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4 days ago · Trade name. This is the earliest of the three terms. In its earliest use it dates from 1821, when it was used, in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), to refer to “a name by which a thing or person is called in the specialist vocabulary (or jargon) of a particular trade or occupation.”6 Examples given in the dictionary include “bosh,” a trade name given to mixed or ...
6 days ago · sympathomimetics. Which drug classification is used to reduce airway inflammation in asthma? corticosteroid. Which of the following is a short acting anticholinergic agent used to treat bronchospasm? ipratropium bromide. Which of the following is one of the major side effects of adrenergic or sympathomimetic bronchodilators? tachycardia.
5 days ago · Tramadol 50 mg to 100 mg every 4 to 6 hours as needed. Maximum dose 400 mg/day. A lower starting dose of 25 mg once a day, slowly increasing by 25mg every 3 days as needed. Extended-release capsules/tablets. Tramadol ER 100 mg once a day. Can be increased by 100 mg every 5 days if needed to a maximum dose of 300 mg/day.
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2 days ago · Ritalin: 20 mg sustained-release (SR) tablets. Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase the activity of the brain. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing alertness, attention, motivation, cognition, mood, and physical performance.
1 day ago · The general characteristics of the population are available in Table 2. Among the 71 patients who received opioids in the emergency department, the mean age was 48.6 (±21.4) years, predominantly male (n = 40, 56.3%). The 45–65-years age group was the most represented, and the main reasons for seeking emergency care were either trauma or ...
3 days ago · Adderall is commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy (a sleep disorder).. ADHD. Long-term amphetamine exposure at sufficiently high doses in some animal species is known to produce abnormal dopamine system development or nerve damage, but, in humans with ADHD, long-term use of pharmaceutical amphetamines at therapeutic doses appears to improve brain ...
6 days ago · Clozapine is a psychiatric medication and was the first atypical antipsychotic (also called second-generation antipsychotic) to be discovered. It is primarily used to treat people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder who have had an inadequate response to two other antipsychotics, or who have been unable to tolerate other drugs due to extrapyramidal side effects.
