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• Mining accident
  [[Image:MountMulligan.jpg|frame|right|[[Mount Mulligan mine disaster]] in [[Australia]] 1921. These cable drums were blown 50 feet (15 m) from t A '''mining accident''' is an [[accident]] that occurs in the process of [[mining]] minerals.
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• Safety lamp
  [[Image:Mine safety lamp.jpg|thumb|220px|Modern flame safety lamp used in mines, manufactured by Koehler]] ...rr Mine Explosion |url=http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/darr.htm |accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref>
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• Deferasirox
  ...007 |pmid=17927285 |doi=}}</ref> It is the first oral medication approved in the USA for this purpose.<ref name=FDA>{{cite press release | url = http:// ...s approved by the [[United States]] [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) in November 2005.<ref name=Choudhry/><ref name=FDA/>
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• List of eponymous laws
  ...cases the person named has coined the law — such as [[Parkinson's law]]. In others, the work or publications of the individual have led to the law bein ...ottish Vowel Length Rule|Aitken's Law]] — describes how [[vowel length]] in [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Scottish English]] is conditioned by environ
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• Chlorodyne
  {{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} ...rowne]], a doctor in the [[British Indian Army]]; its original purpose was in the treatment of cholera. Browne sold his formula to the pharmacist [[John
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• Gabapentin
  | bioavailability = Rapid, in part by saturable carrier-mediated L-amino acid transport system<br />60% f | title = The mechanism of action of gabapentin in neuropathic pain
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• Percocet
  ...http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref> ...ert_4.pdf|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref> Percocet [[tablet]]s are available in six combinations of oxycodone hydrochloride and acetaminophen, with differe
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  |accessdate=2009-10-22 {{Dead link|date=August 2009}}
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• Hydromorphone
  {{more footnotes|date=September 2009}} ...and bioavailability of single-dose intranasal hydromorphone hydrochloride in healthy volunteers | journal = Anesth. Analg. | volume = 97 | issue = 1 | p
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• Fentanyl
  ...of Fentanyl |publisher=Aspi.wisc.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> In addition, it is a synthetic strong agonist at the [[mu opioid receptor|μ-o ...sp;milligrams per kilogram in monkeys, and an undetermined LD₅₀ in humans.
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• Methadone
  ...action and very low cost. Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by [[Eli Lilly and Company]]. Methadone is useful in the treatment of opioid dependence. It has [[cross-tolerance]] with other o
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...[[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfield1993intro/><ref name="Valdes19 ...me="Zhang2005pabs" /><ref name="Seeman2009">[[#refSeeman2009|Seeman et al. 2009]].</ref> ''Salvia divinorum'' is generally understood to be of low toxicity
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• Hydrocodone
  ...ntities or as stand-alone product; [[Schedule III (US)|Schedule III]] when in [[Hydrocodone#Commercial medications containing hydrocodone|combination pro ...Cough medicine|antitussive]] (cough suppressant). It is commonly available in tablet, capsule, and syrup form, and is often compounded with other, genera
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• Purple drank
  ...olly Rancher]] candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from [[dye]]s in the cough syrup. ...bcnews.go.com/Health/LegalCenter/story?id=1045329&page=1 Cough Syrup Abuse in Texas Takes Center Stage], ABC News, August 17, 2005</ref><ref name=MTV-Scr
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• Charles Ledger
  ...ume 5, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1974, pp 73-74. Retrieved 9 Sep 2009 </ref> was an [[alpaca]] farmer and noted for his work in connection with [[quinine]], a treatment for [[History of malaria|malaria]]
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• Diflunisal
  ...It was developed by [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]] in 1971 after showing promise in a research project studying more potent chemical analogs of [[aspirin]].<re retrieved Aug 12, 2009
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• Diclofenac
  | excretion = biliary, only 1% in urine ...ies. Limited OTC some countries. Manufacture and veterinary use is banned in India, Nepal and Pakistan due to imminent extinction of local vultures.
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• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  ...[[analgesic]] and [[antipyretic]] (fever-reducing) effects and which have, in higher doses, [[anti-inflammatory]] effects. ...epressing, anti-inflammatory action. As [[analgesics]], NSAIDs are unusual in that they are non-[[narcotic]].
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• Trichloroethylene
  ...d as a volatile [[anesthetic]] and as an inhaled obstetrical [[analgesic]] in millions of patients. ...latility for quick anesthetic induction, reactions with [[soda lime]] used in carbon dioxide absorbing systems, prolonged neurologic dysfunction when use
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• Secobarbital
  ...aesthetic]], [[anticonvulsant]], [[sedative]] and [[hypnotic]] properties. In the [[United Kingdom]], it was known as '''Quinalbarbitone'''. ...as a preoperative medication to produce [[anaesthesia]] and [[anxiolysis]] in short surgical, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures which are minimally p
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