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  2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    mcg microgram: recommended replacement for "μg" which may be confused with "mg" mdi metered dose inhaler m.d.u. more dicto utendus: to be used as directed mEq milliequivalent mg milligram mg/dL milligrams per deciliter MgSO4 magnesium sulfate: may be confused with "MSO4", spell out "magnesium sulfate" midi at midday min. minimum [or] minim [or]

  3. Alprazolam - Wikipedia

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    Xanax 0.25 mg. (top row), 0.5 mg. (middle row), and 1 mg. (bottom row) tablets. The maximum recommended daily dose is 10 milligrams per day. [9] Overdoses of alprazolam can be mild to severe depending on the quantity ingested and if other drugs are taken in combination. [65] Alprazolam overdoses cause excess central nervous system (CNS ...

  4. Tamsulosin - Wikipedia

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    Tamsulosin – ARISTO Pharma – 0.4 mg prolonged-release tablets – Urologikum. Tamsulosin, sold under the brand name Flomax among others, is a medication used to treat symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis and to help with the passage of kidney stones.

  5. Diazepam - Wikipedia

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    Diazepam. Diazepam, sold under the brand name Valium among others, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic. [14] It is used to treat a range of conditions, including anxiety, seizures, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, muscle spasms, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome. [14]

  6. Desogestrel - Wikipedia

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    [1] [14] [36] Hence, etonogestrel is exclusively responsible for the effects of desogestrel. [11] Etonogestrel has about 150% of the affinity of promegestone and 300% of the affinity of progesterone for the PR. [14] Desogestrel (via etonogestrel) is a very potent progestogen and inhibits ovulation at very low doses, in the low microgram range. [1]

  7. Amitriptyline - Wikipedia

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    Amitriptyline. Amitriptyline, sold under the brand name Elavil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder, and a variety of pain syndromes such as neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, migraine and tension headaches. [12] Due to the frequency and prominence of side effects, amitriptyline is generally ...

  8. Pizotifen - Wikipedia

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    Pizotifen. Glucuronidation (main route). N -glucuronide accounts for >50% of plasma and 60–70% of urinary excreted drug. Pizotifen (INN) or pizotyline (USAN), trade name Sandomigran, is a benzocycloheptene -based drug used as a medicine, primarily as a preventive to reduce the frequency of recurrent migraine headaches. [1]

  9. Combined oral contraceptive pill - Wikipedia

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    The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as " the pill ", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women. It is the oral form of combined hormonal contraception. The pill contains two important hormones: a progestin (a synthetic form of the hormone ...