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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [1] [3] ( NSAID) [1] are members of a therapeutic drug class which reduces pain, [4] decreases inflammation, decreases fever, [1] and prevents blood clots. Side effects depend on the specific drug, its dose and duration of use, but largely include an increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcers and bleeds ...
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML[ 1] ), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. [ 2] The list is frequently used by countries to help develop their own local lists of ...
Anterior interosseous syndrome is a medical condition in which damage to the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN), a distal motor and sensory branch of the median nerve, classically with severe weakness of the pincer movement of the thumb and index finger, and can cause transient pain in the wrist (the terminal, sensory branch of the AIN innervates the bones of the carpal tunnel).
The first-line treatment is generally given to patients as an initial antiretroviral therapy and is the cheapest of the stages of treatments. [1] The first-line antiretroviral drug treatment as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) involves TDF (tenofovir), 3TC (lamivudine) or FTC (emtricitabine), and EFV (efavirenz) or dolutegravir (DTG).
IV infusions are now as regular an offering at wellness clinics and medical spas as massages and injectibles. IV therapy is marketed to aid an assortment of ailments: Dehydration. Hangovers ...
The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs as a strategy to control HIV infection. [ 1] There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle. The use of multiple drugs that act on different viral targets is known as highly active antiretroviral therapy ...
Post-exposure prophylaxis. Other names. Post-exposure prevention. [ edit on Wikidata] Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention ( PEP ), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. It should be contrasted with pre-exposure prophylaxis, which ...
The hospital delivers 3,500 babies and treats over 122,000 patients annually. CURE acquired the hospital in 2006. CURE International and True Sojourners entered into an agreement that transitioned the Kanad Hospital in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, between the parties, effective October 1, 2020. [49]