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...contains 0.01% [[thymol]] as a stabilising agent. Halothane is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medic ...gents became popular. Halothane retains some use in [[veterinary medicine|veterinary]] [[surgery]] and in the [[Third World]] because of its lower cost.

...blindness]] (onchocerciasis) in the [[Americas]] and stop [[transmission (medicine)|transmission]] of [[lymphatic filariasis]] and onchocerciasis around the w ===Veterinary use===

...heniramine is one of the most commonly used antihistamines in small-animal veterinary practice as well. Although not generally approved as an [[antidepressant]] ...y: A Personal View With an Emphasis on Antidepressants]''. ''Psychosomatic Medicine'' 1999; 61:591-598.</ref> however the literature is not consistent in this

...sher=US Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |volume=USARIEM-TN94-2 |url=http://archive.rubico Annals of Internal Medicine [http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/146/8/615.pdf PDF]</ref>

...rand Mal) in [[developing country|developing countries]]. It is a ''core'' medicine in the [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines]], which is a list of minimu ==Veterinary uses==

Currently, levamisole remains in [[veterinary medicine|veterinary]] use as a [[dewormer]] for livestock. The medication has also been increas ...humans and animals. Most current commercial preparations are intended for veterinary use as a [[Deworming|dewormer]] in cattle, pigs, and sheep. However, levam

| legal_status = U.S.: Rx-only (human use), over-the-counter (veterinary use)[http://www.farnampet.com/press_releases.php?id=100674] ...s not licensed for use in humans in the UK; it is, however, available as a veterinary anthelmintic, and is available for use in humans on a named-patient basis.

...hicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |journal=[[New England Journal of Medicine|N Engl J Med]] |volume=357 |issue=4 |pages=380–90 |year=2007 |pmid=176526 == Veterinary use==

| type of medicine = [[antibiotic]], [[antiprotozoal agent|antiprotozoal]] ...ng C. difficile, metronidazole is banned in the [[EU]] and the [[USA]] for veterinary use in the feed of animals and is banned for use in any food animals in the

...istered by regular [[intramuscular injection]]s. An adverse effect of this medicine is [[ototoxicity]], which can lead to hearing loss{{Citation needed|date=Ma * In [[veterinary medicine]], streptomycin is the first line antibiotic for use against [[gram negativ

...ration in water. Sodium nitrite also has been used in human and veterinary medicine as a [[vasodilator]], a [[bronchodilator]], and an [[antidote]] for [[cyani ...rst4 = R. G. | journal = American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | volume = 175 | issue = 8 | pages = 798}}</ref>

...[Intravenous therapy|IV]], [[Intramuscular injection|IM]], [[Insufflation (medicine)|Insufflate]]d, oral, [[topical]] '''Ketamine''' is a [[drug]] used in human and [[veterinary medicine]] developed by [[Parke-Davis]] (today a part of [[Pfizer]]) in 1962. Its [[

...ifferent brand names and is also available for limited use in [[veterinary medicine]]. ...on]] (FDA) in 1987. Ciprofloxacin has 12 FDA-approved human uses and other veterinary uses, but it is often used for non-approved uses (off-label). Ciprofloxacin

...ial child killers', January 12, 2007, Reuters.</ref> Thiopental is a core medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medic ...gesia |accessdate=2007-08-05 |publisher=[[University of Virginia School of Medicine]]}}</ref>

...officinalis|French lilac]] (''Galega officinalis''), a plant used in folk medicine for several centuries.<ref name = Witters>{{vcite journal |author=Witters L ...litus: systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=[[Archives of Internal Medicine|Arch Intern Med]] |volume=163 |issue=21 |pages=2594–602 |year=2003 |pmid=

...ans Administration Cooperative Study| journal = The New England journal of medicine| date = 1983-08-18| pmid = 6135989}}</ref> It has also been established tha ...e and reduced risk of fatal colon cancer |journal=[[New England Journal of Medicine|N Engl J Med]] |volume=325 |issue=23 |pages=1593–6 |year=1991 |pmid=16698

...Anæsthesia: Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford|work=Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, May 1933; v.5, n.5, p.421–430|year=1933}}</ref> In the following weeks, ===In medicine===

...Hoboken, N.J.}}</ref> Overshadowed in part by [[aspirin]], introduced into medicine by [[Heinrich Dreser]] in 1899, phenacetin was popular for many decades, pa ...on with other pharmaceutical agents.<ref name=badmed>{{cite book|title=Bad Medicine: The Prescription Drug Industry in the Third World|author = Milton Silverma

...azepam|work=Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)|publisher= National Library of Medicine|accessdate= 2006-03-10}}</ref> It possesses [[anxiolytic]], [[anticonvulsan ...tively low toxicity in overdose.<ref name="Riss-2008"/> Diazepam is a core medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medic

===Medicine=== ...tetraacetic-acid-000302.htm|title=Home > Medical Reference > Complementary Medicine > EDTA overview|work=University of Maryland Medical Center|accessdate=16 De

...vulsant]] drugs such as a [[benzodiazepine]]. High doses of anticonvulsant medicine are often required to halt seizure activity and further medical care includ ...National Data Collection System |journal=The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=461–509 |year=1991 |month=September |pmid=18633

It has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. Before the [[Middle Ages]], it was used as an [[Anes ...ef name="harris">{{cite book | title=The Homoeopathic Vade Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery: For the Use of Junior Practitioners, Students, Clergymen, Miss

Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Br J Pharmacol. 2006 Oct;149(4):4 * [http://www.jaaha.org/cgi/reprint/37/3/218.pdf Reprinted article on veterinary use]

...rim CM |chapter=Principles of sedation, analgesia and premedication |title=Veterinary anaesthesia |publisher=W.B. Saunders |location=Philadelphia |year=2001 |pag

| legal_status = Veterinary Use ...three doses of romifidine in comparison with medetomidine in five cats. ''Veterinary Record''. 2008 Jan 19;162(3):82-7. PMID 18204032</ref> It is not used in hu

...also.<ref>Veterinary Residues Committee. Annual Report on Surveillance for Veterinary Residues in Food in the UK for 2001, 2002, and 2003. http://www.vet-residue [[Category:Veterinary medicine]]

| legal_status = Veterinary use only ...e product name '''Domitor'''. Other alpha-two agonists used in veterinary medicine include [[xylazine]] and [[detomidine]], but their use is less common in sm

...r drug|over-the-counter]] [[cough and cold preparation]]s. In [[veterinary medicine]], it is used to control [[urinary incontinence]] in dogs under [[trade nam ...t clear which isomer is to blame. A study at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1999 had produced similar results.[http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/0

...] and [[enteroviral]] infections.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice |last=Marx |first=John |authorlink= |coauth ...sickness behavior: a brief chronological account of four key discoveries". Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 87: 443-450 {{PMID|12072271}}</ref><ref>Kel

...s of 10% infection rate,<ref>Aodhán S Breathnacha, Nosocomial infections, Medicine, 2005: 33, 22-26</ref> with 8.2% estimated in 2006.<ref>Press release for ...ate 3 hygiene protocols on the reduction of bacterial load on the hands of veterinary staff performing routine equine physical examinations |journal=Can. Vet. J.

...e Ready? Workshop Summary (2005)] Full text of online book by INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES</ref><ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no1 ..._no_dtd&restrict=sitewide Avian Influenza information] AVMA - The American Veterinary Medical Association.

...ur kit]]", is often advocated by authorities. These kits may include food, medicine, flashlights, candles and money. ...ipation in emergency response was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, it had two sections of questions for a professional to

...in New Zealand, with influence in the Asia/Pacific region<ref>Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health, vol 20 no 1, 1996, page 10</ref>. He was Director of Public ...ng this time that he developed his interest in Occupational and Preventive Medicine.<br />

...ic and animal health. Aimed at facilitating trade, the practical effect of veterinary equivalency is that each country’s individual products and facilities wil Veterinary equivalency has been a contentious issue for the United States and [[Europe

===Medicine=== ...tetraacetic-acid-000302.htm|title=Home > Medical Reference > Complementary Medicine > EDTA overview|work=University of Maryland Medical Center|accessdate=16 De

...in dogs.<ref>{{cite web | title = Rabies: Introduction | work = The Merck Veterinary Manual | year = 2006 | url = http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cf ...er, G.R.; Wise, D.J.|year=2005|title=Parvoviridae|work=A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology| url=http://www.ivis.org/advances/carter/Part2Chap9/chapter.asp?LA

...ffective when added to other antiseizure drugs). In 2002, an [[indication (medicine)|indication]] was added for treating [[postherpetic neuralgia]] (neuropathi ...bt on clinical studies of Neurontin appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine last year."

...ttenfeld et al. (1997) Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine</ref> to up to 100&nbsp;mg (high dose)<ref name="Johnson">Rolley Johnson '' ...in [[dogs]]. A solution for injection is made available for the British [[veterinary]] market by Alstoe Animal Health under the trade name '''Vetergesic'''.

...nyl with an analgesic potency 10,000 times that of morphine and is used in veterinary practice to immobilize certain large animals such as elephants. ...sion and sedation with transdermal fentanyl: four case studies. Palliative Medicine, 2003; 17: 714-716.</ref> In 2006 the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]

...[[ketamine]] (a dissociative anaesthetic, also M.O.A+.), [[tiletamine]] (a veterinary anaesthetic) and [[ibogaine]] (from the African tree [[Tabernanthe iboga]], ...diseases: the official journal of the ASAM, American Society of Addiction Medicine |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=5–26 |year=1994 |pmid=8018740 |doi=}}</ref><re

| routes_of_administration= [[Smoking|Smoked]], [[Insufflation (medicine)|Insufflate]]d, [[Pill (pharmacy)|Oral]]}} ...en the [[trade name]] ''Sernylan'' and marketed as a [[veterinary medicine|veterinary]] anesthetic, but was again discontinued. Its side effects and long [[Biolo

....1111/j.1365-2885.2004.00608.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jvp|work=Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics}}</ref> ...neric drug|generic]] labels. Dextromethorphan has also found other uses in medicine, ranging from [[pain relief]] to [[psychological]] applications. It is sold

...ntravenous]]ly. It should not be given [[intramuscular]]ly or [[Injection (medicine)|injected]] in any place other than a [[vein]], as it can cause tissue dama ...]]. The medicine should be given in a paste form to avoid contact with the medicine. Never breathe powder from crushing tablets.

==Veterinary use== ...he brand name Metacam, meloxicam is also used in the [[veterinary medicine|veterinary]] field, most commonly in dogs, but also sees [[off-label use]] in other an

| legal_status = Prescription-only medicine | routes_of_administration = Oral, topical, intravenous (veterinary use)

It is also used in [[veterinary medicine]] to treat certain [[neoplasia|neoplasias]] expressing [[cyclooxygenase]] (

...pyretics: mechanisms of action and clinical use in fever suppresion. AJ of Medicine [internet]. 2001 Sep [cited 2010 Jan 31]; 111(4):[about 1p]. Available from ...160 |issue=6 |pages=777–84 |issn=0003-9926 |journal=Archives of internal medicine |url=http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10737277 |f

...] and has similar [[sedative]] effects. It is still used in [[veterinary]] medicine for inducing [[surgical]] [[anaesthesia]].

...nd [[procedural sedation]]. Propofol is also commonly used in [[veterinary medicine]]. Propofol is approved for use in more than 50 countries, and [[generic dr ...mergency department procedural sedation with propofol. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007 Aug;50(2):182–7, 187.e1. Epub 2007 Feb 23.</ref> Due to its [[amnes

====Veterinary use==== In veterinary medicine it is used externally to kill maggots in wounds.

...d a [[Master's Degree]] in [[radiation biology]] by the Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry at the [[University of Rochester]]. His terminal degree was o

...Warfare''], (Series: [[Textbook of Military Medicine|Textbooks of Military Medicine]]), [[Washington, DC]]: The [[Borden Institute]], pg 457.</ref>: ...han 100), typically found at [[state health department]]s and at military, veterinary, agricultural, and water-testing facilities, can rule on the presence of th

The disease is more common in developing countries without widespread veterinary or human public health programs. ...entury of inhalational anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine; 144(4): 270–80.</ref> Distinguishing pulmonary anthrax from more common