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• Ribavirin
  ...little if any clinical usefulness against HIV, and it can greatly increase blood levels and also toxicity of the HIV antiviral didanosine (ddI, Videx). Othe ...ellular mRNAs, causing poor cellular translation of these. This would be a cell-toxic effect, but it does not seem to be important at therapeutic ribavirin
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• Sodium nitrite
  ...s ongoing to investigate its applicability towards treatments for [[sickle cell anemia]], cyanide poisoning, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]s, [[bra ...t react with biological [[nucleophile]]s (such as DNA or an enzyme) in the cell.
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• Ketamine
  ...s, including [[analgesia]], [[anesthesia]], [[hallucination]]s, elevated [[blood pressure]], and [[bronchodilator|bronchodilation]].<ref>{{Cite book|author= ...ion equipment is not available. Ketamine tends to increase heart rate and blood pressure. Because ketamine tends to increase or maintain cardiac output, i
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...72}}</ref> enzymes necessary to separate bacterial DNA, thereby inhibiting cell division. This mechanism can also affect mammalian cell replication. In particular, some congeners of this drug family (for example
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• Metformin
  ...ed alone. [[Lactic acidosis]] (a buildup of [[lactic acid|lactate]] in the blood) can be a serious concern in [[overdose]] and when it is prescribed to peop ...was rekindled in the late 1940s after several reports that it could reduce blood sugar levels in people, and in 1957, French physician Jean Sterne published
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• Valproic acid
  ...d then stop the virus, whilst the immune system could destroy the infected cell. Flushing out all latent virus in this manner would potentially cure HIV pa ...proic acid induces non-apoptotic cell death mechanisms in multiple myeloma cell lines. | journal = [[Int J Oncol.|International Journal of Oncology]] | vol
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• Promethazine
  ...re. (typically in cases when patient is already taking medication for high blood pressure) ...er at least 10-15min. Rapid administration may produce a transient fall in blood pressure.
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• Activated carbon
  ...d over an adsorbent substance in order to remove toxic substances from the blood. ...ed charcoal is used in Intensive Care to filter out harmful drugs from the blood stream of poisoned patients. Activated charcoal has become the treatment of
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• Methyldopa
  * [[High blood pressure]] (HBP) or [[hypertension]] (HTN) ...ransmission]] in the [[peripheral nervous system]]. This effect may lower blood pressure and cause [[central nervous system]] effects such as [[clinical de
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• Digoxin
  ...is just slightly increased. Overall, the heart rate is decreased, while [[blood pressure]] increases as the stroke volume is increased, leading to increase Digoxin also affects the [[kidney]] by increased renal blood flow and increased [[glomerular filtration rate|GFR]]. A mild [[diuretic]]
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• Dopamine
  ...hich is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the [[blood-brain barrier]]. ...nucleus]] of the hypothalamus is secreted into the hypothalamo-hypophysial blood vessels of the [[median eminence]], which supply the [[pituitary gland]]. T
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• Acetazolamide
  ...excrete bicarbonate (HCO₃^-), thus re-acidifying the blood. ...> backs up due to acetazolamide CA inhibition in the tubule and enters the cell with Cl^-, then passes into the bloodstream, creating a hyperchlo
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• Acetic acid
  ...s kept at a low level to avoid disrupting the control of the [[pH]] of the cell contents. Unlike longer-chain carboxylic acids (the [[fatty acids]]), aceti ...manual [[white blood cell]] counts. Another clinical use is for lysing red blood cells, which can obscure other important constituents in urine during a mic
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• Azathioprine
  ...in themselves increase the risks of [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]], [[squamous cell carcinoma]]s of the skin, [[Cholangiocarcinoma|hepatobiliary carcinomas]] a Under FDA rules, this drug, like many others, excludes eligibility for blood donation.
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• Magnesium hydroxide
  ...p>+</sup> [[ion]]s produced in the form of hydrochloric acid by [[parietal cell]]s in the [[stomach]] to produce water. ...uch would wear out the kidney and lead to toxic levels of magnesium in the blood. Healthy individuals should not use this type of medication continuously fo
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• Aluminium hydroxide
  ...compound is also used to control [[phosphate]] (phosphorus) levels in the blood of people suffering from kidney failure. ...= Vaccine adjuvants: current state and future trends | journal = [[Immunol Cell Biol.]] | year = 2004 | volume = 82 | issue = 5 | pages = 488–96 | doi =
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• Glucose
  | OtherNames = Dextrose, grape sugar, blood sugar, corn sugar ...] ([[monosaccharide]]), is an important [[carbohydrate]] in [[biology]]. [[Cell (biology)|Cells]] use it as a source of energy and a metabolic intermediate
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• Cortisol
  ...ow level of blood glucocorticoids. Its primary functions are to increase [[blood sugar]] through gluconeogenesis, suppress the immune system, and aid in fat ...etion of adrenal corticotrophic hormone ([[ACTH]]); ACTH is carried by the blood to the adrenal cortex where it triggers glucocorticoid secretion.
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• Epinephrine
  ...ter]].<ref>{{cite pmid|6278965}}</ref>. It increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels, dilates air passages and participates in the [[fight-or-flight res ...olysis]] by [[adipose tissue]]. Together these effects lead to increased [[blood glucose]] and [[fatty acid]]s, providing substrates for energy production w
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• Mercury (element)
  ...rm.org/details.cfm?ID=782|title=Two States Pass First-time Bans on Mercury Blood Pressure Devices|date=June 2, 2003|publisher=Health Care Without Harm|acces ...either [[Sodium hydroxide#Methods of production|membrane cell or diaphragm cell technologies]] to produce chlorine.
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