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  2. Rivastigmine - Wikipedia

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    [4] [6] [7] Rivastigmine can be administered orally or via a transdermal patch; the latter form reduces the prevalence of side effects, [8] which typically include nausea and vomiting. [9] Rivastigmine is eliminated through the urine, and appears to have relatively few drug-drug interactions. [9] It was patented in 1985 and came into medical ...

  3. Anti-inflammatory - Wikipedia

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    Long-term use of NSAIDs can cause gastric erosions, which can become stomach ulcers and in extreme cases can cause severe haemorrhage, resulting in death. The risk of death as a result of GI bleeding caused by the use of NSAIDs is 1 in 12,000 for adults aged 16–45. [5] The risk increases almost twentyfold for those over 75. [5]

  4. Transdermal patch - Wikipedia

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    The patch is labelled with the time and date of administration as well as the administrator's initials. Microneedle patch size comparison [1] A transdermal patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream. An advantage of a transdermal drug delivery ...

  5. Cholinesterase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Paraoxon and rivastigmine are both acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors. [14] [11] [7]In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System database compared rivastigmine to the other ChEI drugs donepezil and galantamine found that rivastigmine was associated with a higher frequency of reports of death as an adverse event.

  6. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - Wikipedia

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    NSAID identification on label of generic ibuprofen, an over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [1] [3] (NSAID) [1] are members of a therapeutic drug class which reduces pain, [4] decreases inflammation, decreases fever, [1] and prevents blood clots.

  7. Women Form Unique Friendship After They Both Lose an ... - AOL

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    Jo Denman and Tessa Parry-Wingfield formed a close friendship after they were both diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which resulted in them each having an eye removed

  8. Bird flu kills more than half the big cats at a Washington ...

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    Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.

  9. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    When used in the central nervous system to alleviate neurological symptoms, such as rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease, all cholinesterase inhibitors require doses to be increased gradually over several weeks, and this is usually referred to as the titration phase. Many other types of drug treatments may require a titration or stepping up phase.