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The Monthly Index of Medical Specialities or MIMS is a pharmaceutical prescribing reference guide published in the United Kingdom since 1959 by Haymarket Media Group.MIMS is also published internationally by various organisations, including in Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The drug policy of the Philippines is guided by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and is implemented by the Dangerous Drugs Board with its implementing arm, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency along with other member agencies. Aside from regulating and prohibiting the usage, sale, production of certain drugs, the 2002 law is ...
Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (specifically the ALDH2 enzyme [3]), causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption.
Gemfibrozil, sold under the brand name Lopid among others, is a medication used to treat abnormal blood lipid levels. [3] It is generally less preferred than statins. [3] [4] Use is recommended together with dietary changes and exercise. [3] It is unclear if it changes the risk of heart disease. [3] It is taken by mouth. [3]
Daflon is not an FDA-approved medication, and therefore it cannot be advertised for treatment of diseases in the United States. Daflon is under preliminary research for its potential use in treating vein diseases, [5] or hemorrhoids. [6] It is sold as a drug in France, [7] [8] Spain, [9] Malaysia [10] [11] and Belgium.
chronic graft-versus-host disease: Azintuxizumab vedotin [28] mab: chimeric/ humanized: CD319: cancer Bamlanivimab [29] mab: human: spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2: US emergency use authorization (EUA) when used with etesevimab [30] COVID-19: Bapineuzumab [31] mab: humanized: β-amyloid: Alzheimer's disease ...
This low number of personnel can be attributed to the increase in migration and resignation of Philippine nurses. [1] Comparing data from 2014 between Philippines, United States of America, and Canada, Philippines only spent 4.7% of their GDP on health while US and Canada spent 17.1% and 10.4%. [2] [3] [4] Efforts are being performed to bridge ...
The exact medications recommended will vary by country and the individual treatment center, but the following gives an example of the WHO approach to treating chronic pain with medications. If, at any point, treatment fails to provide adequate pain relief, then the doctor and patient move onto the next step.