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One example of this is Coumadin (Warfarin). This anti-coagulation drug was first developed as a rat poison. It would cause the rat to excessively bleed, thus this is how it killed them. Later they determined if they can get the dosing right, it can be used for patients who have clotting disorders.
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how are various medications classified?
Medications can be classified in many ways such as the biochemical effect the have on the brain its therapeutic effects its chemical properties or the route of administration
What is a therapeutic bath?
Bathing the skin in a variety of preparations in order to remove crusts, scales, and old medications or to relieve inflammation and itching is called a therapeutic bath.
What is a therapeutic optometrist?
A therapeutic optometrist is an individual that has passed specified national and/or state boards examinations to prescribe medications in treating diseases of the eyes and visual system.
What is the purpose of a therapeutic bath?
Bathing the skin in a variety of preparations in order to remove crusts, scales, and old medications or to relieve inflammation and itching is called a therapeutic bath.
What skin conditions do therapeutic baths help?
Therapeutic baths are useful for itchy skin, hives, sunburn, chafing, poison ivy and oak, eczema, skin irritation, and dry skin.
What does the medical terminology combining form -therapeutic mean?
-therapeutic means related to health or healing, so psychotherapeutic means related to healing of the mind, and pharmacotherapeutic means related to healing with medications.
What are the therapeutic uses of peripheral IV administration?
Peripheral IV administration is used for delivering medications such as antibiotics and cardiac medications. It can also be used to deliver fluids and/or blood products.
Are there any Chemicals derived from plants in allopathy medications?
Chemicals contained in allopathy medications, when not synthetized, are largely extracted from plants.
What is the therapeutic touch?
Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing that was derived from an ancient laying--on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands.
How did juan borgia die?
He was poisoned with cantarella - a poison derived from arsenic.
What antiarrhythmic medications is derived from the foxglove plant Propranolol Bretylium Digoxin or Procainamide?
Digitalis is derived from the foxglove, though not a Pharmacist I would suggest that Digoxin is the answer.
Does Coumadin have rat poison in it?
Coumadin (warfarin) is the active ingredient in rat poison. That being said, Coumadin is dosed, for humans, in a manner which prevents blood clotting (especially for those at risk), and does not act as a poison at the therapeutic dosage level. (However, when rats ingest the high concentrations of warfarin in rat poison, they bleed to death, internally.)
