Drug resistance
Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness, or the complete elimination of effectiveness, of a drug against the disease it is meant to treat. Drug resistance is an all to common occurrence with drugs meant to treat infections and certain malignancies.
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Which antimalarial drugs are used in areas that have multiple drug resistance?
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Any medicine to treat multi-drug resistance in tuberculosis ?
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What is a tuberculosis treatment if you have total drug resistance?
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Is it necessary to take vitamins if you have HIV, and does taking drugs cause drug resistance?
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Does untreated chlamydia infect heart and brain?Can chlamydia have drug resistance?
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Toe nail infection came back two years after treatment, i want to solve the problem but am worried about drug resistance.
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If I use .5 mg of ativan (lorazepam) every night for insomnia, in time will i build up resistance to drug and require a higher dose to give the same effect?
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