Glossary Term Select a Term 5-Alpha reductase inhibitor ACE inhibitor Acetylcholine Acetylcholinesterase Adrenal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Akathisia Akinesia Allergy Alpha-blocker Alzheimer’s disease Analgesic Androgen Anemia Angina Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor Angiotensin II modifier Angiotensin receptor blocker Antacid Antiarrhythmic Antibiotic Anticholinergic Anticoagulant Anticonvulsant Antidepressant Antiflatulent Antifungal Antihistamine Antihypertensive Antioxidant Antiparkinsonian Antiprotozoal Antipsychotic Antispasmodic Antitubercular Aortic stenosis Arthritis Asthma Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Atypical antipsychotic Barbiturate Benzodiazepines Beta agonist Beta-blocker Biguanide Bisphosphonate Blinded study Bone marrow depression Bone mineral density Bronchodilator Bronchospasm Calcium channel blocker Carcinogenicity Cardiovascular system Carotid sinus Cephalosporin Cholesterol Cholesterol-lowering drug Cholinergic Cholinesterase inhibitor Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Cirrhosis Coating agent Cochrane Collaboration Colitis Combination drug Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) Complete blood count (CBC) Congestive heart failure Controlled trial Corticosteroid Cough suppressant Cutaneous Cyst Decongestant Delirium Dementia Depression, endogenous Diabetes mellitus Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) Dietary supplements Diuretic Diverticulitis Duodenum Eczema Edema Electrolyte Emphysema Endometriosis Enzyme Epidemiology Epilepsy Erectile dysfunction Ergot derivative Esophagitis Esophagus Estrogen Expectorant FDA Fecal impaction Fibrate Fixed-ratio combination drug Fluoroquinolone G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) deficiency Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Gastrointestinal (GI) tract Generic Glaucoma Glitazone Glucocorticoid Gout Heart block Heart failure Heartburn Herbal product Herpes simplex Histamine Histamine2-blocker Hormone Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Huntington’s disease Hypersensitivity Hypertension Hypertension Hypoglycemia Hypothermia Immune system Incontinence Infection Inflammation Inhaled steroid Insomnia Insulin Interaction Irritable bowel syndrome Ischemic colitis Ketolide Laxative Leukotriene inhibitor Leukotriene modifier Loop diuretic Mania Me-too drug Meta-analysis Migraine Mineral Muscle relaxant Mutagenicity Myasthenia gravis Narcotic Nasal steroid National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nervous system Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Neurological NMDA receptor antagonist Nonnarcotic painkiller Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) NSAID Nutritional supplements Observational study Opiate Oral Oral contraceptive Oral rehydration solution (ORS) Osteomalacia Osteoporosis Pancreas Parathyroid hormone Parkinson’s disease Parkinsonism, drug-induced Patent Peptic ulcer Phosphodiesterase inhibitor Placebo Platelets Pneumonia Polyp Porphyria Postural hypotension Potassium-sparing diuretic Progestin Prostaglandin Prostate Proton pump inhibitor Psoriasis Psychosis QT interval Randomized trial Raynaud’s syndrome Reflux Salicylate Sarcoidosis Schizophrenia Scleroderma Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) Serotonin Sick sinus syndrome Sjogren’s syndrome Spasm Spasticity Statin Statistical significance Steroid Stool Sulfa drug Sulfonamide Sulfonylurea Sympathomimetic Systemic lupus erythematosus Tardive dyskinesia Tetracycline Thalassemia Thiazide diuretic Thiazolidinedione Thromboembolism Thyroid Topical medication Toxic Tranquilizer Tricyclic antidepressant Tuberculosis Ulcer Uric acid Urinalysis Urinary retention Urinary tract Ventricular fibrillation Vertigo Vitamin Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome Xanthine