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- noun Plural form of
suppressant .
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Examples
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A review of pharmacy records for 485 C. difficile cases diagnosed at a San Diego hospital from 2004 to 2008 showed that 231 patients had taken prescription acid suppressants in the previous 90 days.
Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later Ann Lukits 2011
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Ritalin and Adderall are powerful appetite suppressants.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Still More on ADHD and Obesity 2009
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Nulojix, also known by the chemical name belatacept, is an alternative to some older immune suppressants, which cause headaches and nausea and, occasionally, kidney toxicity.
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Caveat: As use of over-the-counter acid suppressants couldn't be documented, the study may underestimate total use of acid-suppression medications, researchers said.
Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later Ann Lukits 2011
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The study found that patients who used prescription suppressants had almost three times the risk of complications and nearly five times the risk of dying from C. difficile infections than nonusers.
Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later Ann Lukits 2011
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Without immune suppressants, a patient's body would reject the new kidney as a foreign object and attack it.
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Between 1949 and 1999, according to internal documents from the tobacco industry released during litigation in the US, Philip Morris and British American Tobacco added appetite suppressants to cigarettes.
Smoke and minors 2011
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Appetite suppressants based on hormones that are produced in our gut after we have eaten are already producing encouraging results.
Experts targeting obesity raise hope of drugs to stop us feeling hungry 2011
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There's a second boxed warning that Nulojix, as well as other immune suppressants, increases risk of other cancers and serious infections.
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C. difficile risk: Patients hospitalized with C. difficile infections who had recently taken prescription stomach-acid suppressants had a significantly higher risk of complications and dying than nonsuppressant users, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later Ann Lukits 2011
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