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• Carbamazepine
  ...[[CYP450]] inducer, may increase clearance of many drugs, decreasing their blood levels.<ref name="urleMedicine - Toxicity, Carbamazepine">{{cite web |url=h ...exacerbate preexisting cases of hypothyroidism, so yearly thyroid function tests are advisable for persons taking the drug.
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• Dapsone
  === Effects on the blood === ...e to dapsone. Med J Aust 1977; 2: 247–51.</ref> Abnormalities in [[white blood cell]] formation, including [[aplastic anaemia]], are rare but the cause of
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• Rifampicin
  ...ars) of users, for a few hours after a dose. Maximal concentrations in the blood are decreased by about a third when the antibiotic is taken with food. <ref ...stribution to the [[central nervous system]] and penetration through the [[blood-brain barrier]].
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• Isoniazid
  Adverse reactions include [[rash]], abnormal [[liver function tests]], [[hepatitis]], [[sideroblastic anemia]], [[high anion gap metabolic acid ...e effectiveness of isoniazid. However, slow acetylation may lead to higher blood concentrations with chronic administration of the drug, with an increased r
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• Fluconazole
  ...s, [[alopecia]], [[Stevens-Johnson syndrome]], [[thrombocytopenia]], other blood [[dyscrasia]]s, serious [[hepatotoxicity]] including [[hepatic failure]], [
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• Abacavir
  ...drogenase]] or [[glucuronyl transferase]]. It is capable of crossing the [[blood-brain barrier]]. ...ele and the selection of alternative therapy in positive subjects. Genetic tests for HLA-B*5701 are available and all patients should be screened for the HL
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• Lamivudine
  ...e zidovudine sensitivity of previously resistant HIV. Several mutagenicity tests show that lamivudine should not show [[mutagen]]ic activity in therapeutic
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• Efavirenz
  ...prenavir]], [[atazanavir]], or [[indinavir]] may need to be increased. The blood levels of [[saquinavir]] are dramatically lowered. This can result in incom *[[St John's wort]] and [[garlic]] supplements may decrease efavirenz blood levels.
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• Codeine
  ...represent yet another source of low levels of codeine in one's biofluids. Blood or plasma codeine concentrations are typically in the 50-300&nbsp;µg/L ran
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• Ketamine
  ...s, including [[analgesia]], [[anesthesia]], [[hallucination]]s, elevated [[blood pressure]], and [[bronchodilator|bronchodilation]].<ref>{{Cite book|author= ...ion equipment is not available. Ketamine tends to increase heart rate and blood pressure. Because ketamine tends to increase or maintain cardiac output, i
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• Valproic acid
  ...kept on the medication (usually at a reduced dose with more frequent blood tests) to avoid having to manipulate the drug regimen for as long as possible. ...l anomalies]]. Due to these side effects, most doctors will ask for blood tests, initially as often as once a week and then once every 2 months. Temporary
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• Activated carbon
  ...d over an adsorbent substance in order to remove toxic substances from the blood. ..., since adsorbing material can interact with many surfaces simultaneously. Tests of adsorption behaviour are usually done with [[nitrogen]] gas at 77 [[kelv
  41 KB (5,738 words) - 16:47, 27 September 2010
• Dopamine
  ...hich is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the [[blood-brain barrier]]. ...nucleus]] of the hypothalamus is secreted into the hypothalamo-hypophysial blood vessels of the [[median eminence]], which supply the [[pituitary gland]]. T
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• Aluminium hydroxide
  ...compound is also used to control [[phosphate]] (phosphorus) levels in the blood of people suffering from kidney failure. In addition, elevated aluminium levels in blood, resulting from kidney dialysis with well water containing high aluminium,
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• Cortisol
  ...ow level of blood glucocorticoids. Its primary functions are to increase [[blood sugar]] through gluconeogenesis, suppress the immune system, and aid in fat ...etion of adrenal corticotrophic hormone ([[ACTH]]); ACTH is carried by the blood to the adrenal cortex where it triggers glucocorticoid secretion.
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• Ibuprofen
  ...vasodilator, having been shown to dilate coronary arteries and some other blood vessels. Ibuprofen is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organizati ...may be useful in the treatment of severe [[orthostatic hypotension]] (low blood pressure when standing up).<ref name="PostgradMed1982-Zawada">{{Cite journa
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...flurane]]. It has a MAC ([[minimum alveolar concentration]]) of 105% and a blood:gas partition coefficient of 0.46. In behavioral tests of [[anxiety]], a low dose of N₂O is an effective anxiolytic, an
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• Mercury (element)
  Laboratory tests have found that an electrical discharge causes the [[noble gases]] to combi ...rm.org/details.cfm?ID=782|title=Two States Pass First-time Bans on Mercury Blood Pressure Devices|date=June 2, 2003|publisher=Health Care Without Harm|acces
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• Morphine
  *[[Hypotension]] or decreased [[blood pressure]] *[[Orthostatic hypotension]] or very low [[blood pressure]]
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• Ephedrine
  ...ral nervous system (''CNS'') is limited because ephedrine only crosses the blood-brain barrier weakly and not very efficiently. ...or]], but pseudoephedrine has considerably less effect. Both also increase blood pressure, with again pseudoephedrine being considerably less effective.
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