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Common Abbreviations Used in Drug Administration |
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Units used in drug administration |
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Recognised drug abbreviations |
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Other common abbreviations |
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Routes of Drug Administration |
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Intravenous drug administration |
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Drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Elimination |
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Drug metabolism and elimination |
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13 | (1) |
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Mechanisms of Drug Acton - Pharmacodynamics |
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14 | (1) |
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Some Drugs Affecting Adrenergic Transmission |
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Drugs and the Respiratory Tract |
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Other drugs used in asthma |
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Steroids (Glucocorticoids, Corticosteroids) |
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Alpha adrenoreceptor antagonists |
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26 | (1) |
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Potassium channel actuators |
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Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists |
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Drugs Affecting Cardiac Contractility |
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Beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta-blockers) |
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Vaughan Williams classification of antidysrhythmic drugs |
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Examples of drugs used for specific cardiac arrhythmias |
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Nice Guidance to Choice of Drug Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Hypertension |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (6) |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (7) |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (3) |
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Drugs to Treat Diabetes Mellitus |
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Different actions of various types of insulin |
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56 | (2) |
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Oral hypoglycaemic agents and their action |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (3) |
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The Central Nervous System |
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Drugs commonly used to prevent seizures in epilepsy |
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63 | (1) |
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Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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Some prescribing and administration errors |
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Possible causes of prescribing and administration errors |
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70 | (1) |
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Drug and Food Interactions |
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72 | (2) |
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Some Differentiating Features of Drug Overdose |
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74 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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Drugs affecting pupil size |
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74 | (1) |
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Drugs causing respiratory features |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
| Common Drug Overdoses |
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| Useful Websites |
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