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A vial of dopamine, labeled as "DOPamine HCl". Tall man lettering (tall-man lettering or tallman lettering) is the practice of writing part of a drug's name in upper case letters to help distinguish sound-alike, look-alike drugs from one another in order to avoid medication errors.
Beclometasone dipropionate, an example of a widely used corticosteroid ester. Note the propionate groups at the C17α and C21α positions (top right corner). This is a list of corticosteroid esters, including esters of steroidal glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. [1] [2] [3]
Drug nomenclature is the systematic naming of drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs.In the majority of circumstances, drugs have 3 types of names: chemical names, the most important of which is the IUPAC name; generic or nonproprietary names, the most important of which are international nonproprietary names (INNs); and trade names, which are brand names. [1]
Metyrapone can be used in the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency.Metyrapone 30 mg/kg, maximum dose 3,000 mg, is administered at midnight usually with a snack. The plasma cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol are measured the next morning between 8:00 and 9:00 am.
Steroid ring system.. This is a list of corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids) or derivatives of cortisol (hydrocortisone).Most esters of these corticosteroids are not included in this list; for esters, see here instead.
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Prednisone is a glucocorticoid medication mostly used to suppress the immune system and decrease inflammation in conditions such as asthma, COPD, and rheumatologic diseases. [3] It is also used to treat high blood calcium due to cancer and adrenal insufficiency along with other steroids . [ 3 ]
Some patients request to be switched to a different narcotic due to stigma associated with a particular drug (e.g. a patient refusing methadone due to its association with opioid addiction treatment). [4] Equianalgesic charts are also used when calculating an equivalent dosage of the same drug, but with a different route of administration.