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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  ...ones2009"/> Used extensively by the [[Mexican Army|army]] in the [[Mexican drug war]].
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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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• Chloroquine
  '''Chloroquine''' ({{pron-en|ˈklɔrəkwɪn}}) is a [[4-aminoquinoline]] drug used in the treatment or prevention of [[malaria]]. ...quivocally that CQ has a significant therapeutic value as an anti-malarial drug. It was introduced into clinical practice in 1947 for the prophylactic trea
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• Dexamethasone
  ...eroid]] drugs. It acts as an [[anti-inflammatory]] and [[immunosuppressive drug|immunosuppressant]]. It is 20 to 30 times more potent than the naturally oc ...g [[chemotherapy]] are given Dexamethasone to counteract certain [[Adverse drug reaction|side-effects]] of their antitumor treatment. Dexamethasone can aug
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• Prednisolone
  Prednisolone is a [[corticosteroid]] drug with predominantly [[glucocorticoid]] and low [[mineralocorticoid]] activit It can also be used as an [[immunosuppressive]] drug for [[organ transplants]] and in cases of adrenal insufficiency ([[Addison'
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• Levamisole
  .../ |title=Janssen discontinues Ergamisol |last=Frederick |first=James |work=Drug Store News |date=November 27, 2000 |accessdate=2009-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cit ...s other adulterants will produce smaller "rocks" of cocaine) and makes the drug appear more pure<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/contaminat
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• Niclosamide
  ...also used as a [[piscicide]].It is stressed that while anthelmintics are a drug family used to treat worm infections, Niclosamide is used specifically to t {{antiinfective-drug-stub}}
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• Gentamicin
  ...must be collected for many days to recover all of a given dose because the drug binds avidly to certain tissues. ...s]]''.<ref>[http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/gentamicin.html Gentamicin: Drug Information Provided by Lexi-Comp: Merck Manual Professional]</ref> Gentami
  9 KB (1,199 words) - 16:43, 27 September 2010
• Metronidazole
  ...exicomp/metronidazole.html Merck Manual for Professionals]</ref> It is the drug of choice for first episodes of mild-to-moderate ''[[Clostridium difficile] *''[[Helicobacter pylori]]'' eradication therapy, as part of a multi-drug regimen in [[peptic ulcer disease]]
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• Isoniazid
  ...maceutical companies attempted unsuccessfully to simultaneously patent the drug<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Lancet|volume=373|issue=9670|pages=1148&ndash;11 ...e enzyme responsible for acetylation, so that some patients metabolize the drug more quickly than others. Hence, the [[half-life]] is [[Bimodal distributi
  12 KB (1,566 words) - 16:43, 27 September 2010
• Potassium iodide
  ...tment of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER); December, 2001.</ref> as a prophylactic mea ...hyroid cancer caused by irradiation.<ref name="FDA Talk Paper">US Food and Drug Administration, FDA Talk Paper: Guidance on
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• Abacavir
  ...DA) on December 18, 1998 and is thus the fifteenth approved antiretroviral drug in the United States. Its patent expired in the United States on 2009-12-2 ...ts negative for HLA-B*5701.<ref name="fda08242008">http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/InfoSheets/HCP/abacavirHCP.htm FDA abacavir alert web access July 29, 2008<
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• Lamivudine
  ...tually led to the first oral antiviral agent for the treatment of HBV. The drug was later licensed to the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo by Biochem P ...d again in 2002 as a once-a-day dosed medication. The fifth antiretroviral drug on the market, it was the last NRTI for three years while the approval proc
  9 KB (1,248 words) - 16:44, 27 September 2010
• 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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• 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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• Metformin
  ...in the [[biguanide]] class. It is the [[first-line treatment|first-line]] drug of choice for the treatment of [[diabetes mellitus type 2|type 2 diabetes]] ...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
  66 KB (8,976 words) - 16:47, 27 September 2010
• Valproic acid
  ...n [[anticonvulsant]] and [[mood stabilizer|mood-stabilizing]] [[medication|drug]], primarily in the treatment of [[epilepsy]], [[bipolar disorder]], and, l ...in 1967 in France and has become the most widely prescribed antiepileptic drug worldwide.<ref>Perucca E. Pharmacological and therapeutic properties of val
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• Activated carbon
  ...or adults, give 50–100 g), usually given only once, but depending on the drug taken, it may be given more than once. In rare situations activated charcoa ...of activated charcoal are used in many countries as an [[over-the-counter drug]] to treat [[diarrhea]], [[indigestion]], and [[flatulence]].<ref name="ste
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• Aspirin
  ...l-sal-i|SIL|ik}}, abbreviated '''ASA'''), is a [[salicylate]] [[medication|drug]], often used as an [[analgesic]] to relieve minor aches and pains, as an [ Aspirin also has an [[Antiplatelet drug|antiplatelet]] effect by inhibiting the production of [[thromboxane]], whic
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• Co-amoxiclav
  ...aceutical company)|Beecham]], which filed for US patent protection for the drug combination in 1979. {{Cite patent|US|4441609}} was granted in 1984. '''Aug
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