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  2. Antibiotic synergy - Wikipedia

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    Antibiotic synergy is desirable in a clinic sense for several reasons. At the patient level, the boosted antimicrobial potency provided by synergy allows the body to more rapidly clear infections, resulting in shorter courses of antibiotic therapy. [3] Shorter courses of therapy in turn reduce the effects of dose-related toxicity, if applicable ...

  3. Medication overuse headache - Wikipedia

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    Predictors of the relapse, and that could influence treatment strategies, are considered the type of primary headache, from which MOH has evolved, and the type of drug abused (analgesics, and mostly combination of analgesics, but also drugs containing barbiturates or tranquillisers cause significantly higher relapse rates), while gender, age ...

  4. Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction - Wikipedia

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    It usually manifests in 1–3 hours after the first dose of antibiotics as fever, chills, rigor, hypotension, headache, tachycardia, hyperventilation, vasodilation with flushing, myalgia (muscle pain), exacerbation of skin lesions and anxiety. The intensity of the reaction indicates the severity of inflammation.

  5. Anxiolytic - Wikipedia

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    The anxiety symptoms are usually persistent and constant. Patients of this disorder could experience excessive anxiety for a long duration, commonly over six months and the symptoms could occur without any specific triggers. Panic disorder: This disorder specifically refers to the suffering from panic attacks and also the fear of repetitive ...

  6. Analgesic - Wikipedia

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    An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in some instances eliminate, sensation, although analgesia and anesthesia are neurophysiologically overlapping and thus various drugs have both analgesic and ...

  7. Paracetamol/metoclopramide - Wikipedia

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    The role for these products is between just the use of simple analgesics (paracetamol or ibuprofen) and the triptan class of drugs; although the latter are not options during pregnancy. [7] In the elderly although triptans are generally avoided, so too are antiemetics such as metoclopramide due to higher risks of side effects.

  8. Pain management - Wikipedia

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    Pain sometimes resolves quickly once the underlying trauma or pathology has healed, and is treated by one practitioner, with drugs such as pain relievers and occasionally also anxiolytics. Effective management of chronic (long-term) pain , however, frequently requires the coordinated efforts of the pain management team. [ 4 ]

  9. Oxycodone/paracetamol - Wikipedia

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    Oxycodone/paracetamol, sold under the brand name Percocet among others, [2] is a fixed-dose combination of the opioid oxycodone with paracetamol (acetaminophen), used to treat moderate to severe pain. [1] In 2022, it was the 98th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 6 million prescriptions. [3] [4]