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  2. Medscape - Wikipedia

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    Medscape is a website providing access to medical information for clinicians and medical scientists; the organization also provides continuing education for physicians and other health professionals. It references medical journal articles, Continuing Medical Education (CME), a version of the National Library of Medicine 's MEDLINE database ...

  3. Combined drug intoxication - Wikipedia

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    Close association between prescribing physicians and pharmacies, along with the computerization of prescriptions and patients' medical histories, aim to avoid the occurrence of dangerous drug interactions. Lists of contraindications for a drug are usually provided with it, either in monographs, package inserts (accompanying prescribed ...

  4. Epocrates - Wikipedia

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    epocrates is a widely used mobile medical reference application that provides healthcare professionals with access to clinical information at the point of care. The software is designed to assist physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other healthcare providers in making informed decisions about drug interactions, medical calculations, diagnosis and treatment ...

  5. Drug interaction - Wikipedia

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    When two drugs affect each other, it is a drugdrug interaction (DDI). The risk of a DDI increases with the number of drugs used. [1] A large share of elderly people regularly use five or more medications or supplements, with a significant risk of side-effects from drugdrug interactions. [2] Drug interactions can be of three kinds:

  6. Grapefruit–drug interactions - Wikipedia

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    The interaction between citrus and medication depends on the individual drug, and not the class of the drug. Drugs that interact usually share three common features: they are taken orally, normally only a small amount enters systemic blood circulation, and they are metabolized by CYP3A4. [ 1 ]

  7. Flupentixol/melitracen - Wikipedia

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    Drug Interactions. Increased risk of adverse effects when used with alcohol. May potentiate the effects of general anaesthetics and anticoagulants, and prolong the ...

  8. Health information on Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 study of five European medical schools found that students who used Wikipedia for general information were more likely to use it to look up medical information. 16% of students used Wikipedia often for general information, 60% sometimes, and 24% rarely. 12% of students used Wikipedia often for medical information, 55% sometimes, and 33% ...

  9. Additive effect - Wikipedia

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    Plant sterol-ester margarine and a common type of antihyperlipidaemic drug, cerivastatin, have an additive effect in reducing LDL cholesterol, without significant interaction between the two drugs. [28] Another drug combination with additive effect for hypercholesterolemia is niacin and simvastatin.