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Sickle Cell Anemia : Drugs

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Infections at any age are treated aggressively with antibiotics. Vaccines for common infections, such as pneumococcal pneumonia, are administered when possible.Emphasis is being placed on developing drugs that treat sickle cell anemia directly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Infants are typically started on a course of penicillin that extends from infancy to age six. Use of this antibiotic is meant to ward off potentially fatal infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Infants are typically started on a course of penicillin that extends from infancy to age six. Use of this antibiotic is meant to ward off potentially fatal infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Infants are typically started on a course of penicillin that extends from infancy to age six. Use of this antibiotic is meant to ward off potentially fatal infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Infants are typically started on a course of penicillin that extends from infancy to age six. Use of this antibiotic is meant to ward off potentially fatal infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Water-soluble, B complex vitamin.
Source:AHFS
FOLIC ACID (FOE lik AS id) is a water-soluble, B complex vitamin. It is in many foods like liver, kidneys, yeast, and leafy, green vegetables. It is used to treat megaloblastic anemia and anemia from poor diet in pregnant women, babies, and children. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
FOLIC ACID (FOE lik AS id) is a water-soluble, B complex vitamin. It is in many foods like liver, kidneys, yeast, and leafy green vegetables. It is used to treat megaloblastic anemia and anemia from poor diet in pregnant women, babies, and children. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Folic acid is a type of B vitamin. It is water-soluble, which means it cannot be stored in the body.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 7, 2009
Folic acid is a water-soluable vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins. These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars that can be readily used for energy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Folic acid deficiency, an abnormally low level of one of the B vitamins, results in anemia characterized by red blood cells that are large in size but few in number.Folic acid is necessary for growth and cellular repair, since it is a critical com...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins. These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars to be used for energy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Folic acid is a water-soluble B vitamin essential in the human diet. It is an important cofactor in the synthesis of DNA and RNA of dividing cells, particularly during pregnancy and infancy when there is an increase in cell division and growth.Fol...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Folic acid, one of the B vitamins, is necessary to make DNA and is, thus, essential for cell division. Folate deficiency causes serious birth defects and anemia, and it increases the risk for heart attacks and strokes.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Folic acid is a water-soluable vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins. These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars to be used for energy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Folic acid is a water-soluable vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins. These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars to be used for energy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
PENICILLIN V (pen i SILL in V) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Antibacterial; β-lactam antibiotic; natural penicillin. Available as penicillin G benzathine, penicillin G potassium, penicillin G procaine, and penicillin G sodium.
Source:AHFS
PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; PENICILLIN G PROCAINE is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
PENICILLIN G PROCAINE (pen i SILL in G proh KEYN) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Penicillins are a group of closely related antibiotics that kill bacteria.There are several types of penicillins, each used to treat different kinds of infections, such as skin infections, dental infections, ear infections, respiratory tract infec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
These three men shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on penicillin. The antibiotic was initially immensely successful in curing previously fatal infections caused by common bacterial pathogens such as streptococcus, staphylococcu...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It is also used to prevent a recurrence of rheumatic fever or Sydenham's chorea. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Antibacterial; β-lactam antibiotic; natural penicillin.
Source:AHFS
PENICILLIN G (pen i SILL in G) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
PENICILLIN V (pen i SILL in V) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Synthetic, centrally active analgesic; not an opium derivative or a semisynthetic derivative of morphine or thebaine.
Source:AHFS
TRAMADOL (TRA ma dole) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain in adults. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
TRAMADOL (TRA ma dole) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain in adults. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Synthetic nonopiate derivative of p -aminophenol; produces analgesia and antipyresis.
Source:AHFS
One of several medications used to reduce fever and other general symptoms of illness, such as body aches and headache.Acetaminophen, sold without a prescription from a physician, is one of several medications used to treat fever and to relieve pa...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever.This drug is available without a prescription. Acetaminophen is sold under various brand names, including Tylenol, Panadol, Aspirin Free Anacin, and Bayer Select Maximum Strength He...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
ACETAMINOPHEN (a set a MEE noe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild pain and fever. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever.Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains, including headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever.Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains—headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain that lasts for more than a few days. It is used by people who have been taking an opioid or narcotic pain medicine. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Opiate agonist; phenanthrene derivative.
Source:AHFS
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain that lasts for more than a few days. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain that lasts for more than a few days. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MORPHINE (MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used as a one time only dose to treat the pain of a major surgery or cesarean section. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
IBUPROFEN (eye BYOO proe fen) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It can relieve minor aches and pains caused by a cold, flu, sore throat, headache, or toothache. It is used to treat fever or pain for a short time. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Prototypical NSAIA; propionic acid derivative.
Source:AHFS
IBUPROFEN (eye BYOO proe fen) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used for dental pain, fever, headaches or migraines, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or painful monthly periods. It can also relieve minor aches and pains caused by a cold, flu, or sore throat. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
IBUPROFEN (eye BYOO proe fen) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It can ease minor aches and pains caused by a cold, flu, sore throat, headache, or toothache. It is used to treat fever or pain for a short time. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
IBUPROFEN LYSINE (eye BYOO proe fen LAHY seen) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to close a heart defect called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a baby who was born early. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
IBUPROFEN (eye BYOO proe fen) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). This medicine can relieve minor aches and pains caused by a cold, flu, sore throat, headache, or toothache. It is used to treat fever or pain for a short time. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYCODONE (ox i KOE done) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat constant pain that lasts for more than a few days. It is used by people who have been taking an opioid or narcotic pain medicine. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYCODONE (ox i KOE done) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYCODONE (ox i KOE done) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Opiate agonist; phenanthrene-derivative.
Source:AHFS
Meperidine, available as hydrochloride salt, is a narcotic analgesic, a classification term used to describe medications capable of producing a reversible depression of the central nervous system for pain control. Because of its potential for phys...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
MEPERIDINE (me PER i deen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MEPERIDINE (me PER i deen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used before and during surgery. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
MEPERIDINE (me PER i deen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Opiate agonist; a synthetic phenylpiperidine derivative.
Source:AHFS
PROPOXYPHENE (proe POX i feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild to moderate pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Synthetic analgesic; structurally related to methadone.
Source:AHFS
PROPOXYPHENE (proe POX i feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat mild to moderate pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Hydromorphone is a prescription medicine used to relieve severe pain. Hydromorphone overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.This is for information only and not...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 5, 2009
HYDROMORPHONE (hye droe MOR fone) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
HYDROMORPHONE (hye droe MOR fone) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
HYDROMORPHONE (hye droe MOR fone) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Opiate agonist; semisynthetic phenanthrene derivative.
Source:AHFS
Analgesic; opiate partial agonist.
Source:AHFS
BUPRENORPHINE (byoo pre NOR feen) is used to treat certain types of drug dependence. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
PENTAZOCINE (pen TAZ oh seen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain during surgery or child birth. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Analgesic; synthetic opiate partial agonist.
Source:AHFS
Opiate partial agonist; phenanthrene derivative.
Source:AHFS
BUTORPHANOL (byoo TOR fa nole) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is also used to prevent pain before surgery and during child birth. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYMORPHINE (ox i MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain that lasts for more than a few days. It is used by people who have been taking an opioid or narcotic pain medicine. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYMORPHINE (ox i MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYMORPHINE (ox i MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
OXYMORPHINE (ox i MOR feen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is also used for pain or sleep before or during surgery or child birth. This medicine is used to treat anxiety in patients with breathing problems due to heart dysfunction. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Opiate agonist; phenanthrene derivative.
Source:AHFS
HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN (hye droe KOE done; eye BYOO proe fen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE (eye BYOO proe fen; ox i KOE done) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain for 7 days or less. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Antineoplastic agent; exhibits beneficial effects against sickle cell anemia; exhibits antiviral activity.
Source:AHFS
HYDROXYUREA (hye drox ee yoor EE a) is a chemotherapy drug. It slows the growth of cancer cells. This medicine is used to treat certain leukemias, skin cancer, head and neck cancer, and advanced ovarian cancer. It is also used to control the painful crises of sickle cell anemia. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Hydroxyurea, also known by its trade name Hydrea, is an antineoplastic agent, meaning it is used to treat cancer. It is taken orally.Hydroxyurea is used to treat the following conditions:.Chronic myelocytic leukemia that is resistant to other ther...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
NAPROXEN (na PROX en) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to reduce swelling and to treat pain. This medicine may be used for dental pain, headache, or painful monthly periods. It is also used for painful joint and muscular problems such as arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, and gout. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
Prototypical NSAIA; propionic acid derivative.
Source:AHFS
NAPROXEN (na PROX en) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to reduce swelling and to treat pain. This medicine may be used for dental pain, headache, or painful monthly periods. It is also used for painful joint and muscular problems such as arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, and gout. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
NAPROXEN (na PROX en) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to reduce swelling and to treat pain. This medicine may be used for dental pain, headache, or painful monthly periods. It is also used for painful joint and muscular problems such as arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, and gout. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
NAPROXEN (na PROX en) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used to reduce swelling and to treat pain. This medicine may be used for dental pain, headache, or painful monthly periods. It is also used for painful joint and muscular problems such as arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, and gout. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
Source:GOLD
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