A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent... 69 KB (7,403 words) - 16:10, 5 April 2024 |
A topical medication is a medication that is applied to a particular place on or in the body. Most often topical medication means application to body... 30 KB (3,768 words) - 04:40, 24 January 2024 |
symptoms, less disability, and longer life) and short-acting nitroglycerin medications have been used since 1879 for symptomatic relief of angina. There... 56 KB (5,868 words) - 11:05, 9 April 2024 |
Prescription drug (redirect from Prescription medication) A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to... 28 KB (3,195 words) - 23:48, 14 March 2024 |
Acute decompensated heart failure (section Medication) failure usually includes some combination of a vasodilator such as nitroglycerin, a loop diuretic such as furosemide, and non-invasive positive pressure... 25 KB (2,744 words) - 04:10, 6 January 2024 |
Myocardial infarction (section Medication) infarction is often treated with nitroglycerin, a vasodilator, or opioid medications such as morphine. Nitroglycerin (given under the tongue or injected... 130 KB (13,879 words) - 14:11, 23 April 2024 |
Emergency department (redirect from Medication errors in the Emergency Department) tongue) or buccal (between cheek and upper gum) glyceryl trinitrate (nitroglycerin) (GTN or NTG) will be given, unless contraindicated by the presence... 60 KB (7,186 words) - 01:41, 2 April 2024 |
Coronary artery disease (section Medications) measures as prevention. Additional medications such as antiplatelets (including aspirin), beta blockers, or nitroglycerin may be recommended. Procedures such... 105 KB (10,706 words) - 20:59, 19 April 2024 |
Transdermal analgesic patch (section Nitroglycerin) often used for opioid-tolerant patients. Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), a medication used for heart failure, high blood pressure... 9 KB (1,092 words) - 01:30, 9 March 2024 |
Lozenges or candy (electuaries) Thin films (e.g., Listerine Pocketpaks, nitroglycerin) to be placed on top of or underneath the tongue as well as against... 9 KB (1,015 words) - 01:57, 28 October 2023 |
peripheral arterial vasodilator, thus unlike the nitrovasodilators (nitroglycerin and nitroprusside), cardiac preload is minimally affected. It has the... 5 KB (294 words) - 19:06, 30 January 2024 |
Coronary ischemia (section Medication-based therapy) by physical activity or emotional stress and is relieved by rest or nitroglycerin. The pain may radiate to other parts of the body, most commonly the... 33 KB (3,931 words) - 09:50, 31 January 2024 |
Adverse effect (section Medications) An adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention, such as surgery. An adverse effect may be termed a... 36 KB (3,689 words) - 15:05, 22 March 2024 |
dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream. An advantage of a transdermal drug delivery route over other types of medication delivery... 34 KB (4,098 words) - 05:05, 24 March 2024 |
Anal fissure (section Medication) initially for acute and chronic anal fissures. These include topical nitroglycerin or calcium channel blockers (e.g. diltiazem), or injection of botulinum... 24 KB (2,570 words) - 11:37, 17 April 2024 |
problems such as: adenosine, dextrose, epinephrine for IM use, naloxone, nitroglycerin, and others Drugs for rapid sequence intubation: succinylcholine or... 8 KB (1,054 words) - 17:50, 26 April 2024 |
Sodium nitroprusside (redirect from Sodium nitroprusside (medication)) nitroprusside (SNP), sold under the brand name Nitropress among others, is a medication used to lower blood pressure. This may be done if the blood pressure is... 40 KB (4,132 words) - 21:09, 15 March 2024 |
Beta blocker (redirect from Beta blocker medication) Beta blockers, also spelled β-blockers, are a class of medications that are predominantly used to manage abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmia), and to protect... 72 KB (7,102 words) - 15:41, 25 April 2024 |
buprenorphine, naloxone, and fentanyl; the cardiovascular drug nitroglycerin; the nausea medication prochlorperazine; the hormone replacement therapy testosterone;... 21 KB (2,531 words) - 14:27, 14 February 2024 |
limited set of medications (including oxygen, epinephrine, dextrose, naloxone, albuterol, ipratropium bromide, glucagon, nitroglycerin, nitrous oxide... 48 KB (4,712 words) - 12:52, 6 April 2024 |
Aortic stenosis (section Medication) In those with severe disease a number of medications should be avoided, including ACE inhibitors, nitroglycerin, and some beta blockers. Nitroprusside or... 60 KB (6,882 words) - 19:25, 19 April 2024 |
underlying cause. Initial treatment often includes the medications aspirin and nitroglycerin. The response to treatment does not usually indicate whether... 38 KB (4,118 words) - 09:48, 26 April 2024 |
Nitrosamine (section Medication impurities) nitrosamine impurities in medications and a list of established acceptable intake limits of nitrosamine impurities in medications. Hydrazines derived from... 11 KB (1,824 words) - 20:19, 29 March 2024 |