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  2. Gliclazide - Wikipedia

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    Side effect may include low blood sugar, vomiting, abdominal pain, rash, and liver problems. [4] [7] Use by those with significant kidney problems or liver problems or who are pregnant is not recommended. [7] [4] Gliclazide is in the sulfonylurea family of medications. [7] It works mostly by increasing the release of insulin. [7]

  3. Disulfiram-like drug - Wikipedia

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    Unlike acetaldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors and other disulfiram-like drugs, alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitors such as fomepizole (brand name Antizol) inhibit the metabolism of alcohol into acetaldehyde, thereby increasing and extending the effects of alcohol and reducing its toxicity. [4]

  4. Disulfiram - Wikipedia

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    Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (specifically the ALDH2 enzyme [3]), causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption.

  5. TCP (antiseptic) - Wikipedia

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    One source says each millilitre (0.04 imp fl oz; 0.03 US fl oz) of TCP antiseptic contains, chlorinated phenols 6 milligrams (0.093 grains); phenol 1.75 mg (0.0270 gr); iodinated phenols 0.95 mg (0.0147 gr); sodium salicylate 0.5 mg (0.0077 gr). [9] It also contains glycerol, concentrated phosphoric acid, Quinoline Yellow WS and water. Formerly ...

  6. Serum sickness-like reaction - Wikipedia

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    The reaction generally includes a constellation of fever; urticarial polycyclic wheals (a rash that can look similar to hives with small swellings that overlap each other [2]) with central clearing on the trunk, extremities, face, and lateral borders of the hands and feet; oral edema without mucosal involvement; lymphadenopathy; arthralgias; myalgias; and mild proteinuria.

  7. Anti-ulcer agents - Wikipedia

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    PPIs may induce common side effects including headache, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and nausea. Taking PPI may rarely cause community-acquired pneumonia . Prolonged use of PPI may be associated with intestinal Clostridioides difficile infection , low magnesium level , Vitamin B12 and iron deficiency, osteoporosis , acute kidney inflammation, and ...

  8. Just how bad is alcohol? Eight experts weigh in on the risks ...

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    Alcohol-related deaths have climbed nationally in the past few years: The U.S. saw a 25% spike in deaths during the first year of the pandemic, a trend that particularly affected middle-aged adults.

  9. Xipamide - Wikipedia

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    1/100 to 1/10. hyponatraemia, which can lead to headache, nausea, drowsiness or confusion; orthostatic hypotension; initially increase of urea, uric acid and creatinine, which can lead to a gout attack in predisposed patients; 1/1000 to 1/10,000. allergic reactions of the skin; hyperlipidaemia; less than 1/10,000. haemorrhagic pancreatitis ...