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• Basil
  ...herb prominently featured in Italian cuisine, and also plays a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The ...most common varieties of basil are treated as annuals, some are perennial in warm, tropical climates, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil.
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...es River on the edge of downtown Los Angeles, and follows ten cast members in an environment that simulates life after a global catastrophe.<ref>{{cite w ...ond season is scheduled to begin filming around April 2010. It will be set in Chalmette, Louisiana and is scheduled to be aired August 2010.<ref>http://d
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• Hydroelectric
  ...argest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power station]] in the world]] ...an installed capacity of 777 [[GWe]] supplied 2998 TWh of hydroelectricity in 2006.<ref>http://www.eia.doe.gov/ Energy Information Administration interna
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• Ivermectin
  ...he United States, Mectizan in Canada by [[Merck & Co.|Merck]] and Ivexterm in Mexico by [[Valeant Pharmaceuticals International]]. It is mainly used in humans in the treatment of [[onchocerciasis]], but is also effective against other wo
  10 KB (1,292 words) - 15:41, 27 September 2010
• 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
  27 KB (3,844 words) - 15:41, 27 September 2010
• 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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• Levamisole
  ...d neck cancer]]. The drug was withdrawn from the U.S. and Canadian markets in 2000 and 2003 respectively, due to the risk of serious side effects and the ...d as an [[adulterant]] in [[cocaine]] sold in the US and Canada, resulting in serious side effects.<ref name="mmwr">{{cite journal |author= |title=Agranu
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• Nitrofurantoin
  ...R''', '''Martifur-100''' (in India) and '''Urantoin'''. It is usually used in treating [[urinary tract infection]]. Like many other drugs, it is often u ...48">{{cite journal |author=Garau J |title=Other antimicrobials of interest in the era of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin an
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• Rifampicin
  ...years of attempts in order to obtain more stable semi-synthetic products, in 1959 a new molecule with high efficacy and good tolerability was produced a ...icin is also known as rifaldazine, R/AMP, rofact (in Canada), and rifampin in the United States. There are various types of rifamycins from which this is
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• Nevirapine
  ...adults and September 11, 1998 for children. It was also approved in Europe in 1997. Nevirapine falls in the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) class of antiret
  15 KB (2,090 words) - 15:45, 27 September 2010
• Diloxanide furoate
  | legal_status = Not approved <small>([[United States|US]], [[Canada|CA]])</small> '''Diloxanide furoate''' is an anti-protozoal drug used in the treatment of ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]''<ref name="pmid19332922">{{ci
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• Codeine
  ...oppy (''Papaver bractreatum''), and codeine is extracted from this species in some places although the below-mentioned morphine methylation process is st ...] found in the [[opium poppy]], ''Papaver somniferum var. album'', a plant in the [[papaveraceae]] family. Opium poppy has been cultivated and utilized t
  40 KB (5,581 words) - 15:45, 27 September 2010
• Ketamine
  ...tion of CYP3A4, CYP2B6, and CYP2C9 isoforms to N-demethylation of ketamine in human liver microsomes |journal=Drug Metabolism and Disposition |volume=30 ...|author=Bergman SA |title=Ketamine: review of its pharmacology and its use in pediatric anesthesia |journal=Anesthesia Progress |volume=46 |issue=1 |page
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...ecies and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. | journal = Clin Infect Dis | volume = 44 | issue = 7 | page ...r a variety of different brand names and is also available for limited use in [[veterinary medicine]].
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• Azithromycin
  ...ed from [[erythromycin]]; however, it differs chemically from erythromycin in that a [[methyl]]-substituted [[nitrogen]] [[atom]] is incorporated into th ...+ 4 days of 250 mg) may be used in some instances, particularly for strep in pediatric cases, for adults over 88 pounds, the PDR calls for five (5) days
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• Metformin
  ...oncerns still preclude its widespread use in this setting. It is also used in the treatment of [[polycystic ovary syndrome]] and has been investigated fo ...of Essential Medicines'']|612&nbsp;KB}}, 16^th edition, [[World Health Organization]], p. 24. Retrieved on 19 December 2009.</ref>
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• Valproic acid
  | excretion = Less than 3% excreted unchanged in urine. ...]] and [[mood stabilizer|mood-stabilizing]] [[medication|drug]], primarily in the treatment of [[epilepsy]], [[bipolar disorder]], and, less commonly, [[
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• Promethazine
  ...[[Canada]], [[Switzerland]], and many other countries, but by prescription in the [[United States]] (brand names '''Phenergan''', '''Promethegan''', '''R ...as the hydrochloride salt is freely soluble in water and somewhat soluble in alcohol. Promethazine is a [[chirality_(chemistry)|chiral]] compound, occur
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• Aspirin
  ...rction|heart attacks]], [[stroke]]s, and [[thrombus|blood clot]] formation in people at high risk for developing blood clots.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 1 ...F. Jencks| title = Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries : Patterns of Use and Outcomes| journal = Ci
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• Co-amoxiclav
  ...e]], a [[Beta-lactamase|β-lactamase]] inhibitor. This combination results in an antibiotic with an increased spectrum of action and restored efficacy ag ...n for the drug combination in 1979. {{Cite patent|US|4441609}} was granted in 1984. '''Augmentin''' is the original name used by its inventor ([[GlaxoSmi
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