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n. 1. a bright yellow metal that is very malleable. In dentistry pure gold is now very rarely used as a filling. Gold alloys are used for *crowns, *inlays, and *bridges, either alone or veneered with a tooth-coloured material, but increasingly nonprecious alloys are being used. Gold alloys are now only rarely used as the metal framework for partial dentures, *cobalt-chromium alloys being used instead. 2. (in pharmacology) a compound of the metal gold, sodium aurothiomalate, used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Side-effects may include blood disorders, severe skin rash and allergy, inflammation of the colon, and kidney damage. Because of this, its use has largely been replaced by methotrexate and biological therapies.
(Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) a body that works with health-care professionals and public health officials around the world to raise awareness of *chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to improve prevention and treatment of this disease. The publication of management guidelines has had a significant impact on a change in treatment for this condition worldwide.
An antirheumatic drug used to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis and, occasionally, arthritis arising as a complication of psoriasis.
It is given either as regular injections or orally (see auranofin).
A common adverse effect is dermatitis.
Gold may damage the kidneys, liver, and bone marrow and may cause loss of appetite, nausea, and diarrhoea.
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