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| A drug that opposes the action of histamine. Although there are two classes of histamine-blocking drugs, the term histamine is typically used to describe the agents that block the action of histamines on the H1 receptors. These agents are used to treat allergies, hives, etc. |
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| Drugs used to treat certain kinds of cancer/malignances. |
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| Drawing together, constricting, binding. An agent that has a constricting or binding effect. |
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| Any of several steroid hormones secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland or manufactured synthetically for use as a drug. Examples would be prednisone, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone. |
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| In cases in which the patent on a specific pharmaceutical product expires and drug manufacturers produce generic versions of the original branded product, the generic version of the drug(which is theorized to be identical to the product manufactured by different firm) is dispensed, even know the original product is prescribed. Some management care organizations and Medicaid programs mandate generic substitution because of the generally lower cost of generic drugs. There are state and federal regulations regarding generic substitution. |
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| Drug route of administration by injection into the skin. |
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| Subcutaneous (appropriate abbreviation "subcut", do not use "SC", "SQ" or "Subq"). |
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| A drug route of administration in which it is injected just underneath the skin. |
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| A medication that is applied to the skin so that the drug can be absorbed through the skin. Examples would include nitroglycerin patches, clonidine patches, estrogen patches and nicotine patches. |
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| Self (Example: auto-immune disorder) |
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| Disease (Example: Pathophysiology- study of disease) |
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| Dry (Example: Xerostomia- dry mouth) |
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| Inflammation (Example: dermatitis- inflammation of the skin) |
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| -logy, -logist, -iatry, -iatrics |
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| Study of, specialty of (Example: dermatology- study if the skin) |
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| Tumor (Example: melanoma- tumor of melanin) |
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| Reduction of size/quantity (Example: osteopenia- reduced bones) |
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| Abnormal formation (Example: prostatic hyperplasia- abnormal formation of the prostate tissue) |
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| The trademarked name of the drug that appears on the package label. |
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