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Definition of Pentamidine

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Medical Definition of Pentamidine

1. An antibiotic used in aerosol form as a prevention against PCP (aerosolised pentamidine) and used intravenously to treat PCP. Side effects of inhaled pentamidine can include coughing, lung contractions, shortness of breath and fatigue. Side effects of injected pentamidine can include low blood sugar, pancreatitis and kidney disease. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Pentamidine

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1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"Calculate concentration, C, of pentamidine isethionate in the air volume ... The average recovery of 324-ng quantities of pentamidine isethionate from PVC ..."

2. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"LIST OF ORPHAN PRODUCTS DESIGNATIONS AND APPROVALS NAME Generic Name TN=Trade Name pentamidine isethionate TN= Pentam 300 pentamidine isethionate TN= ..."

3. Enforcement Procedures And Scheduling For Occupational Exposure To Tuberculosisby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"RR-13 MMWR intubation and auctioning, diagnostic sputum induction, aerosol treatments (eg, pentamidine therapy), and bronchoscopy. Other procedures that can ..."

4. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... 0 + Effects less prominent than ceptives glucocorticoids pentamidine + 0 ... pentamidine is used increasingly in the prophylaxis and treatment of pneu- ..."

5. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"NOVEL pentamidine ANALOGUES AS POTENTIAL ANTI-PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII ... School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN pentamidine is currently one of the drugs of ..."

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