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How to manage drug interactions

European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 1997
Multiple drugs are used to provide anaesthesia. On average, four to six drugs are used during anaesthesia and, therefore, drug interactions are common. These interactions are primarily either pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic. Due to the relatively short duration of drug administration for anaesthesia, pharmacokinetic drug interactions resulting from ...
P S, Glass, S, Howell, T J, Gan, B, Ginsberg   +3 more
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Management of cardiac drug overdose

Resuscitation, 1984
Although overdoses from cardiac drugs are uncommon, these are compounds with narrow therapeutic indices and they may give rise to serious acute toxicity from accidental, deliberate or even iatrogenic overdosage. Through the National Poisons Information Service for England and the Poisons Unit laboratory, we monitor reports of serious toxicity from this
G N, Volans, D W, Holt, C, Ali
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Management of antiretroviral drug toxicity

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2006
With the emergence of very potent antiretroviral regimens, the major limitation to the success of treatment is now the tolerability of drugs, which can ultimately affect adherence. It is important, therefore, to review the current understanding on antiretroviral drug toxicity, and examine key recent data that can inform the successful avoidance or ...
Eoin, Feeney, Eavan, Muldoon, William G, Powderly   +2 more
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Management of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

Continuum, 2016
This review discusses the definition, evaluation, and management of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.Drug-resistant epilepsy is defined as a failure of two or more appropriately selected and adequately tried anticonvulsant medications to achieve seizure freedom for a sustained period of time in either monotherapy or polytherapy.
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Drugs for pain management in dentistry

Australian Dental Journal, 2005
AbstractPain is one of the most common reasons patients seek dental treatment. It may be due to many different diseases/conditions or it may occur after treatment. Dentists must be able to diagnose the source of pain and have strategies for its management. The ‘3‐D’ principle — diagnosis, dental treatment and drugs — should be used to manage pain.
K, Hargreaves, P V, Abbott
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Managing Drug–Drug Interactions in Older Adults

The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2023
Zhu, Zhou, Patricia W, Slattum, Alice, Ke, Lei, Zhang   +3 more
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Medical Management of Drug Dependence

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1968
Drug dependence includes addiction and habituation. Physicians should attempt to diagnose the underlying conditions that lead to drug taking. These may be classified as social, neurotic, and psychotic. Social drug taking, especially of marihuana, occurs widely today in dissatisfied youths fearful of unfulfillment and rejection, and seeking "identity ...
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Emergency management of drug overdose

Critical Care Nurse, 1993
Successful management of patients presenting after intentional, accidental, acute or chronic overdose depends on prompt identification of drugs ingested, an organized approach of care that centers around stabilization, patient assessment, gastric evacuation, GI/systemic elimination, patient education and psychiatric evaluation.
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Drug Combinations in Pain Management

Journal Of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 2006
Combinations of two or more drugs in analgesic regimens are described. Clinical implications of such combinations are discussed.
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Drug Management in Skin Surgery

Drugs, 1996
Lidocaine (lignocaine) 1% with epinephrine (adrenaline) 1:200,000 (maximum dose 40mL) is the agent of choice in skin surgery. It can be used at all sites except the fingers, toes and penis, where epinephrine should be avoided. Epinephrine-induced vasoconstriction delays local anaesthetic clearance, thus prolonging its effect and, by reducing peak blood
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