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Anticonvulsant medications used to reduce the number or severity of seizures in pts w/ epilepsy
Antiseptic substances that inhibit the growth of bacteria
Beer list drugs the most innappropriate drugs for ambulatory nursing home residents and adults 65 years or older
Benign not recurrent or progressive; non-malignant
Broad Spectrum antibiotic effective against a large variety of organisms
Contraceptives medications used for birth control
Corticosteroids hormones secreted by the adrenal glands that act on the immune system to suppress the body's response to infection/trauma; medications given for their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant properties;
Culture and sensitivity test a test given to reveal what antibiotic will be effective in treating an infective organism
Cytotoxic substance that destroys cells
Empiric best guess therapy based on history and available chemical information
Epilepsy a recurrent paroxysmal disorder of brain function characterized by sudden attacks of altered consciousness, motor activity, or sensory impairment
Febrile seizures seizures associated w/ fevers
Hyperglycemia abnormally high blood glucose
Hypoglycemia abnormally low blood glucose
Hypothyroidism diminished or absent thyroid function
Malignant cancerous growths that are growing worse/resisting treatment
Nonadherance when a patient doesn't take one or more medications as prescribed
Opportunistic infections infections that occur due to immuno compromise
Palliative alleviation of symptoms but not a cure
Polypharmacy excessive use of drugs or prescription of many drugs given at one time
Proliferating rapid reproduction
Resistance an organisms lack of response to antibiotics
Restless leg syndrome a condition marked by an intolerable creeping sensation/itching in lower extremities
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