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• Quinine
  ...This practice is now considered dubious by the FDA<ref>http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm218202 As with other quinoline anti-malarial drugs, the action of quinine has not been fully resolved. The most widely accept
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• Naloxone
  | Drugs.com = {{drugs.com|monograph|naloxone-hydrochloride}} ...until the desired effect is reached.<!-- <ref name=AHFS2015/> --> In those with previous heart disease, further heart problems have occurred.<ref name=AHFS
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• Doxycycline
  ...ular rosacea. Signs, symptoms, and tear studies before and after treatment with doxycycline |journal=Arch Dermatol |volume=133 |issue=1 |pages=49–54 |yea It can be used in a treatment plan in combination with other agents, such as [[quinine]].<ref name="pmid17215045">{{cite journal |
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• Metronidazole
  ...er the same tradename '''Flagyl''', in '''Pakistan''' it is also available with the brand name of '''Nidagyl''' manufactured and marketed by '''Star Labora ...]. Once taken up by anaerobes, it is non-enzymatically reduced by reacting with reduced [[ferredoxin]], which is generated by pyruvate oxido-reductase. Thi
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• Aciclovir
  ...Zovir'' ([[GlaxoSmithKline|GSK]]). One of the most commonly-used antiviral drugs, it is primarily used for the treatment of [[herpes simplex virus]] infecti ...ral activity, pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic efficacy |journal=Drugs |year=1989 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=233–309 |pmid=2653790 |author=O'Bri
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• Stavudine
  ...udine triphosphate inhibits the HIV [[reverse transcriptase]] by competing with natural substrate, thymidine triphosphate. It also causes termination of [ ...nhibit the intracellular [[phosphorylation]] of stavudine. Other anti-HIV drugs do not possess this property.
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• Nevirapine
  As with other [[antiretroviral drug]]s, HIV rapidly develops resistance if nevirapi ...ed after nevirapine treatment are Y181C and K103N, which are also observed with other NNRTIs.<ref name="PInfo">[http://bidocs.boehringer-ingelheim.com/BIWe
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...uinolone|fluoroquinolone]] antibacterial. It kills bacteria by interfering with the enzymes that cause DNA to rewind after being copied, which stops DNA an Ciprofloxacin is marketed worldwide with over three hundred different brand names. In the United States, Canada, and
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• Metformin
  ...mall>(with&nbsp;[[sitagliptin]])</small><br/>{{ATC|A10|BD08}}&nbsp;<small>(with&nbsp;[[vildagliptin]])</small> ...s]], particularly in [[overweight]] and [[obesity|obese]] people and those with normal kidney function.<ref>Clinical Guidelines Task Force, [[International
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• Valproic acid
  Related drugs include the sodium salts [[sodium valproate]], used as an anticonvulsant, a ...perties of valproate: a summary after 35 years of clinical experience. CNS Drugs 2002; 16:695–714.</ref> Valproic acid has also been used for migraine pro
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• Fluoxetine
  '''Fluoxetine''' (trade names: '''Prozac''', '''Sarafem''', or in combination with [[olanzapine]] as '''[[Symbyax]]''') is an [[antidepressant]] of the [[sele ...com/drugtopics/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=491207 | title = Top 200 Brand Drugs by Units in 2007| accessdate = 2008-03-30 | author = Verispan|date = 2008-0
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• List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
  =====Combination drugs===== * [[Hydralazine]] (for acute, severe [[pregnancy-induced hypertension]] only)
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• Azathioprine
  Azathioprine [[purine synthesis inhibitor|interferes with the synthesis of purines]] (adenine and guanine), which is required for DNA ...less toxic replacement for 6-mercaptopurine. For many years, dual therapy with azathioprine and steroids was the standard anti-rejection regime, until [[c
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• Zidovudine
  ...Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care s ...e expected human analogs of these avian viruses, and then develop suitable drugs to kill them and produce a universal cure for cancer. These efforts eventua
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• Paracetamol
  ....sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/106/index.html ''Control of Pain in Adults with Cancer'' Sign Guidelines '''106''' Section 6.1 and 7.1.1].</ref> The onset ...s, up to {{nowrap|2,000 mg per day}} if drinking alcohol),<ref>[http://www.drugs.com/acetaminophen.html Acetaminophen]</ref> acute [[overdose]]s of paraceta
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• Ephedrine
  ...ncentration aid, [[decongestant]], and to treat [[hypotension]] associated with anaesthesia. ..., giving rise to four [[diastereomer]]s. By convention the [[enantiomer]]s with opposite stereochemistry around the chiral centres (1R,2S and 1S,2R) are de
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• Diazepam
  ...Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care s ...zepine drugs such as diazepam initially had widespread public support, but with time the view changed to one of growing criticism and calls for restriction
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• Temazepam
  ...[hypnotics]] on the market and it became one of the most widely prescribed drugs. ...on per os of 30 mg camazepam and the same dose of temazepam, were compared with placebo in 8 young male volunteers.... |first2=V |first3=F |first4=G |first
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...arbon monoxide is a product of [[incomplete combustion]] of organic matter with insufficient [[oxygen]] supply to enable complete oxidation to carbon dioxi ...ss]]. Carbon monoxide mainly causes adverse effects in humans by combining with [[hemoglobin]] to form [[carboxyhemoglobin]] (HbCO) in the blood. This prev
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• Cancer
  ...or]] but some, like [[leukemia]], do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is [[oncology]]. Cancer affects people at all ages with the risk for most types increasing with age.<ref name="Cancer Research UK">{{cite web | last =Cancer Research UK |
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