long-acting drug

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long-acting drug

Etymology: AS, lang + L, agere, to do; Fr, drogue, drug

a pharmacologic agent with a prolonged effect because of a formulation resulting in the slow release of the active principle or the continued absorption of small amounts of the dosage of the drug over an extended period.

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asthma repository			The use of long-acting drugs such as non-depolarising neuromuscular blockers, on the other hand, will require that the patient is manually ventilated for a considerably longer period before spontaneous resumption of breathing or until it is safe to reverse the muscle relaxants (about 20 minutes for most). Failed intubation in the district hospital by Rantloane, J.L.A. / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD You want short-acting drugs for short-acting problems and long-acting drugs for long-acting problems," she said. Don't let fear of opioid abuse inhibit therapies by Wachter, Kerri / Clinical Psychiatry News A CIALIS is a long-acting drug used to treat erectile dysfunction. My headaches ruin our sex life; AND WIFE ISN'T AT ALL HAPPY ABOUT IT by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			long ciliary nerve long elevator muscle of rib long extensor muscle of big toe long extensor muscle of thumb long extensor muscle of toes long face syndrome long feedback loop long flexor muscle of big toe long flexor muscle of thumb long flexor muscle of toes long gyrus of insula long leg syndrome long muscle of head long muscle of neck long palmar muscle long Q-T syndrome long QT syndrome long radial extensor muscle of wrist long terminal repeat (LTR) long terminal repeats long thoracic nerve long thoracic nerve injury long tide long tract signs long-acting anticoagulants long-acting drug long-acting insulin long-acting thyroid stimulator long-acting thyroid stimulator protector long-arm cast long-keep long-leg cast long-leg cast with walker long-necked bladder worm long-nosed louse long-scale contrast long-spined thornapple long-spurred thornapple Long-stretch bandages long-term care long-term care facility long-term memory Longboarding longeing Longevinex Longevity Longevity Syndrome Longhorn longissimus longissimus capitis muscle Longistrongylus			Long's coefficient Long's Peak Long's Peak Long, Crawford Long, Crawford Williamson Long, Earl Long, Earl Kemp Long, Huey Long, Huey P. Long, Huey Pierce Long, John Davis Long, John Luther Long, Loch Long, Long, Long Long, Marguerite Long, People's Republic of China Long, People's Republic of China Long, Russell B. Long, Segmented, Filamentous Organism Long, Slow Message Long, Stephen Harriman long- long-acting Long-Acting and Permanent Method long-acting anticoagulants Long-Acting Beta-Agonist long-acting drug Long-Acting Injection long-acting insulin long-acting insulin long-acting insulin Long-Acting Natriuretic Hormone Long-Acting Oral Nitrates Long-Acting Oral or Ointment Long-Acting Release long-acting thyroid stimulator long-acting thyroid stimulator long-acting thyroid stimulator long-acting thyroid stimulator protector Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator-Protector long-ago long-and-short work long-and-short work long-arm cast Long-arm statute Long-armed long-awaited long-base-line system Long-beaked Common Dolphin Long-beaked Common Dolphin Long-beaked echidna Long-beaked echidna Long-beaked echidna long-beard Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher

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