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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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• Lidocaine
  ...a common [[local anesthetic]] and [[antiarrhythmic agent|antiarrhythmic]] drug. Lidocaine is used [[topical]]ly to relieve itching, burning and pain from ...en_1948">{{cite book|author=Nils Löfgren|title=Xylocaine: a new synthetic drug|address=Stockholm|year=1948|note=Inaugural Dissertation May 24th 1948}}</r
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• Naloxone
  ...ass_name=%2804%2E2%2E%29Specific%20antidotes%3Cbr%3E|website=International Drug Price Indicator Guide|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref> ...al|author=Lazarus P |title=Project Lazarus, Wilkes County, North Carolina: Policy Briefing Document Prepared for the North Carolina Medical Board in Advance
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• Zidovudine
  ...nalog reverse transcriptase inhibitor]] (NRTI), a type of [[antiretroviral drug]] used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. It is an [[analog (chemistry)|analog] ...c=health&res=9A0DE4D81F3CF933A1575AC0A960948260 | title = A Failure Led to Drug Against AIDS | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 1986-09-20 | accessda
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• Morphine
  {{About|the drug|other meanings|Morphine (disambiguation)}} '''[[Recreational drug use|Recreational]] uses:'''<br>
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• Temazepam
  ...mit the prescribing of hypnotics to two-to-four weeks due to concerns of [[drug tolerance|tolerance]] and [[physical dependence|dependence]].<ref name="tem ...e medication in an operational situation. [http://www.hep.afrl.af.mil/HEPF/Policy/approval.pdf]
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• Hemp
  {{About|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} ...ndustrial hemp production produce only minute amounts of this psychoactive drug, not enough for any physical or psychological effects. Typically, hemp cont
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• Cancer
  ...vaccine designed to prevent cancer available. In 2006, the [[U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] approved a [[human papilloma virus]] vaccine, called [[Gar ...ds are closely linked to current concepts of disease and [[public health]] policy. Over the past 50&nbsp;years, great efforts have been spent on gathering da
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  * radically improved formulation of [[drug]]s, diagnostics and organ replacement ...cial applications in the pharmaceutical industry that may include advanced drug delivery systems, new therapies, and [[in vivo]] imaging.<ref>[http://www.a
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• Personal health record
  *allergies and adverse drug reactions, ...al health information, some PHRs provide added-value services such as drug-drug interaction checking or electronic messaging between patients and providers
  45 KB (6,263 words) - 21:37, 20 September 2010
• Electronic health record
  .../display/article/1145628/1581538 EHRs, meaningful use, and a model EMR]. ''Drug Benefit Trends.'' May 2010;22(4):99-101.</ref> It is important to note that ...tremendously decrease medical errors: CPOE could eliminate 200,000 adverse drug events and save about $1 billion per year if installed in all hospitals.<re
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• Index of health articles
  - [[Over-the-counter drug]] - [[Pharmaceutical policy]]
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• List of fictional diseases
  ...dying. One of the Lords of Carlyle Industries, the concern that makes this drug, is killed in a car bombing, leaving his son Gregor Varnhelt to discover wh ...s originally meant to be a cure-all and [[geriatrics|age retarding]] super drug. Those infected by the virus gain some select powers of Jason Voorhees, inc
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  ...ng a [[dopamine]] release in the [[nucleus accumbens]]. The effects of the drug can be suppressed by the CB1 [[cannabinoid receptor]] antagonist [[rimonaba | journal = Current Drug Targets-Cns and Neurological Disorders-
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• Synthetic cannabis
  [[File:Spice drug.jpg|thumb|A bag of Spice]] ...2010}}. Although synthetic cannabis does not produce positive results in [[drug test]]s for cannabis, it is possible to detect its metabolites in human uri
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• Charas
  ...haffer/Library/studies/inhemp/5chapt14.htm CHAPTER XIV. THE POLICY OF HEMP DRUG ADMINISTRATION]</ref>. Charas plays an important and often integral role in ...wn to be a popular medium for police to extort money from consumers of the drug.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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• Cannabis
  {{About|the plant genus|use as a psychoactive drug in the genus|Cannabis (drug)}} ...ychoactive]] molecule that produces the "high" associated with [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]. The psychoactive product consists of dried flowers and leaves
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• Marijuana (word)
  ...ijuana'''", or "'''marihuana'''", etc., is a name for the drug [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], or for the [[cannabis]] plant from which it is made.<ref name= ...name=OED/> It has been suggested that it was promoted by opponents of the drug, who wanted to stigmatize it with a "foreign-sounding name".<ref name=histo
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa...is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States"[http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html] -- ...ailable in the United Kingdom (UK) | author = Matthew J. Atha (Independent Drug Monitoring Unit)}}</ref>
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• Cannabis reform at the international level
  ...ssistance that has so far not been forthcoming. Decisions to change global drug regulations are usually reached by informal consensus; without such agreeme ...belonged to the [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs]]. The international drug control bodies exert a powerful influence across the globe, preventing even
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