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Antidepressant drugs
Definition Definition Antidepressant drugs are medicines that relieve symptoms of depressive disorders. Purpose Depressive disorders may be either...
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Antiulcer drugs
Definition Definition Antiulcer drugs are a class of drugs, exclusive of the antibacterial agents, used to treat ulcers in the stomach and the...
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Analgesics
Definition Definition Analgesics are medicines that relieve pain. Purpose Analgesics are those drugs whose primary purpose is pain relief. The...
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Antibiotics
Definition Definition Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used...
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Antiretroviral drugs
Definition Definition Antiretroviral drugs inhibit the reproduction of retroviruses-viruses composed of RNA rather than DNA. The best known of this...
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Corticosteroids
Definition Definition A group of natural and synthetic analogues of the hormones secreted by the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-adrenocortical...
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Pharmacy technician
Definition Definition Pharmacy technicians assist licensed pharmacists in preparing medications for patients. Description Pharmacy technicians, who...
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Antiparkinson drugs
Definition Definition Antiparkinson drugs are medicines that relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other forms of parkinsonism. Purpose...
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Central nervous system stimulants
Definition Definition Central nervous system (CNS) stimulants are medicines that speed up physical and mental processes. Purpose Central nervous...
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Anticancer drugs
Definition Definition Anticancer, or antineoplastic, drugs are used to treat malignancies, cancerous growths. Drug therapy may be used alone, or in...
Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 02/28/05 by PharmD Samuel Uretsky · More from publication
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