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Fall 2009 Vol. 7 No. 4
Salicylates
Medications containing salicylic acid and its derivatives have been in use since ancient times. By the 1700’s, extracts of willow bark, rich in salicylate, were known to have beneficial effects on fever, pain, and inflammation.......

Summer 2009 Vol. 7 No. 3
Methoglobin
Methemoglobin is an altered form of hemoglobin in which the ferrous state, Fe2+, loses an electron and is oxidized to the ferric, Fe3+, state.......
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UCSF The California Poison Control System, managed by the University of California San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, consists of four answering sites: UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento Division), San Francisco General Hospital (San Francisco Division), Children's Hospital Central California (Fresno/Madera Division), UC San Diego Medical Center (San Diego Division). The central administrative office is located at UCSF's Laurel Heights campus in San Francisco. CPCS is a certified member of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

 

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