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  2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    EOD every other day ex aq. ex aqua: in water; with water exhib. exhibiatur: let it be given f. fiat: make; let it be made f.h. fiat haustus: make a draught fl., fld. fluidus: fluid (usually meaning specifically liquid in health care) f.m. fiat mistura: make a mixture f. pil. fiat pilula: make a pill f.s.a. fiat secundum artem

  3. Corticosteroid - Wikipedia

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    In general, corticosteroids are grouped into four classes, based on chemical structure. Allergic reactions to one member of a class typically indicate an intolerance of all members of the class. This is known as the "Coopman classification". [43] [44] The highlighted steroids are often used in the screening of allergies to topical steroids. [45]

  4. Glucocorticoid - Wikipedia

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    Glucocorticoid drugs currently being used act nonselectively, so in the long run they may impair many healthy anabolic processes. To prevent this, much research has been focused recently on the elaboration of selectively acting glucocorticoid drugs. Side effects include: Immunodeficiency (see section below)

  5. List of steroids - Wikipedia

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    List of steroidogenesis inhibitors – steroidogenesis inhibitors, or inhibitors of steroid biosynthesis and metabolism; As well as lists of steroid esters, including: List of androgen esters – androgen esters; List of estrogen esters – estrogen esters; List of progestogen esters – progestogen esters; List of corticosteroid esters ...

  6. WHO Drug Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The WHODrug Dictionary is an international classification of medicines created by the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring and managed by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre. [ 1 ] It is used by pharmaceutical companies , clinical trial organizations and drug regulatory authorities for identifying drug names in spontaneous ADR reporting ...

  7. Clinical Care Classification System - Wikipedia

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    This merge enables a roadmap to other health-related classification systems. The Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System is an American Nurses Association (ANA)-recognized comprehensive, coded, nursing terminology standard. [4] In 2007, the CCC was accepted by the Department of Health and Human Services [5] as the first national nursing ...

  8. Drug nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Drug nomenclature is the systematic naming of drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs.In the majority of circumstances, drugs have 3 types of names: chemical names, the most important of which is the IUPAC name; generic or nonproprietary names, the most important of which are international nonproprietary names (INNs); and trade names, which are brand names. [1]

  9. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...