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• Quinine
  ...at the disease in certain critical situations. Quinine is available with a prescription in the [[United States of America|United States]] and over-the-counter, in ...effect in controlling shivering from [[rigors]], it was still a successful medicine for malaria. At the first opportunity, Salumbrino sent a small quantity to
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• Acetylcysteine
  ...chedule 4 ([[Australia|Aus]])<br />[[Over-the-counter substance|OTC]] or [[Prescription drug|Rx]] ([[U.S.]]) The IV injection and inhalation preparations are, in general, prescription only, whereas the oral solution and the effervescent tablets are available
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• Naloxone
  ...first1=James R.|title=Roberts and Hedges' clinical procedures in emergency medicine|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|location=London|isbn=978145574 ...he North Carolina Medical Board in Advance of the Public Hearing Regarding Prescription Naloxone |year=2007|location=Raleigh, NC }}{{page needed|date=February 2014
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• Phenytoin
  ...en Overlooked'',<ref>{{cite book |author=Dreyfus, Jack |title=A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked: Including an Autobiography and the Clinical Section of ...2952753">{{cite journal |author=Scheinfeld N |title=Phenytoin in cutaneous medicine: its uses, mechanisms and side effects |journal=Dermatol. Online J. |volume
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• Albendazole
  | legal_status = prescription ...junction with [[ivermectin]], and elsewhere in the world, the [[medication|medicine]] is used in combination with [[diethylcarbamazine]].<ref name="LFEP"/>
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• Clindamycin
  ...ycin in conjunction with benzoyl peroxide, which is available both through prescription or [[over-the-counter drug|over-the-counter]], to be more effective in the ...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
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• Doxycycline
  | legal_US = Prescription Only (U.S.) ...gportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Doxycycline+(anhydrous) U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Doxycycline]
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• Dapsone
  | legal_status = ℞-only <small>(U.S.)</small>, [[Prescription drug|POM]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small> ...involved led to the discoveries both of dapsone and of the [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|antibacterial sulfonamides]].<ref name="urlLeprosy | 14 History of dapsone
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• Rifampicin
  ...id]], [[ethambutol]], [[pyrazinamide]] and [[streptomycin]]. It requires a prescription in North America. It must be administered regularly daily for several month ...m.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Rifampicin U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Rifampicin]
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• Clotrimazole
  ...infection]]) as a combination medicine. It is also available as a troche (prescription only). For ear infection, it is often applied in liquid form, as ear drops.
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• Fluconazole
  Fluconazole is a prescription drug indicated for the treatment and [[prophylaxis]] of fungal infections w * Have known hypersensitivity to other azole medicine <!-- Pfizer Diflucan data sheet in the package said so in section 4.3 -->
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• Aciclovir
  ...as awarded the 1988 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize in Medicine]], partly for the development of aciclovir. Dr. Richard Whitley, a [[Univer ...and benefits, presumably in countries where aciclovir is only available on prescription. It was concluded that there is evidence for an oral prophylactic role in p
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• Codeine
  ...e|6-methylmorphine]]) is an [[opiate]] used for its [[analgesic]], [[Cough medicine|antitussive]], and [[Antidiarrhoeal|antidiarrheal]] properties. Codeine is Codeine-only products can be obtained with a prescription as a time release tablet (e.g., Codeine Contin 100&nbsp;mg and Perduretas 5
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• Ketamine
  ...[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 [[
  69 KB (9,697 words) - 21:01, 24 September 2010
• Ciprofloxacin
  ...ifferent brand names and is also available for limited use in [[veterinary medicine]]. ...rescriptionaccess.org/lawsuitssettlements/past_lawsuits?id=0010 |publisher=Prescription Access |location=USA |accessdate=4 September 2009}}</ref> The sale of cipro
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• Promethazine
  ...Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Switzerland]], and many other countries, but by prescription in the [[United States]] (brand names '''Phenergan''', '''Promethegan''', ' '''Some common [[Adverse effect (medicine)|side effects]] include:'''
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• Furosemide
  ...gprofiles/drugs/las1220.shtml Brand name:Lasix - Generic name: Furosemide] Prescription Drug Information, Side Effects - PDRHealth</ref> ...m.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Furosemide U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Furosemide]
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• Simvastatin
  ...ith a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease | journal =BMC Medicine | volume =5 | pages =20 | date =July 19, 2007 | doi =10.1186/1741-7015-5-20 ...(in a dose of 10&nbsp;mg) is available to purchase from pharmacies without prescription.
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• Ranitidine
  ...hedule 2 Pharmacy Medicines]]. Larger doses and pack sizes still require a prescription. ...'Digestive System : New Drug for Heartburn''". The New Book of Knowledge : Medicine & Health, Grolier : Danbury, Connecticut. 1990. p.262. ISBN 0-7172-8244-9.
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• Salbutamol
  ...ronchodilator prescriptions in 2005 to 85% in 2008.<ref>IMS Health Sales & Prescription data for all inhalers sales and prescriptions (July 2008)</ref> However, p ...lm.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Albuterol U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal - Albuterol]
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• Potassium chloride
  ...used primarily for making [[liquid starter fertilizer]]s. KCl is used in [[medicine]], scientific applications, [[Food preservation|food processing]] and in ju ...e]] of [[potassium hydroxide]] and [[potassium]] metal. It is also used in medicine, [[Science|scientific]] applications, [[food processing]], and as a sodium-
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• Cortisol
  .../adrenalsteroidsynthesis.jpg</ref> It is released in response to [[stress (medicine)|stress]], and to a low level of blood glucocorticoids. Its primary functio It is released in response to [[stress (medicine)|stress]], or to a low level of blood glucocorticoids, and this release is
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• Ibuprofen
  ...e coronary arteries and some other blood vessels. Ibuprofen is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medic ...uries, with less risk of digestive problems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/topical/topkin.html |title=Topical NSAIDs:
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...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===
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• Mercury (element)
  *[[Mercury(I) chloride]] ([[calomel]]) is sometimes still used in [[medicine]], acousto-optical filters and as a standard in electrochemistry;<ref name= ...pecialized Information Services of the [[United States National Library of Medicine]] (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore
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• Morphine
  | routes_of_administration = [[Inhalation]] ([[smoking]]), [[Insufflation (medicine)|insufflation]] ([[snorting]]), [[oral]], [[rectal]], [[subcutaneous]] (S.C *[[Faintness]] or [[Syncope (medicine)|syncope]]
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• Paracetamol
  ...Hoboken, N.J.}}</ref> Overshadowed in part by [[aspirin]], introduced into medicine by [[Heinrich Dreser]] in 1899, phenacetin was popular for many decades, pa ...pharmaceutical agents.<ref name=badmed>{{cite book|title=Bad Medicine: The Prescription Drug Industry in the Third World|author = Milton Silverman, Mia Lydecker, P
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• Ephedrine
  ...Professor. http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/692-Chinese-medicine-s-great-waste-of-resources</ref> In traditional Chinese medicine, ephedrine has been used in the treatment of asthma and bronchitis for cent
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• Diazepam
  ...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
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• Amoxicillin
  ...| last=Kagan | first=B | title=Ampicillin rash |journal=Western Journal of Medicine |volume=126 |issue=4 |pages=333–335 |year=1977 |url = http://www.pubmedce [[Image:NOVAMOXIN.JPG|right|thumb|Novamoxin Prescription Drug - 500mg Amoxicillin Trihydrate]]
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• Atropa belladonna
  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
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• Temazepam
  ...ruginfo/medmaster/a684003.html MedlinePlus]</ref> In 1979 the Institute of Medicine (USA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse stated that most hypnotics l ...Academy_of_Sleep_Medicine|format= PDF|publisher= American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jobs
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• Sodium tetradecyl sulfate
  | legal_status = Prescription only medicine
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• Detomidine
  ...in [[horses]]. Usually available as detomidine hydrochloride. This is a [[prescription medication]] available to veterinarians sold under the trade name Domosedan ...of other arrhythmogenics. The concurrent use of potentiated [[sulfonamide (medicine)|sulfonamide]] [[antibiotics]] is considered particularly dangerous.
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• Phenylpropanolamine
  ...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 ...]] in younger women. In [[Europe]], however, it is still available by both prescription and over-the-counter. In [[Canada]], it was withdrawn from the market on Ma
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• Personal health record
  ...provider's interaction with a patient are also found in those systems e.g. prescription refill requests, appointment requests, electronic case management, etc. Fi ...plementation of personal health records by case managers in a VAMC general medicine clinic |journal=Patient Educ Couns. |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=27–33 |yea
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• Electronic health record
  ...ber 2009}} Fast access to medical literature and current best practices in medicine are hypothesised to enable proliferation of ongoing improvements in healthc ===Promote evidence-based medicine===
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• Index of health articles
  - [[Adolescent medicine]] - [[Alternative medicine]]
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• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  ...s]], whose work was later recognized with a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]. Thomas' work showed that bone marrow cells infused intravenously could r journal=New England Journal of Medicine | volume=157 | pages=491–496|
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• Gabapentin
  ...ffective when added to other antiseizure drugs). In 2002, an [[indication (medicine)|indication]] was added for treating [[postherpetic neuralgia]] (neuropathi ...s upon the represented efficacy of Gabapentin have been summarized for the Prescription Access Litigation [http://www.prescriptionaccess.org/ project] in an August
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• Tylenol
  ...] packaging and "gelcaps" across the [[over-the-counter drug]] (OTC) and [[prescription drug]] industry.<ref name="nytrecall">''[[New York Times]]'' article: "[htt ...5/474 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity], William M. Lee, New England Journal of Medicine, July 31, 2003, 349:474-485.</ref>
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• Menthol
  *In non-prescription products for short-term relief of minor sore throat and minor mouth or thro **Examples: [[lip balm]]s and [[cough medicine]]s
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• Sativex
  ...uthorization represents the world's first full regulatory approval for the medicine. Sativex is being marketed in the UK by Bayer Schering Pharma. ...approved by [[Health Canada]] under a licence with conditions (NOC/c) for prescription use<ref name="gwpharm">
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  ...society.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/treatments/complementary--alternative-medicine/marijuana/index.aspx|title=Marijuana (Cannabis)|publisher=National Multiple ...analysis can often be helpful in distinguishing active from passive use or prescription from illicit use, elapsed time since use and extent or duration of use.<ref
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• Synthetic cannabis
  ...order them without a prescription. In practice it is not possible to get a prescription.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
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• Cannabis
  .... There are currently 2 oral forms of cannabis (cannabinoids) available by prescription in the United States for nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemoth ...m as the prescription drug [[dronabinol]] (Marinol) in many countries. The prescription drug [[Sativex]], an extract of cannabis administered as a [[sublingual]] s
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...and the book "Live Free or Die" by Shona Banda relate experiences with the medicine. ...ssive disorder|depression]]. Synthesized [[cannabinoids]] are also sold as prescription drugs, including Marinol ([[dronabinol]] in the United States and Germany)
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• Post–acute withdrawal syndrome
  Drug abuse, including alcohol and prescription drugs can induce symptomatology which resembles mental illness. This can oc ...|volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=969–76 |issn=0033-2917 |journal=Psychological medicine |url= |format= |doi=10.1017/S0033291700029056 }}</ref>
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• Buprenorphine
  ...rug of the [[Opium Law]], though special rules and guidelines apply to its prescription and dispensation. In the USA, it has been a [[Controlled Substances Act|Sch ...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 ''
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• Hydromorphone
  Hydromorphone is used in medicine as an alternative to [[morphine]] and [[heroin]] for analgesia, and as a se ...morphine due to a mix-up between the similar names, either at the time the prescription is written or when the drug is dispensed. This has led to several deaths an
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