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Cymbalta(duloxetine, antidepressant) | An antidepressant, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors SSNRIs. Use to treat major depression disoder and general anxiety disorder. Use to treat chronic pain disorder called fibromyalgia and treat pain caused by nerve damage in people w/ dia |
Vytorin (Ezetimibe/Simvastatin) | Combination of 2 medicines. Ezetimibe and Simvastatin. Reduce the amount of cholesterol that your body absorbs from your diet. Simvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or "statin". It work by blocking an enzyme that is necessary for your body to |
Pravachol (Pravastatin, Antihyperlipide) | Lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients. Also increases high density lipoprotein (HDL) good cholesterol. It is used along with appropriate diet. In certain patient is use to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death due |
Klor-Con (Potassium chloride) | Use to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium (hypokalemia). Potassium levels can be low as result of a disease or from taking certain medicines, or after a prolonged illness with diarrhea or vomiting. This medicine contains potassium chloride. |
Fosomax (alendronate--bisphophonate/osteoporosis) | Is in a group of medicines called bisphosphonate. It alters the cylcle of bone formation and breakdown in the body. Alendronate slows bone loss while increasing bone mass, which may prevent bone fractures. It is use to treat or prevent postmenopausal o |
Tylenol #3 (acetaminophen, opoid, analgesic) | Acetaminophen and Codeine phosphate tablets are indicated for the relief of mild to moderately severe pain. |
Elavil (amitriptyline, antidepressant) | Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant. Trycyclic antidepressants improve depression symptoms is not fully understood. They are thought to increase the activity of certain chemicals in the brain (norepinephrine, serotonin) which help improve mood. |
Accuneb, ProAir HFA, Proventil, Ventolin (Albuterol Aero, Bronchodilator) | A bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs. Albuterol is used to reat or prevent bronchospasm in people with revesible obstructive airway disease. Albuterol is also used to prevent exercise induced bronchospa |
Anaprox and Naprosyn ( NSAID, Naproxen) | Use to treat mild to moderate pain, menstrual cramps, gout, bursitis, tendonitis. |
Dionovan HCT | Treats high blood pressure & high failure. |
Diflucan | Treats and preventing yeast and fungal infections. |
Levaquin | Treat infections caused by certain bacteria. It may also be used to prevent or slow anthrax after exposure. |
Vasotec | Treats high blood pressure, heart failure, and other heart problems. |
Coreg | Treats high blood pressure & heart failure. It may also be used after a heart attack to improve survival in certain patients. |
Zantac | Treats & prevent ulcers in the stomach and intestines. Treats GERD-gastroesophageal reflux disease, heartburn. |
Vibramycin | Treats many different bacterial infections. Also used to treat blemishes, bumps and acne-like lesions caused by rosacea. |
Actos | Treats Type II diabetes. |
Soma | Treats muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions. |
Zyloprim | Treats high uric acid levels in the blood or urine caused by certain types of cancer chemotherapy. Also treats certain patients with calcium oxalate kidney stones and high amounts of uric acid in the urine. |
Valium (Diazepam) benzodiazepin | Treating anxiety disorders or for the short-term relief of the symptoms of anxiety. It is also used to relieve certain types of muscle spasms and to treat symptoms of alcohol withdrawal (agitation, tremor, hallucinations). Also used with other medicines |
Valsartan | Angiotesin II. Use to treat HBP and heart failure |
Fluconazole | Anti-fungal. Treat and prevent yeast infections. |
Levofloxacin | Quinolone antibiotic. Treat infections caused by certain bacteria. Slow Anthrax after exposure. |
Enalapril | Angiotesin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. |
Carvedilol | Alpha/Blocker. Treat high blood pressure, heart failure and other heart problems. |
Ranitidene | histamine-2 blockers. Treat and prevent ulcers in stomach and intestine. Treats GERD-gastroesophageal reflux disease, heartburn. |
Doxycycline Hyclate | Treats many different bacterial infections. Also used to treat blemishes, bumps and acne-like lesions caused by rosacea. |
Pioglitazone | Thiazolidinedione Antidiabetic. Treats Type II diabetes |
Carisoprodol | Skeletal muscle relaxant. Treat muscle spams associated with acute painful conditions. |
Allopurinol | Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor. Treat high uric acid levels in the blood or urine. Anti-gout |