Drug Allergy : Risk Factors

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Colds and flus are NOT cured by antibiotics.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 18, 2005
Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms, including protozoa, parasites, and fungi. Purpose Many treatments for cancer destroy disease-fighting white blood cells, thereby reducing the body ' s ability to fight infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Drugs used to combat bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics are substances that combat bacteria, and, as a result, relieve the symptoms of infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection. They may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides , may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides, may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives derived from bacterial sources and used to treat bacterial infections. Purpose Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Antiepileptic drugs are medicines that reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures. This class of drugs includes some drugs that have other uses as well.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Anticonvulsant drugs are medicines used to prevent or treat convulsions (seizures). Purpose Anticonvulsant drugs are used to control seizures in people with epilepsy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Anticonvulsants are a class of drugs indicated for the treatment of various types of seizures associated with seizure disorders such as epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, and other disorders. Some anticonvulsants are indicated for other medical uses.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Insulin is a hormone produced by specialized cells in the pancreas. Secreted into the bloodstream at each meal, insulin helps the body use and store glucose (sugar) produced during the digestion of food.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Well Being
Insulin won't work if it's swallowed, so it must be given by injection. Your healthcare team will show you how to give yourself insulin injections.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the body. This is in contrast to general anesthesia , which provides anesthesia to the entire body and brain .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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