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A high risk for overdose exists among young children who spend extended periods of time with older caregivers such as grandparen ...

requiring LIVER TRANSPLANTATION orKIDNEY TRANS- PLANTATION. Symptoms and Diagnostic Path The symptoms of drug overdose vary acco ...

come in child-resistant packaging. Tablets and cap- sules may come in bulk or single-dose packaging. The US Food and Drug Admini ...

P–S peak level The maximum concentration of a DRUGin the BLOODcirculation. The peak level cor- responds in part to the drug’s ro ...

See also ALCOHOL INTERACTIONS WITH MEDICATIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CYTOCHROME P 450 (CYP 450 ) ENZYMES; PHARMACODY ...

tered by transdermal patch, injection, or rectal suppository. Injection allows the most rapid deliv- ery; other forms allow slow ...

See alsoILLICIT DRUG USE; LEGEND DRUG; OVER-THE- COUNTER(OTC) DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE. side effect An action other than t ...

T therapeutic equivalence In pharmacology, drugs that have the same active ingredients in the same forms and have the same actio ...

next DOSEof the drug. The trough level helps the doctor determine if the dosage is appropriate to achieve the desired therapeuti ...

This section, “Nutrition and Diet,” presents an overview discussion of nutritional concepts as they relate to health, health ris ...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD). Following shortly was the first official recommendation to limit con- sumption of a particular foo ...

A aging, nutrition and dietary changes that occur with Nutritional needs and dietary choices change across the spectrum of age. ...

elderly. NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY and MALNUTRITION can develop rather quickly, initiating a cascade of health consequences that ca ...

The hunger center resides within the HYPOTHAL- AMUS, a structure of the midbrain that integrates neurologic and hormonal activit ...

B–C beriberi A health condition resulting from long- term deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B 1 ). Beriberi affects neurologic, mu ...

subside. Cardiovascular symptoms generally improve within 24 hours, though underlying damage to the HEART may be permanent and r ...

Many people can tolerate small amounts of substances that contain the sugars for which they are lacking enzymes. Avoiding larger ...

D–H diet and health The effects foods and EATING HABITShave on health and HEALTH RISK FACTORS. As diet is the primary means by w ...

their desires. An advance directive allows a person to establish in writing his or her desires about such matters, mitigating fa ...

Hunger sends HORMONEand NERVEsignals to the APPETITEand hunger centers in the BRAIN, each of which responds with other neurohorm ...