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MUSCULOSKETAL SYSTEM
MEDICAL DRUGS
Term | Definition |
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Celecoxib/celebrex | an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis and other conditions. |
Metaxalone/skelaxin | a muscle relaxant, but experts aren't exactly sure how it works, since it doesn't work directly on the muscles. |
Allopurinol/zyloprim | a drug that inhibits uric acid production and reduces serum and urinary uric acid levels |
Calcitonin/miacalcin | a hormone that your thyroid gland makes and releases to help regulate calcium levels in your blood by decreasing it. |
Calcium carbonate/tums | used to prevent or treat low blood calcium levels in people who do not get enough calcium from their diets. |
teriparatide acetate/forteo | parathyroid hormone consisting of the first 34 amino acids, which is the bioactive portion of the hormone. |
Cyclobenzaprine/flexeril | used for muscle spasms from musculoskeletal conditions of sudden onset. |
naprosyn/aleve | anti-inflammatory analgesic antipyretic drug |
Auranofin/ridaura | It improves arthritis symptoms including painful or tender and swollen joints and morning stiffness. |
methotrexate/rheumatrex | formerly known as amethopterin, is a chemotherapy agent and immune-system suppressant. |
Aspirin/bayer | an important medicine for more than 120 years because of its remarkable pain relief, as well as cardiovascular (CV) event prevention, properties. |
Neostigmine/prostigmin | used to reverse the effects of anesthesia medications used during surgery. |
Colchicine/colcrys | used to treat gout and Behçet's disease. |