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• Quinine
  | legal_status = quinine is now banned in Australia unless specifically for Malaria due to its tendency to kill blood Though it has been [[Quinine#Synthetic_quinine|synthesized]] in the lab, the bark of the [[cinchona]] tree is the only known natural source
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• Naloxone
  ...<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bosack|first1=Robert|title=Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118828625| ...be given until the desired effect is reached.<!-- <ref name=AHFS2015/> --> In those with previous heart disease, further heart problems have occurred.<re
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• Phenobarbital
  |title=Phenobarbital for the treatment of epilepsy in the 21st century: a critical review ...in [[developing country|developing countries]]. It is a ''core'' medicine in the [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines]], which is a list of minimum m
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• Doxycycline
  ...tration (United States)|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) approval in 1967, becoming Pfizer's first once-a-day broad-spectrum antibiotic. Other b ...Tervahartiala T, ''et al.'' |title=Tear fluid levels of MMP-8 are elevated in ocular rosacea--treatment effect of oral doxycycline |journal=Graefes Arch.
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• Metronidazole
  | type of medicine = [[antibiotic]], [[antiprotozoal agent|antiprotozoal]] ...ame of '''Nidagyl''' manufactured and marketed by '''Star Laboratories'''. In Thailand it is marketed as '''Mepagyl''' by Thai Nakhorn Patana.
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• Potassium iodide
  ...r = 2 g/100 mL (ethanol) <br> soluble in [[acetone]] <br> slightly soluble in [[ether]], [[ammonia]] ...[iodine]].<ref name=Ullmann>Phyllis A. Lyday "Iodine and Iodine Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim</
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• Ketamine
  ...tion of CYP3A4, CYP2B6, and CYP2C9 isoforms to N-demethylation of ketamine in human liver microsomes |journal=Drug Metabolism and Disposition |volume=30 ...[Intravenous therapy|IV]], [[Intramuscular injection|IM]], [[Insufflation (medicine)|Insufflate]]d, oral, [[topical]]
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...tant Campylobacter species and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. | journal = Clin Infect Dis | volum ...ifferent brand names and is also available for limited use in [[veterinary medicine]].
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• Activated carbon
  ...e of microporosity, just 1 [[gram]] of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of 500&nbsp;m² (about one tenth the size of a football fi ...at temperatures in the range 600&ndash;900 °C, in absence of air (usually in inert atmosphere with gases like [[argon]] or [[nitrogen]])
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• Aspirin
  ...ion|heart attacks]], [[stroke]]s, and [[thrombus|blood clot]] formation in people at high risk for developing blood clots.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1056/ ...F. Jencks| title = Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries : Patterns of Use and Outcomes| journal = Ci
  78 KB (10,918 words) - 15:52, 27 September 2010
• Dopamine
  ...ine D5 receptor|D₅]]—and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the [[substantia nigra]] and the [[ve ...affect the [[central nervous system]]. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as [[Parkinson's disease]] and do
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• Potassium chloride
  ...r = soluble in [[ether]], [[glycerol]], [[alkali]]es <br> slightly soluble in [[alcohol]] ...lethal injection]]. It occurs naturally as the [[mineral]] [[sylvite]] and in combination with [[sodium chloride]] as [[sylvinite]].
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• Mercury (element)
  Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as [[cinnabar]] ([[mercuric sulfide]]) ...ration]]. It is used in lighting: electricity passed through mercury vapor in a phosphor tube produces short-wave [[ultraviolet light]] which then causes
  69 KB (10,077 words) - 20:35, 20 September 2010
• Morphine
  | routes_of_administration = [[Inhalation]] ([[smoking]]), [[Insufflation (medicine)|insufflation]] ([[snorting]]), [[oral]], [[rectal]], [[subcutaneous]] (S.C *[[Faintness]] or [[Syncope (medicine)|syncope]]
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• Paracetamol
  ...cite journal | doi = 10.1021/je990124v | title = Solubility of Paracetamol in Pure Solvents | author = Roger A. Granberg and Åke C. Rasmuson | url = htt ...http://www.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
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• Diazepam
  ...azepam|work=Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)|publisher= National Library of Medicine|accessdate= 2006-03-10}}</ref> It possesses [[anxiolytic]], [[anticonvulsan ...[[paradoxical effects]] such as excitement, rage or worsening of seizures in epileptics. Benzodiazepines also can cause or worsen [[Major depression|dep
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• Aconitum
  ...iefly natives of the mountainous parts of the northern hemisphere, growing in moisture retentive but well draining [[soil]]s on mountain meadows. Their [ ...cal helmet; hence the English name monkshood. There are 2–10 [[petal]]s, in the form of nectaries. The two upper petals are large. They are placed unde
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• Nerium oleander
  |image_caption = ''Nerium oleander'' in flower ...isonous of commonly grown garden plants, and can be very toxic if ingested in sufficient quantity.
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• Temazepam
  ...tional Abuse: Intravenous (IV), Intramuscular (IM), Insufflated, Sprinkled in ethanol, smoked ...ref>{{cite journal |author=Fuccella LM |title=Bioavailability of temazepam in soft gelatin capsules |journal=Br J Clin Pharmacol |volume=8 |issue=1 |page
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ritannica'' became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually reprinted and every article updated ...up> edition, ''Index'' preface}}</ref> Although publication has been based in the United States since 1901, the ''Britannica'' has maintained [[American
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