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  2. Number needed to treat - Wikipedia

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    The treatment may be a drug in the form of a pill or injection, a surgical procedure, or many other possibilities. The following examples demonstrate how NNT is determined and what it means. In this example, it is important to understand that every participant has the condition being treated, so there are only "diseased" patients who received ...

  3. Therapeutic index - Wikipedia

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    In general, it is the exposure of a given tissue to drug (i.e. drug concentration over time), rather than dose, that drives the pharmacological and toxicological effects. For example, at the same dose there may be marked inter-individual variability in exposure due to polymorphisms in metabolism, DDIs or differences in body weight or ...

  4. British National Formulary - Wikipedia

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    A symbol clearly denotes such drugs in their entry. It is used by pharmacists and doctors (both general practitioners (GPs) and generalist hospital practitioners, and by other prescribing healthcare professionals (such as nurses , pharmacy technicians , paramedics , and dentists )); as a reference for correct dosage, indication, interactions ...

  5. Category:Drug templates by ATC - Wikipedia

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    Template:Drugs for functional gastrointestinal disorders; Template:Drugs for obstructive airway diseases; Template:Drugs for peptic ulcer and GORD; Template:Drugs for treatment of bone diseases; Template:Drugs for treatment of hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia; Template:Drugs used in benign prostatic hypertrophy

  6. Medical algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Nomograms, e.g. a moving circular slide to calculate body surface area or drug dosages. A common class of algorithms are embedded in guidelines on the choice of treatments produced by many national, state, financial and local healthcare organisations and provided as knowledge resources for day to day use and for induction of new physicians.

  7. Pharmaceutical formulation - Wikipedia

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    The drug (active substance) itself needs to be soluble in aqueous solution at a controlled rate. Such factors as particle size and crystal form can significantly affect dissolution. Fast dissolution is not always ideal. For example, slow dissolution rates can prolong the duration of action or avoid initial high plasma levels.

  8. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) of England's National Health Service (NHS) uses cost-effectiveness studies to determine if new treatments or therapies at the prices proposed by manufacturers provide better value relative to the treatment that is currently in use. With the number of cost-effectiveness ...

  9. Intention-to-treat analysis - Wikipedia

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    Randomized clinical trials analyzed by the intention-to-treat (ITT) approach provide unbiased comparisons among the treatment groups. Intention to treat analyses are done to avoid the effects of crossover and dropout, which may break the random assignment to the treatment groups in a study. ITT analysis provides information about the potential ...