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  2. Oral contraceptive pill - Wikipedia

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    The progestogen-only pill, colloquially known as "minipill". For perfect use it is 99% effective and typical use is 91% effective. Side effects of the pill include headache, dizziness, nausea, sore breasts, spotting, mood changes, acne, bloating, etc. [clarification needed] One pill offers the benefit of only having to be taken once a week:

  3. Tablet (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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    Pills are thought to date back to around 1500 BC. [1] Earlier medical recipes, such as those from 4000 BC, were for liquid preparations rather than solids. [ 1 ] The first references to pills were found on papyruses in ancient Egypt and contained bread dough, honey, or grease.

  4. Capsule (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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    Softgels are also highly suited to potent drugs (for example, where the dose is <100 μg), where the highly reproducible filling process helps ensure each softgel has the same drug content, and because the operators are not exposed to any drug dust during the manufacturing process.

  5. Equianalgesic - Wikipedia

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    This chart measures pain relief versus mass of medication. Not all medications have a fixed relationship on this scale. ... 500 20 μg Sufentanil: 500–1,000 10–20 ...

  6. Takabb Anti-Cough Pill - Wikipedia

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    After two decades of this, he in 1953 opened his own pharmacy, where he sold the pill and other Chinese medicines. After Shen died, his oldest son, Nivat Simawara, became the head of the company. Simawara shut down the pharmacy in favor of establishing the company Hatakabb in 1973 to mass-produce the cough medicines for sale. Since the Takabb ...

  7. Excedrin (brand) - Wikipedia

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    2003: Excedrin Tension Headache contains 500 mg acetaminophen, and 65 mg caffeine. 2005: Excedrin Sinus Headache contains 325 mg acetaminophen and 5 mg phenylephrine HCl as a decongestant. 2007: Excedrin Back and Body – a dual-ingredient formula claiming that it "works two ways—as a pain reliever and a pain blocker right where it hurts".

  8. Cyproterone acetate - Wikipedia

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    Cyproterone acetate (CPA), sold alone under the brand name Androcur or with ethinylestradiol under the brand names Diane or Diane-35 among others, is an antiandrogen and progestin medication used in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, excessive body hair growth, early puberty, and prostate cancer, as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender individuals ...

  9. Secobarbital - Wikipedia

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    Human. Secobarbital is used in assisted dying, either euthanasia or palliative sedation. [8] [9] [10]In the Netherlands, individuals have two options for assisted dying: they can orally consume 100 mL of concentrated syrup containing either 15 grams of pentobarbital or 15 grams of secobarbital, or they can choose to have 2 grams of thiopental or 1 gram of propofol administered intravenously by ...