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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Methenamine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Metenamina
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Metenamina
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Synonyms English:
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Aminoform
Hexamethylenetetramine
Hexamine
Hexamine Silver
Methenamine Silver
Methenamine, Silver
Silver Methenamine
Silver, Hexamine
Silver, Methenamine
Urotropin
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Tree Number:
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D02.092.782.500
D02.455.426.100.050.392
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Definition English:
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An anti-infective agent most commonly used in the treatment of urinary tract infections. Its anti-infective action derives from the slow release of formaldehyde by hydrolysis at acidic pH. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p173) |
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Pharmacological Action:
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Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8886
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Unique Identifier:
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D008709
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Similar:
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DeCS
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