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MeSH Heading: Appetite Stimulants
Tree Number(s): D27.505.696.282.050; D27.505.954.427.220.050
Unique ID: D019167
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019167
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Agents that are used to stimulate appetite. These drugs are frequently used to treat anorexia associated with cancer and AIDS.
Entry Term(s): Appetite-Stimulating Drugs
Previous Indexing: Anorexia (1968-1974); Anorexia/drug therapy (1975-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

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adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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