Stelara™ introduction
Read this Medication Guide before you start taking STELARA™ and each time before you get an injection. There may be new information. This Medication Guide does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or treatment with STELARA™.
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What is swine flu (novel H1N1 influenza A swine flu)?
Swine flu (swine influenza) is a respiratory disease caused by viruses (influenza viruses) that infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in nasal secretions, a barking-like cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior. Swine flu produces most of the same symptoms in pigs [...]
GENERIC NAME: omega-3-acid ethyl esters
BRAND NAME: Lovaza
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Lovaza is an antilipemic or fat-regulating drug that is used in addition to diet to reduce triglyceride (TG, a fat-carrying particle in the blood) levels in adult patients with severe elevations in blood levels of TG (≥mg/dL). TG [...]
Introduction to OTC pain medication and fever reducers
Pain is the most common reason for people to seek medical advice, pain medicine is the most frequently purchased over-the-counter (OTC) medication. Fever is one of the most common reasons that children visit the doctor. Moreover, one in five emergency room visits for [...]
Drug interactions and NSAIDs
NSAIDs reduce the blood pressure-lowering effects of certain high blood pressure (antihypertensive) medications, including:
thiazide diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide (Dyazide, Maxzide);
beta-blockers such as propranolol (Inderal, Inderal LA), atenolol (Inderal, Tenormin), and metoprolol (Lopressor);
angiotensin receptor antagonists such as enalapril (Vasotec), lisinopril (Zestril; Prinivil), benazepril (Lotensin), quinapril (Accupril), [...]
Aspirin, when taken together with an anti-coagulant such as warfarin (Coumadin) or enoxaparin (Lovenox), can greatly impair the body’s ability to form blood clots, resulting in excessive bleeding spontaneously, from ulcers, or related to a procedure. Therefore, patients on such combinations must be closely monitored by a doctor.
Low dose aspirin can raise [...]
Other attempts to prevent complications have included aspirin-containing products that release the aspirin slowly over time (for example, Zorprin, Measurin, Verin). Like enteric-coated products, these products are not ideal when prompt relief of pain is needed. They also do not prevent ulcers or bleeding. Buffered (for example, Bufferin) and effervescent (such [...]
Migraine or vascular headaches
Migraine or vascular headaches are due to dilation (widening) of blood vessels in the head. An estimated 28 million people in the United States (about 12% of the population) will experience migraine headaches. Migraine headaches affect children as well as adults. Before puberty, boys are affected more than [...]
Introduction to OTC pain medication and fever reducers
Pain is the most common reason for people to seek medical advice, pain medicine is the most frequently purchased over-the-counter (OTC) medication. Fever is one of the most common reasons that children visit the doctor. Moreover, one in five emergency room visits for children is due to fever. [...]
Wouldn’t it be great to get an education and have someone else pay for it? In some health care fields, competent workers are in such short supply that employers are willing to pay part or all of a student’s tuition and sometimes companies also offer monthly payments of $1000 or more for living expenses.
For those [...]
