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Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is an asparagine-specific enzyme used as part of a chemotherapeutic regimen to treat patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma. Asparaginase Erwinia…
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Asparaginase – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is an asparagine-specific enzyme used as part of a chemotherapeutic regimen to treat patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma. Asparaginase Erwinia…
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Asparlas – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction
ASPARLAS (calaspargase pegol-mknl) is indicated as a component of a multiagent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in pediatric and…
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Aspirin Contraindications, Pregnancy Category
Aspirin Contraindications is the prototypical analgesic used in the treatment of mild to moderate pain. It has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties and acts as…
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Aspirin Indications, Contraindications, Warning
Aspirin Indications is the prototypical analgesic used in the treatment of mild to moderate pain. It has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties and acts as…
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Aspirin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Aspirin is the prototypical analgesic used in the treatment of mild to moderate pain. It has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties and acts as an…
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Astaxanthin Suppliment; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects
Astaxanthin Supplement is a keto-carotenoid. It belongs to a larger class of chemical compounds known as terpenes (in Asthaxanthin's case, a tetraterpenoid); terpenes are built from five-carbon…
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Atenolol; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnancy
Atenolol is a synthetic isopropylamino-propanol derivative used as an antihypertensive, hypotensive and antiarrhythmic Atenolol acts as a peripheral, cardioselective beta blocker specific for beta-1 adrenergic receptors, without…
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Atezolizumab
Atezolizumab is a monoclonal antibody used to treat advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma with disease progression during or up to 12 months after platinum-containing chemotherapy.…
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Atezolizumab – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Atezolizumab is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody is a monoclonal antibody used to treat advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma with…
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Atorvastatin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Atorvastatin is a synthetic lipid-lowering agent. Atorvastatin competitively inhibits hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a key step in cholesterol synthesis. Atorvastatin also increases the…
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ATRA – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
ATRA - Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions/Tretinoin is a naturally-occurring acid of retinol. Tretinoin binds to and activates retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby inducing changes…
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Atropa Belladonna; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Atropa Belladonna is a poisonous plant and homeopathic medicine, also called deadly nightshade. Its roots, leaves, and fruits contain alkaloids: atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. The…
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Auditory Hallucinations
Auditory hallucinations are experiences where a person hears sounds or voices that aren't actually there. These can be very distressing and often indicate underlying…
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Aurum Metallicum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Aurum Metallicum/ Gold affects profoundly the entire organism, exercising a solvent action on the tissues, producing ulcerations and the disappearances of new growths. Hence…
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Autonomic Pharmacology – Drugs Work on Autonomic Nervous System
Autonomic Pharmacology/The basis of autonomic pharmacology reflects the physiology of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) to regulate involuntary…
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Avanafil Indications Contraindications, Warning
Avanafil Indications Contraindications/Avanafil is an orally available phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor with vasodilatory activity. Avanafil selectively inhibits PDE5, thus inhibiting the degradation of cyclic guanosine…
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Avanafil; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Avanafil is an orally available phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor with vasodilatory activity. Avanafil selectively inhibits PDE5, thus inhibiting the degradation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) found…
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Avapritinib – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Avapritinib is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of specific mutated forms of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFR alpha; PDGFRa) and mast/stem cell factor receptor…
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Avelumab – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Avelumab is a programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) blocking antibody indicated for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients 12 years and older with metastatic…
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Avelumab – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Avelumab is a monoclonal antibody used to treat metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, metastatic urothelial carcinoma, or renal cell carcinoma. Avelumab is a programmed death…
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Avitriptan Drug; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Avitriptan drug is an antimigraine drug of the triptan family which was never marketed. It acts as a 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D receptor agonist. Avitriptan should be able to abort migraine headaches in patients, but may exhibit…
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Axicabtagene Ciloleucel – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction
Axicabtagene ciloleucel is a CAR T-cell therapy used to treat adults with large B-cell lymphomas and follicular lymphoma. Axicabtagene ciloleucel is an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen…
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Axitinib – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Axitinib is an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor selective for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors -1, -2, and -3 that is used in the therapy…
