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2. Nitroglycerin (medication) - Wikipedia

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   [7] [8] [9] The drug nitroglycerin is a dilute form of the same chemical used as the explosive, nitroglycerin. [9] Dilution makes it non-explosive. [ 9 ] In 2022, it was the 196th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 2 million prescriptions.

3. Acceptable daily intake - Wikipedia

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   Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk. [1]

4. Clark's rule - Wikipedia

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   The procedure is to take the child's weight in pounds, divide by 150 lb, and multiply the fractional result by the adult dose to find the equivalent child dosage.For example, if an adult dose of medication calls for 30 mg and the child weighs 30 lb, divide the weight by 150 (30/150) to obtain 1/5 and multiply 1/5 times 30 mg to get 6 mg.

5. Nitrovasodilator - Wikipedia

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   A nitrovasodilator is a pharmaceutical agent that causes vasodilation (widening of blood vessels) by donation of nitric oxide (NO), [1] and is mostly used for the treatment and prevention of angina pectoris. This group of drugs includes nitrates (esters of nitric acid), which are reduced to NO in the body, as well as some other substances.

6. Nitroglycerin - Wikipedia

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   Nitroglycerin (NG) (alternative spelling nitroglycerine), also known as trinitroglycerol (TNG), nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a dense, colorless or pale yellow, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by nitrating glycerol with white fuming nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the nitric acid ester.

7. Dose (biochemistry) - Wikipedia

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   In over-the-counter medicines, both dose and dosage is usually based on age. Typically, different doses are recommended for children 6 years and under, for children aged 6 to 12 years, and for persons 12 years and older, but outside of those ranges the guidance is slim. [2]

8. British National Formulary - Wikipedia

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   In addition, the Joint Formulary Committee takes advice on all therapeutic areas from advisers from expert groups; this ensures that the BNF's recommendations are relevant to practice. In September 2016, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK gave NICE accreditation to the processes to produce BNF publications; a ...

9. Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 - Wikipedia

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   Household substances in liquid form containing 10% or more by weight of ethylene glycol packaged on or after June 1, 1974. Acetaminophen. Any product that is intended for human use in a dosage form intended for oral administration and containing in a single package a total of more than 1 gram of acetaminophen except for the following: