHA) with the formula CH(OH)COH, where the OH group is adjacent to the carboxyl group. This colorless crystalline organic...
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| Light therapy |
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Light therapy or phototherapy consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using lasers, LED, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full-spectrum light, for a prescribed amount of time and, in some cases, at a...
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| Riluzole |
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Drug |
Riluzole is a drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It delays the onset of ventilator-dependence or tracheostomy in selected patient and may increase survival by approximately two months.
It is marketed by Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc...
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| Physical therapy |
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Physical therapy, also known as Physiotherapy in many English speaking countries, provides services to individuals and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan. This includes...
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| Enucleation |
Enucleation is removal of the eye, leaving the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of different ocular tumor, in eyes that have suffered severe trauma, and in eyes that are blind...
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| Radiation therapy |
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Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cell (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis). Radiotherapy may be used...
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| Cryotherapy |
Cryotherapy is the use of cold in a variety of modalities to treat a medical condition.
Types include:
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| Newborn screening | Administered medical treatment |
Newborn screening is the process of testing newborn babies for treatable genetic, endocrinologic, metabolic and hematologic diseases. Robert Guthrie is given much of the credit for pioneering the earliest screening for phenylketonuria in the late...
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| Corticosteroid |
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Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormone that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate...
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| Immunosuppressive drug |
Immunosuppressive drugs, immunosuppressive agents, or immunosuppressants are drugs that inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system. They are used in immunosuppressive therapy to:
These drugs are not without side-effects and risks. Because the...
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| Dialectical behavioral therapy |
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a psychological method developed by Marsha M. Linehan to treat persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Research indicates its application to also be effective in treating patients who represent...
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| Ibogaine |
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Drug |
Ibogaine is a naturally-occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally in a member of the dogbane family known as iboga (Tabernanthe iboga). Ibogaine-containing preparations are used in medicinal and ritual purposes by...
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| Afloqualone |
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Drug |
Afloqualone (Arofuto) is an analogue of methaqualone developed in the 1980s in Japan. It has sedative and muscle relaxant effects, and has had some clinical use, although it causes photosensitization as a side effect which can cause skin problems...
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| Lotrel | Drug |
Amlodipine/benazepril, marketed in the U.S. as Lotrel by Novartis and manufactured as a generic drug by Teva, is an antihypertensive medication which combines a calcium channel blocker (amlodipine besylate) with an angiotensin converting enzyme...
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| Tarka | Drug |
Tarka is the brand name of an oral antihypertensive medication that combines a slow release formulation of verapamil hydrochloride, a calcium channel blocker, and an immediate release formulation of trandolapril, an ACE inhibtor. The patent, held by...
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| Cathinone |
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Cathinone (β-ketoamphetamine) is a monoamine alkaloid found in the shrub Catha edulis (Khat) and is chemically similar to ephedrine, cathine and other amphetamines. Amphetamine induces the release of dopamine from striatal preparations that are...
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| Dihydrocodeine |
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Drug |
Dihydrocodeine, also called DHC, Drocode, Paracodeine and Parzone and by the brand names of Synalgos DC, Panlor DC, Panlor SS, Contugesic, SS Bron, Drocode, Paracodin, Codidol, Didor Continus, Dicogesic, Codhydrine, Dekacodin, DH-Codeine, Didrate,...
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| Tramadol |
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Drug |
Tramadol (INN) is an atypical opioid which is a centrally acting analgesic, used for treating moderate to severe pain. It is a synthetic agent, and appears to have actions on the μ-opioid receptor as well as the noradrenergic and serotonergic...
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| Desogestrel | Drug |
Desogestrel is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives.
Third generation pills have been shown to resolve or to reduce acne and hirsutism. They are suitable for use in patients with diabetes or lipid disorders because they have minimal impact on...
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| Triazolam |
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Drug |
Triazolam (marketed under brand names Halcion, Novodorm, Songar) is a benzodiazepine derivative drug. It possesses pharmacological properties similar to that of other benzodiazepines, but it is generally only used as a sedative to treat insomnia....
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| Interferon-gamma |
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Drug |
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a dimer soluble cytokine that is the only member of the type II class of interferon. This interferon was originally called macrophage-activating factor.
The IFN-γ monomer consists of a core of six α-helices and an...
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| Emylcamate |
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Drug |
Emylcamate (marketed as Striatran by Merck) is an anxiolytic and muscle relaxant. It was patented in the US in 1961 (US Patent 2,972,564) and advertised for the treatment of anxiety and tension. It was claimed to be superior to meprobamate, which...
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| Metharbital |
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Metharbital was patented in 1905 by Emil Fischer working for Merck. It was marketed as Gemonil by Abbott Laboratories. It is a barbiturate anticonvulsant, used in the treatment of epilepsy. It has similar properties to phenobarbital.
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| Tenatoprazole |
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Tenatoprazole (rINN, also benatoprazole) is a novel proton pump inhibitor indicated for the treatment of reflux oesophagitis and peptic ulcer in Japan. Discovered by Mitsubishi Pharma, it is an imidazopyridine derivative and has an imidazopyridine...
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