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These reactions permit the transformation of an aldose into a ketose; the reverse change can only be brought about by reducing the ketose to an alcohol, and oxidizing this compound to an aldehyde.

Anna Nicole Smith's 2007 death was officially ruled an accidental overdose after toxicology reports found that she had taken eight prescription drugs, such as methadone and other opiates.

Too much vitamin D through toxicity or an overdose can cause the body to experience high levels of blood calcium, which can then be deposited in the heart and lungs, reducing their functioning and endangering an individual's health.

Cane sugar has no reducing power and does not form an hydrazone or osazone; the other varieties, however, reduce Fehling's solution and form hydrazones and osazones, behaving as aldoses, i.

The use of EXUBERA in patients requiring dose titrations of less than 1 mg is not recommended (see section 4.

Generally analgesics should not be dosed on an as-needed basis but should be administered often enough to assure constant blood levels of analgesic.

On the 4th of December 1893, having been accidentally given an overdose of chloral, he died at Hindhead.

If plants have severely yellowed leaves or stunted growth, a small dose of liquid fertilizer will quickly provide the necessary nutrients in an easily absorbed medium.

She opened the refrigerator door for him, releasing her breath in a measured dose.

Finally, set off those peepers with a heavy dose of black mascara to separate and add volume to fine lashes.

In Heliolites porosus the colonies had the form of spheroidal masses; the calices were furnished with twelve pseudosepta, and the coenenchymal tubes were more or less regularly hexagonal.

Pilocarpine has an action closely allied to that of nicotine, but as it is much less poisonous (the effects produced by small doses being chiefly excessive sweating and salivation), it is capable of being utilized in medicine.

The goal of the biphasic and triphasic formulations is to achieve adequate control of the menstrual cycle while using lower doses of both estrogens and progestins, thereby reducing the risk of adverse effects.

Synonyms:

medicament, lethal dose, booster dose, draft, booster, tab, hit, pill, medicinal drug, medicine, dosage, lozenge, draught, booster shot, recall dose, medication, tablet,

Antonyms:

top out, stay in place, bottom out, fall back, over-the-counter medicine,