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Quinine Sulphate
Quinine binds to the genetic material (DNA) of the parasite. DNA is responsible for copying the genetic material which is vital for the replication of the parasite. When quinine binds to DNA this copying process is prevented. This inhibits the ... [... more]
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Contraceptive Injection
Worldwide, many millions of women use the contraceptive injection. In its early years (back in the 1970s and 1980s), this injection was highly controversial. That was partly because of the thoughtless way in which ... [... more]
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Colesytramine (Questran Light)
Colestyramine is also used to treat people who have an obstruction of the bile duct, or a form of liver disease involving the bile ducts. A blockage in the bile duct can cause bile acids to build up in the blood and then be deposited in the skin. ... [... more]
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Accuretic (Quinapril, Hydrochlorothiazide)
This medicine will have an additive effect with other medicines that decrease blood pressure, particularly other medicines used to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensives). In people taking antihypertensive ... [... more]
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Accupro (Quinapril)
Quinapril has an additive effect with other medicines that decrease blood pressure, particularly other medicines used to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensives). In people taking antihypertensive medicines it ... [... more]
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Colesytramine (Questran)
Colestyramine is also used to treat people who have an obstruction of the bile duct, or a form of liver disease involving the bile ducts. A blockage in the bile duct can cause bile acids to build up in the blood and then be deposited in the skin. ... [... more]
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Accessibility
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Quitting Smoking
Smoking puts at risk anyone nearby who breathes in the smoke. As the smoker inhales only 15% of the smoke from a cigarette, 85% of it is absorbed into the atmosphere or inhaled by other people. The act of breathing ... [... more]
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Quinsy
Quinsy is an abscess between the back of the tonsil and the wall of the throat. It's also known as a peritonsillar abscess. It happens when infection spreads from a swollen tonsil to the area around it, usually ... [... more]
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