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• Quinine
  ...]line [[alkaloid]] having [[antipyretic]] (fever-reducing), [[antimalarial drug|antimalarial]], [[analgesic]] (painkilling), [[anti-inflammatory]] properti ...ppearing in therapeutics in the 17th century. It remained the antimalarial drug of choice until the 1940s, when other drugs replaced it. Since then, many e
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• Mefloquine
  | excretion = Primarily bile and feces; urine (9% as unchanged drug, 4% as primary metabolite '''Mefloquine''' is an orally administered [[antimalarial drug]] used prophylactically against and as a treatment for [[malaria]]. It als
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• Chloroquine
  '''Chloroquine''' ({{pron-en|ˈklɔrəkwɪn}}) is a [[4-aminoquinoline]] drug used in the treatment or prevention of [[malaria]]. ==History==
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• Naloxone
  <!-- History, society and culture --> ...ass_name=%2804%2E2%2E%29Specific%20antidotes%3Cbr%3E|website=International Drug Price Indicator Guide|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>
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• Carbamazepine
  ...'CBZ''') is an [[anticonvulsant]] and [[mood stabilizer|mood stabilizing]] drug used primarily in the treatment of [[epilepsy]] and [[bipolar disorder]], a == History ==
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• Phenobarbital
  ...dium - usually 200&nbsp;mg/mL). The injectable form is used principally to control [[status epilepticus]], while the oral forms are used for prophylactic and | chapter = 4.8.1 Control of epilepsy
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• Phenytoin
  ==History== .... This was partially because [[Parke-Davis]] was reluctant to invest in a drug nearing the end of its patent life, and partially due to mixed results from
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• Praziquantel
  ...name="SCP">{{Cite web | author= The Carter Center| title="Schistosomiasis Control Program" | url=http://www.cartercenter.org/health/schistosomiasis/index.htm ==History==
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• Erythromycin
  == History == The antibiotic [[clarithromycin]] was invented by scientists at the Japanese drug company [[Taisho Pharmaceutical]] in the 1970s as a result of their efforts
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• Vancomycin
  ...|bacteria]]. It has traditionally been reserved as a [[drug of last resort|drug of "last resort"]], used only after treatment with other antibiotics had fa ==History==
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• Clofazimine
  ...] nodosum leprosum (ENL). (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1993, p1619). Drug is given as an alternative to patients who can not tolerate the effects of ==History==
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• Streptomycin
  | publisher = Drug Safety Site '''Streptomycin''' is an [[antibiotic]] drug, the first of a class of drugs called [[aminoglycoside]]s to be discovered,
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• Nevirapine
  ...on = [[Kidney|Renal]]: <6% (Parent drug) <br> [[Bile|Biliary]] <5% (Parent drug) As with other [[antiretroviral drug]]s, HIV rapidly develops resistance if nevirapine is used alone, so recomme
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• Lopinavir
  | legal_status = ℞-only <small>(U.S.)</small>, [[Prescription drug|POM]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small> '''Lopinavir''' ('''ABT-378''') is an [[Antiretroviral drug|antiretroviral]] of the [[Protease inhibitor (pharmacology)|protease inhibi
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• Ribavirin
  ...mes: Copegus, Rebetol, Ribasphere, Vilona and Virazole) is an [[anti-viral drug]] indicated for severe [[Human respiratory syncytial virus|RSV]] infection ...he drug is present, which can be as long as 6 months after a course of the drug has ended.
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• Codeine
  ...ies and inhibitory profiles of CYP2D6.1, CYP2D6.10, and CYP2D6.17 |journal=Drug Metab. Dispos. |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=1292–300 |year=2007 |month=Augu ==History==
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• Ketamine
  ...isoforms to N-demethylation of ketamine in human liver microsomes |journal=Drug Metabolism and Disposition |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=853–8 |year=2002 |m ...r=1999 |pmid=10551055 |pmc=2148883}}</ref> and is used as a [[recreational drug]].
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...a synthetic [[chemotherapeutic]] [[antibiotic]] of the [[fluoroquinolone]] drug class.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nelson | first1 = JM. | last2 = Chille ...ently, '''Proquin'''. In addition, ciprofloxacin is available as a generic drug under a variety of different brand names and is also available for limited
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• Azithromycin
  ...Rosenberg, WL Thacker, DF Talkington, SB Werner, DJ Vugia| title=Enhanced control of an outbreak of [[Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia]] with azithromycin pro == History ==
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• Metformin
  ...|[http://www.idf.org/webdata/docs/GGT2D%2009%20Oral%20therapy.pdf "Glucose control: oral therapy"]|100&nbsp;KB}}. In: ''[http://www.idf.org/Global_guideline G ...vels and is not associated with weight gain, and is the only anti-diabetic drug that has been conclusively shown to prevent the cardiovascular complication
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