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  2. Premedication - Wikipedia

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    Premedication is using medication before some other therapy (usually surgery or chemotherapy) to prepare for that forthcoming therapy.Typical examples include premedicating with a sedative or analgesic before surgery; using prophylactic (preventive) antibiotics before surgery; and using antiemetics or antihistamines before chemotherapy.

  3. Preoperative care - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative care refers to health care provided before a surgical operation.Preoperative care aims to do whatever is right to increase the success of the surgery. At some point before the operation, the healthcare provider will assess the fitness of the person to have surgery. This assessment

  4. Medicine in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The milk was instead ingested by the patient, and the treatment was given to both men and women, which then allowed the views of the female body to be viewed as analogous compared to their male peers, rather than as the opposites they have been for centuries before. In general, while not every single fear about the changing medical views of ...

  5. Meloxicam - Wikipedia

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    2004 (October): A formulation for use in cats was approved for use before surgery only. [56] This is an injectable meloxicam, indicated for as a single, one-time dose only, with specific and repeated warnings not to administer a second dose. [57] 2005 (January): The product insert added a warning in bold-face type: "Do not use in cats." [58]

  6. Off-label use - Wikipedia

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    Off-label use is the use of pharmaceutical drugs for an unapproved indication or in an unapproved age group, dosage, or route of administration. [1] Both prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs (OTCs) can be used in off-label ways, although most studies of off-label use focus on prescription drugs.

  7. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    -ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.-opsy : looking at-oscopy : viewing of, normally with a scope-ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies)

  8. When it comes to weight loss, which is right for you: Surgery ...

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    The process for surgery takes between six and nine months, which also allows for a diet and exercise regemine to be put in place. Bringing physical and mental health together: Meritus, Brook Lane ...

  9. Senna glycoside - Wikipedia

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    Senna glycoside, also known as sennoside or senna, is a medication used to treat constipation and empty the large intestine before surgery. [1] [5] The medication is taken by mouth or via the rectum. [1] [6] It typically begins working in around 30 minutes when given by rectum and within twelve hours when given by mouth. [3]