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• Quinine
  ...effect in controlling shivering from [[rigors]], it was still a successful medicine for malaria. At the first opportunity, Salumbrino sent a small quantity to ...=2006-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal=[[New England Journal of Medicine|New Engl J Med]] | volume=353 | pages=335&ndash;337 | year=2005 | issue=4 |
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• Lidocaine
  ...hus fail to transmit an [[action potential]]. This creates the anaesthetic effect by not merely preventing pain signals from propagating to the brain but by * Serious [[adverse drug reaction]] to lidocaine or amide local anaesthetics
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• Dexamethasone
  ...of their antitumor treatment. Dexamethasone can augment the [[antiemetic]] effect of [[5-HT3 antagonist|5-HT₃ receptor antagonists]] like [[ondans ...sher=US Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |volume=USARIEM-TN94-2 |url=http://archive.rubico
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• Acetylcysteine
  ...ucosil) – inhaled for mucolytic therapy or ingested for nephroprotective effect (to protect the kidneys) ...ref>) very unpleasant taste and odour, and [[adverse drug reaction|adverse effect]]s (particularly nausea and vomiting). Studies conducted by Baker and Dilge
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• Phenytoin
  ...ush to see phenytoin evaluated for alternative uses has had little lasting effect on the medical community. This was partially because [[Parke-Davis]] was r According to the FDA's New Safety Information Identified by the [[Adverse Event Reporting System]] (AERS) Phenytoin Injection (Dilantin) has been ass
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• Clindamycin
  ...most frequent cause of [[pseudomembranous colitis]]). Although this [[side-effect]] occurs with almost all antibiotics, including [[beta-lactam antibiotic]]s ...ne in combination are also more effective than either drug alone, although adverse effects are more frequent;<ref name="Wolf">{{cite journal |author=Wolf JE,
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• Metronidazole
  | type of medicine = [[antibiotic]], [[antiprotozoal agent|antiprotozoal]] ...eduction usually happens only in anaerobic cells, it has relatively little effect upon human cells or [[aerobic bacteria]].<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Barry I. |
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• Co-trimoxazole
  | class2 = [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|Sulfonamide antibiotic]] (83.3%) ...le''' (abbreviated SXT, TMP-SMX, TMP-SMZ or TMP-sulfa) is a [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|sulfonamide]] [[antibiotic]] combination of [[trimethoprim]] and [[sulfame
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• Vancomycin
  ===Adverse effects=== Although vancomycin levels are usually monitored, in an effort to reduce adverse events, the value of this is not beyond debate.<ref>{{cite journal
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• Dapsone
  ...involved led to the discoveries both of dapsone and of the [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|antibacterial sulfonamides]].<ref name="urlLeprosy | 14 History of dapsone ...ase inhibition has also been suggested as a mechanism for a neuron-sparing effect in inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease and st
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• Rifampicin
  ==Adverse effects== The most serious [[Adverse drug reaction|adverse effect]] is related to rifampicin's [[hepatotoxicity]], and patients receiving rif
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• Pyrazinamide
  ...erculosis]]''. It is never used on its own. It has no other [[Indication (medicine)|indicated medical uses]]. In particular, it is not used to treat other [[m | title = Effect of pyrazinamide and probenecid on peritoneal urate transport kinetics durin
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• Streptomycin
  ...istered by regular [[intramuscular injection]]s. An adverse effect of this medicine is [[ototoxicity]], which can lead to hearing loss{{Citation needed|date=Ma * In [[veterinary medicine]], streptomycin is the first line antibiotic for use against [[gram negativ
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• Kanamycin
  Serious [[adverse effect (medicine)|side effect]]s include tinnitus or loss of hearing, [[toxicity to kidneys]], and [[alle
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• Fluconazole
  ...ies with [[enantiomer]] separation and associated variations in biological effect.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} A number of related compounds were found ...ons where other antifungals have failed or are not tolerated (e.g., due to adverse effects), including:<ref name="AMH2006">Rossi S, editor. [[Australian Medic
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• Potassium iodide
  ...ch then evaporates.<ref>Katarzyna Waszkowiak & Krystyna Szymandera-Buszka. Effect of storage conditions on potassium iodide stability in iodised table salt a Thyroid iodine uptake blockade with potassium iodide is used in [[nuclear medicine]] [[scintigraphy]] and therapy with some radioiodinated compounds that are
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• Aciclovir
  ...as awarded the 1988 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize in Medicine]], partly for the development of aciclovir. Dr. Richard Whitley, a [[Univer An earlier review of scientific literature showed that there is some effect in reducing the number and duration of lesions if aciclovir is applied at a
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• Codeine
  ...e|6-methylmorphine]]) is an [[opiate]] used for its [[analgesic]], [[Cough medicine|antitussive]], and [[Antidiarrhoeal|antidiarrheal]] properties. Codeine is ...hence further metabolism to glucuronide morphine conjugates) does have an effect on the abuse potential of codeine.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1097/00004714-
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• Atropine
  ...to Greek mythology, chose how a person was to die. Atropine is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medic [[Injection (medicine)|Injection]]s of atropine are used in the treatment of [[bradycardia]] (an
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• Ketamine
  ...[Intravenous therapy|IV]], [[Intramuscular injection|IM]], [[Insufflation (medicine)|Insufflate]]d, oral, [[topical]] '''Ketamine''' is a [[drug]] used in human and [[veterinary medicine]] developed by [[Parke-Davis]] (today a part of [[Pfizer]]) in 1962. Its [[
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