Give me the use of the drugs and most common side effects associted

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This image list is the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) for District Hospitals - it spans ~167 medicines across many drug classes. That's too broad to cover in one detailed answer. Here's the breakdown:

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Anesthetic agents & local anesthetics - Halothane, Isoflurane, Ketamine, Propofol, Thiopentone, Bupivacaine, Lignocaine, Atropine, Midazolam
Non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics, NSAIDs & DMARDs - Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, Methotrexate, Sulfasalazine, Hydroxychloroquine, Naproxen, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
Anti-allergic & anaphylaxis medicines - Adrenaline, Cetirizine, Chlorpheniramine, Dexamethasone, Hydrocortisone, Hydroxyzine
Antidotes & poisoning management - Activated charcoal, Naloxone, N-acetylcysteine, Desferrioxamine, Neostigmine, Snake venom antiserum
Anticonvulsants/antiepileptics - Carbamazepine, Phenytoin, Sodium valproate, Levetiracetam, Lorazepam, Magnesium sulphate
Anti-infective medicines - antibacterials - Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate, Piperacillin-Tazobactam, Macrolides, Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Vancomycin
Anti-TB and antileprotic drugs - Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide, Bedaquiline, Delamanid, Clofazimine, Dapsone
Antifungals & antivirals (incl. HIV, Hepatitis, Herpes) - Fluconazole, Amphotericin B, Acyclovir, ART drugs (Efavirenz, Nevirapine, Tenofovir), Sofosbuvir
Antiprotozoals & antimalarials - Chloroquine, Artemether-Lumefantrine, Primaquine, Quinine, Metronidazole, Miltefosine
Anti-migraine drugs - Sumatriptan, Flunarizine, Propranolol
Anti-neoplastic (chemotherapy) drugs - 5-FU, Cyclophosphamide, Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab, Imatinib, Carboplatin
Hormonal/anti-hormonal cancer therapy - Tamoxifen, Bicalutamide, Letrozole, Prednisolone
Immunosuppressants - Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate
Pain and palliative care medicines - Opioids (Tramadol, Buprenorphine), Haloperidol, Metoclopramide, Ondansetron, Amitriptyline, Diazepam

Overview

This is India's essential medicine list covering everything from surgical anesthesia to end-of-life palliative care. Each category serves a distinct clinical purpose: anesthetics and analgesics manage pain/procedures, anti-infectives treat bacterial/viral/fungal/parasitic disease, anticonvulsants control seizures, and oncology/immunosuppressive drugs manage cancer and transplant/autoimmune conditions. Side effect patterns generally cluster by class - e.g., aminoglycosides and vancomycin share nephrotoxicity/ototoxicity risk, anti-TB drugs share hepatotoxicity risk, and chemotherapy agents share myelosuppression and GI toxicity risk, while individual drugs also carry unique signature side effects (e.g., ketamine causing emergence delirium, methotrexate causing hepatotoxicity/mucositis).

Given the scope, I'll go deep on one category at a time so you get accurate, complete detail rather than a shallow pass over 167 drugs.

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Which drug category would you like detailed use + common side effects for first?

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