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| Drugs that dull feeling or cause reversible sleep |
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| Drugs that control or treat allergies |
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| Drugs that combat infections such as antibiotics |
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| Drugs that are used to treat cancer |
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| Agents that stimulate or suppress the autonomic |
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| nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls the automatic |
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| functions of the body, such as hormone secretion, respiration, stomach |
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| acid secretion, and so on. |
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| Specific processed blood components, such as red |
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| blood cells, blood plasma, or platelets; most blood products contain |
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| Blood formation, coagulation, and thrombosis agents |
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| that alter coagulation and platelet adhesion; commonly called blood |
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| Agents that influence the action of the heart and |
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| health of the circulatory system; drugs that treat high blood pressure |
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| (antihypertensives) and high cholesterol (anticholesterolemics) belong |
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| Central nervous system agents |
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| Drugs that act on the brain to dull pain, |
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| cause weight loss, reduce convulsions, stop vomiting, relieve anxiety, |
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| cause sleep, stimulate attention, and relax muscles |
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| Contraceptives (foams, devices) |
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| Medications that prevent pregnancy |
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| Drugs that act locally in the mouth to numb dental pain or |
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| Drugs used to confirm or indicate a specific medical |
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| Electrolytic, caloric, and water balance agents |
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| tract, that return a patient |
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| carbonate) to normal values; glucose intravenous may be given to |
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| adjust the sugar content of plasma. Water may be given for adequate |
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| Usually digestive enzymes needed for the proper digestion of |
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| Drugs given by inhalation for treating allergies, |
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| Ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and throat (EENT) preparations |
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| the eye, ear, nose, and throat for treating local conditions |
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| Antacids, antidiarrheals, laxatives, and acid |
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| Hormones and synthetic substitutes |
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| Drugs that replace natural |
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| hormones or are synthetic analogs of natural hormone; examples of |
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| hormones include testosterone, estrogen, and thyroid. |
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| Agents used to induce labor and reduce postpartum bleeding |
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| Serums, toxoids, and vaccines |
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| Agents used to stimulate the immune |
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| system to produce antibodies against specific pathogens. Examples |
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| include tetanus, polio, and shingles vaccines. |
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| Skin and mucous membrane agents |
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| Agents used to treat acne, rosacea, |
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| dermatitis, psoriasis, and so on |
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| Drugs that affect skeletal muscle function and |
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| Organic compounds and vital nutrients that an organism |
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| requires in limited amounts. An organic chemical compound is called a |
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| vitamin when the organism can |
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| quantities and must obtain it through the diet. |
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| Miscellaneous therapeutic agents |
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| Alcohol deterrents, snake-bite |
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| antidotes, immunosuppressants for organ transplants, antigout |
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