... no artificial separation
between scientific medicine and "alternative" or "complementary" medicine.
Pharmacology & Genetics
During the last 5 years, the genomes of humans, ... remembered trade names. For example,
"Prilosec" is the trade name for the antiulcer and heartburn drug "omeprazole" (see Case Study:
Discovery & Development of a Blo...
... them.
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so
microorganisms
may be
naturally
Cborn')
resistant,
'achieve' resistance
by
mutation
or
have resistance
'thrust
upon them'
by
transfer
of
plasmids
and
other
... of
resistant
strains.
Although clinical microbiology laboratories report
microbial
susceptibility test results
as
'sensitive'
or
'resistant'
to a
particu...
... usually include
or
end in
'cillin'
(b)
cephalosporins
and
cephamycins
which
are
recog-
nised
by the
inclusion
of
'cef'
or
'ceph'
in
their
official
... streptomyces
end in
'mycin',
e.g.
tobramycin. Others include gentamicin
(from
Micro-
monospora
purpurea
which
is not a
fungus, hence
the
spelling
as
'micin')
and
s...
... gives
the
picture
of
macular pigmentation surrounded
by a
ring
of
pigment
(the
'bull's-eye'
macula).
The
functional
defect
can
take
the
form
of
scotomas,
photophobia,
defective
... fevers,
amongst them malaria,
the
occurrence
of
which
was
associated with
bad air
('mal aria').
Further
advance
in the
chemotherapy
of
malaria
was
delayed u...
... eczema.
Topical
corticosteroids should
be
applied sparingly
('Marmite rather than marmalade').
The
'finger
tip
unit'
5
is a
useful
guide
in
educating patients (see
Table
... to
normal
when
the
drug
is
withdrawn.
Some drugs, notably NSAIDs,
induce
a
'pseudoporphyria',
clinically resembling
porphyria cutanea tarda
and
presenting with skin
fra...