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  2. List of medicine contamination incidents - Wikipedia

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    2017: medical cannabis in California found to contain dangerous bacteria and fungi, causing at least one fatality. [19] 2012 – 2018: From 2012 to 2018 massive amounts of generic versions of an entire class of angiotensin II inhibitor blood pressure medications (collectively called "sartans") were made with contaminated ingredients. Patients ...

  3. Database dump - Wikipedia

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    A database dump contains a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database and is usually in the form of a list of SQL statements ("SQL dump"). A database dump is most often used for backing up a database so that its contents can be restored in the event of data loss.

  4. Drug class - Wikipedia

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    A drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that share similar chemical structures, act through the same mechanism of action (i.e., binding to the same biological target), have similar modes of action, and/or are used to treat similar diseases.

  5. Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons

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    Schedule 8 (S8) drugs and poisons, otherwise known as Controlled Drugs, are schedule 9 prohibited substances that are appropriate preparations for therapeutic use which have high potential for abuse and addiction. The possession of these medications without authority is the same as carrying a prohibited substance and is illegal.

  6. Substance use disorder - Wikipedia

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    "Substance use pertains to using select substances such as alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, etc. that can cause dependence or harmful side effects."On the other hand, substance abuse is the use of drugs such as prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or alcohol for purposes other than what they are intended for or using them in excessive ...

  7. Drug therapy problems - Wikipedia

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    Unnecessary drug therapy. This could occur when the patient has been placed on too many medications for their condition and the drug is simply not needed. [7] Wrong drug. This could occur when a patient is given medication that does not treat the patient's condition. Ex. A heart medication to treat an infection. [7] Dose too low.

  8. GLP-1 receptor agonist - Wikipedia

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    A large study of more than 2 million people evaluated benefits and risks of GLP-1 agonists. The study showed that GLP-1 agonists reduced risk of substance use and psychotic disorders, seizures, neurocognitive disorders (including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia), coagulation disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious illnesses and several respiratory conditions [5].

  9. Generic Product Identifier - Wikipedia

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    The Generic Product Identifier (GPI) is a 14-character hierarchical classification system created by Wolters Kluwer's Medi-Span that identifies drugs from their primary therapeutic use down to the unique interchangeable product regardless of manufacturer or package size. The code consists of seven subsets, each providing increasingly more ...