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Monday, November 28, 2011

Thyroid Ophthalmopathy (Graves’ Disease)

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Signs and Symptoms Thyroid eye disease, Graves’ ophthalmopathy, dysthyroid ophthalmopathy, and Graves’ disease are all synonymous terms con...
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STAVUDINE (d4T)

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Antiviral Activity Used in the treatment of HIV-1 infection in combination with at least two additional antiretroviral agents Active agai...

CYCLOSERINE

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Antibacterial activity Used in combination with other antituberculosis medications in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by My...

PENICILLIN G

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Antibacterial Activity Effective against gram-positive cocci Effective against most anaerobe Not effective against gram-negative aerobe ...

CROTAMITON

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Antibacterial Activity Use for the eradication of scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) and for symptomatic treatment of pruritic skin Pregnancy R...

CLOXACILLIN

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Antibacterial Activity Effective against Gram-positive cocci including the b-lactamase producers Effective against some streptococci Not...

CLOTRIMAZOLE

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Antifungal activity Effective treatment for topical candidiasis, Tinea corporis/cruris/pedis/versicolor Active against Candida sp., tinea...
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CLOFAZIMINE

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Antibacterial Activity Used in the treatment of dapsone-resistant leprosy, multibacillary dapsone-sensitive leprosy, erythema nodosum lepr...

IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN/CLIOQUINOL

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Antibacterial activity Used in the topical treatment of tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and skin infections caused by dermatophytic fungi (ring...

CLINDAMYCIN

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Antibacterial Activity Cover gram-positives and most anaerobes Pregnancy Risk Factor Category B Contraindication/Precaution Hypers...

CLARITHROMYCIN

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Antibacterial Activity Effective against bacteria lacking cell wall (eg. mycoplasma, legionella, chlamydia) Effective against gram-positi...

CIPROFLOXACIN

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Antibacterial activity Enteric gram-negative bacilli. Limited gram-positive coverage. No anaerobic coverage. Pregnancy Risk Factor C...

CINOXACIN

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Antibacterial activity Enteric gram-negative bacilli. Limited gram-positive coverage. No anaerobic coverage. Has less intrinsic bacteri...

Hypertension

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Signs and Symptoms The patient with hypertension tends to be older and the prevalence of the disease increases with age. However, 2 percent...

Diabetes Mellitus

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Signs and Symptoms Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, and is defined as a group of disorders that exhibit a defective...

Albinism

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Signs and Symptoms Albinism affects approximately 1 in 20,000 individuals, producing pigmentary deficiency, abnormal crossings of the tempo...

SYPHILIS

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Syphilis is a multi-system, multi-symptom disorder that occurs primarily through sexual transmission, though the disease...
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SICKLE CELL DISEASE

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Ocular symptoms are uncommon in the early stages of the disease. Systemically, symptoms include painful crises of abdomi...

SARCOIDOSIS

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Clinical findings may include a debilitating, febri...

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Patients with myasthenia gravis typically present with symptoms of variable ocular fatigue and weakness. The common ocul...
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GIANT CELL ARTERITIS

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS The patient is invariably elderly, with the mean age of 75 years. Incidence increases with advancing age. An associated ...

Pituitary Adenoma

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Signs and Symptoms Pituitary adenomas typically present during early adulthood, equally affecting males and females. There are no outstandi...

Pseudotumor Cerebri

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Signs and Symptoms Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is encountered most frequently in young, overweight women between the ages of 20 and 45. Heada...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

CIDOFOVIR

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Antibacterial activity Active against CMV Active against others herpes viruses (but not approved for their Tx) Pregnancy Risk Factor ...
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PRIMAQUINE + CHLOROQUINE

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Antibacterial activity Used for prophylaxis of malaria, regardless of species, in all areas where the disease is endemic Primaquine: effe...

CHLOROQUINE

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Antibacterial activity Use for treatment and prophylaxis of malaria and treatment of extra intestinal amebiasis Effective against Plasmod...

CHLORAMPHENICOL

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Antibacterial Activity Active against most of the vancomycin-resistant enteroccoci Excellent coverage of both gram-positives and gram-neg...

CEPHRADINE

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, first generation Gram-positive cocci (except ORSA/MRSA and enteroccocus species) Gram negative ba...

CEPHAPIRIN

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, first generation Gram-positive cocci (except ORSA/MRSA and enteroccocus species) Gram negative ba...

CEPHALOTHIN

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, first generation Gram-positive cocci (except ORSA/MRSA and enteroccocus species) Gram negative ba...

CEPHALEXIN

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, first generation Gram-positive cocci (except ORSA/MRSA and enteroccocus species) Gram negative ba...

CEFUROXIME

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, second generation Effective against some gram-negative Gram-positive coverage  Anaerobic coverag...

CEFTRIAXONE

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporin, third generation Effective against most gram-negative  Gram-positive coverage Anaerobic coverage ...

CEFTIZOXIME

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporin, third generation Effective against most gram-negative  Gram-positive coverage Anaerobic coverage ...

CEFTIBUTEN

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, third generation Effective against most gram-negative  Limited gram-positive coverage (eg. Strep ...

CEFTIBUTEN

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporins, third generation Effective against most gram-negative  Limited gram-positive coverage (eg. Strep ...

CEFTAZIDIME

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Antibacterial activity Cephalosporin, third generation Effective against most gram-negative  Gram-positive coverage (eg. Strep sp. and S...
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