What is Promacta (eltrombopag) and how is it used? Promacta is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 1 year of age and older with low blood platelet counts due to chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), when other medicines to treat ITP or surgery to remove the spleen have not worked well enough. Promacta …
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What is Ingrezza (valbenazine) and how is it used? Ingrezza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with movements in the face, tongue, or other body parts that cannot be controlled (tardive dyskinesia). What are the most important side effects and other facts about Ingrezza (valbenazine)? Ingrezza may cause serious side effects, including: Sleepiness (somnolence). Do not drive, operate …
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What is Cyramza (ramucirumab) and how is it used? Cyramza is a prescription medication used for cancer treatment, which is given through intravenous (IV) infusion. Cyramza is a human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 antagonist that specifically binds VEGF Receptor 2 and blocks binding of VEGFR ligands, VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D. As a result, ramucirumab inhibits ligand-stimulated activation of …
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What is Kevzara (sarilumab) and how is it used? Kevzara is an injectable prescription medicine called an Interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor blocker. Kevzara is used to treat adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after at least one other medicine called a disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) has been used and did not work well or could not be …
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What is Sublocade (buprenorphine) and how is it used? Sublocade is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderate to severe addiction (dependence) to opioid drugs (prescription or illegal) who: have received treatment with an oral transmucosal (used under the tongue or inside the cheek) buprenorphine containing medicine for 7 days and are taking a dose that controls withdrawal …
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What is Daliresp (roflumilast) and how is it used? Daliresp is a prescription medicine used in adults with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to decrease the number of flare-ups or the worsening of COPD symptoms (exacerbations). Daliresp is not a bronchodilator and should not be used for treating sudden breathing problems. Your healthcare provider may give you other medicine …
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What is Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) and how is it used? Skyrizi is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or treatment using ultraviolet or UV light (phototherapy). What are the most important side effects and other facts about Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa)? Skyrizi may cause serious side …
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What is esophagoscopy? Esophagoscopy may be done through the nose and involves inserting a long, flexible tube with a lighted camera to examine the inside of the esophagus. Esophagoscopy is a procedure to examine the inner lining (mucosa) of the esophagus. During endoscopy a flexible tube with a lighted camera (endoscope) is inserted through the mouth and throat along the …
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What is Mayzent (siponimod) and how is it used? Mayzent is a prescription medicine that is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease, in adults. It is not known if Mayzent is safe and effective in children. What are the most important side effects and other facts …
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What is Entyvio and how is it used? Entyvio is a prescription medicine used in adults for the treatment of: moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease. Entyvio (vedolizumab), an integrin receptor antagonist, is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells. It is not known if Entyvio is safe and effective …
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