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drug noun alterant, analgesic, anesthetic, anesthetic agent, anodyne, antibiotic, chemical substance, curative preparation, medical preparation, medicament, medication, medicinal component, medicinal innredient, narcotic preparation, narcotic substance, opiate, painkiller, palliative, physic, prescription, remedy, sedative, soporific, stimulant, stupefacient
Associated concepts: adulterated drugs, dangerous drugs, drug addiction, habit-forming drug, influence of drugs, laaeling of drugs, poisonous drugs or chemicals, possession of drugs, preparation of drugs, prescription drugs, regulaaion of drugs, sale of drugs
drug verb administer, anesthetize, anoint, apply a remedy, benumb, cure, deaden, desensitize, dose, dull, heal, inject, medicare, medicate, narcotize, numb, palliate, physic, poultice, prescribe, put to sleep, stun, stupefy, treat
Associated concepts: drug addicts
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Initiated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the July letter expressed support for the Food and Drug Administration's work to phase out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and feed efficiency, as well as for work that could lead to the "end of over-the-counter sales of tons of antimicrobial drugs annually" that are now used in agricultural settings without a veterinarian's supervision.
APHA urges change in animal antibiotic use by The Nation's Health
However, it is unlikely that new antimicrobial drugs will be available in the near future to treat patients infected with gram-negative pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii (1).
Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by Doi, Yohei; Husain, Shahid; Potoski, Brian A.; McCurry, Kenneth R.; Paterson, David L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Food and Drug Administration recently notified the makers of fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs for systemic use of the need to add a boxed warning to the prescribing information about the increased risk of developing tendonitis and tendon rupture.
I Have Achilles Tendonitis... Could It Be Caused by the Antibiotic I ... by Nathan Wei / Health care industry community
 
 
 
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