drug (medicine)

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• drug-induced hemolytic anemia — drug induced immune hemolytic anemia immune hemolytic anemia induced by drugs, classified by mechanism as penicillin type, in which the drug, acting as a hapten bound to the red cell membrane, induces the formation of specific antibodies;… …   Medical dictionary

• drug-resistant — drug re·sis·tant (drugґre zis″tənt) resistant to the action of drugs; said of microorganisms. See also drug resistance, under resistance …   Medical dictionary

• drug-induced lupus — erythematosus lupus erythematosus caused by any of various drugs. Hydralazine, procainamide, and minocycline are the most common ones causing systemic lupus, and various other drugs can cause subacute cutaneous lupus. It usually resolves… …   Medical dictionary

• drug alopecia — drug induced alopecia transient hair loss caused by administration of certain drugs, such as heparin or antimitotics such as cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and colchicine …   Medical dictionary

• drug-induced dermatitis — drug eruption …   Medical dictionary

• drug — 1. Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease. For types or classifications of drugs, see the specific name. SEE ALSO: agent. 2. To administer or take a …   Medical dictionary

• medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …   Medical dictionary

• Drug, prescription — A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over the counter drug, which can be purchased without one. The word "prescription" comes from the Latin "praescriptus" compounded from "prae", before + scribere, to… …   Medical dictionary

• Drug resistance — The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand a drug to which they were once sensitive (and were once stalled or killed outright). * * * 1. the ability of a microorganism or virus to withstand the effects of a drug that are lethal …   Medical dictionary

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA being the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice. Historically, the DEA s roots go back to the founding in 1930 …   Medical dictionary

• Drug, generic — The term generic has several meanings as regards drugs: The chemical name of a drug. A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the advertised brand name under which the drug is sold. A term referring to any drug marketed… …   Medical dictionary