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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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