The major classes of drugs used in therapeutics, dose response characteristics, mechanisms of action, major physiological effects, toxicity and drug interactions are discussed.
Not exact matches
Professor David Nutt,
of the Advisory Council on the Misuse
of Drugs, said cannabis did not cause
major health problems and should have remained a
class C
drug.
The results
of the study, funded by the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), are published in one
of the world's leading medical journals The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and show that adding high doses
of ivermectin, an endectocide
class of drug, to the antimalarial dihydroartemisinin - piperaquine (DP) had a
major and prolonged effect on mosquito mortality.
It is resistant to all three
major classes of antifungal
drug
Researchers at the Perelman School
of Medicine, University
of Pennsylvania, show that a
major HDAC still functions in mice even when its enzyme activity is abolished, suggesting that the beneficial effects
of HDAC inhibitors may not actually be through inhibiting HDAC activity, and thus warranting the reassessment
of the molecular targets
of this
class of drugs.
Focusing on gastric cancer (GC), the third leading cause
of cancer death worldwide, the team's findings may also prove applicable to other
major cancers with potential implications for how cancers might be better treated with immunotherapy, one
of the most promising
classes of anti-cancer
drugs today.
Written by world -
class experts in clinical cancer therapeutics, this essential reference provides a complete, easy - to - use catalogue
of over 100
drugs and commonly used
drug regimens — both on - and off - label — for the treatment
of all the
major cancers.
Description: Simvastatin is a member
of the statins, a
class of cholesterol - lowering
drugs whose
major potential adverse effect is skeletal muscle toxicity.
The Casual Vacancy centers around the
major themes
of class, politics, and social issues such as
drugs and prostitution.
Major drugs and
classes of abused substances.