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  • 1Therapeutic index — The therapeutic index (also known as therapeutic ratio), is a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxic effects. Quantitatively, it is the ratio given by the toxic dose… …

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  • 2therapeutic window — n 1) the range of dosage of a drug or of its concentration in a bodily system that provides safe effective therapy <the narrow therapeutic window...the effect may go from therapeutic to toxic with an increase of just 10 micrograms per… …

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  • 3Therapeutic effect — A therapeutic effect is a consequence of a medical treatment, of any kind, the results of which are judged to be desirable and beneficial. This is true whether the result was expected, unexpected, or even an unintended consequence of the… …

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  • 4Pharmacology — A variety of topics involved with pharmacology, including neuropharmacology, renal pharmacology, human metabolism, intracellular metabolism, and intracellular regulation. Pharmacology (from Greek φάρμακον, pha …

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  • 5Diazepam — Systematic (IUPAC) name 7 chlo …

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  • 6Nerium — Oleander redirects here. For other uses, see Oleander (disambiguation). Nerium Nerium oleander in flower Scientific classification …

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  • 7Graves' disease — Classification and external resources Photo showing the classic finding of proptosis and lid retraction in Graves disease ICD 10 …

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  • 8Tricyclic antidepressant — Tricyclic antidepressants (abbreviation TCAs) are a class of antidepressant drugs first used in the 1950s. They are named after the drugs molecular structure, which contains three rings of atoms (compare tetracyclic antidepressant). Example… …

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  • 9Theophylline — Systematic (IUPAC) name 1 …

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  • 10Digoxin — Not to be confused with Dioxin. Digoxin Systematic (IUPAC) name 4 [(3S,5R,8R,9S,10S,12R,13S,14S) 3 [(2S,4S,5R,6R) 5 [(2S,4S,5R,6R) 5 [(2S,4S,5R,6R) 4,5 dihydroxy 6 methyl oxan 2 yl]oxy 4 hydroxy 6 methyl oxan 2 yl …

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