Generic drug: copanlisib Brand name: Aliqopa What is Aliqopa (copanlisib), and how does it work? Aliqopa is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with follicular lymphoma (FL) when the disease has come back after treatment with at least two prior medicines. What are the side effects of Aliqopa? What are the possible side effects …
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Generic drug: givosiran Brand name: Givlaari What is Givlaari (givosiran), and how does it work? Givlaari (givosiran) is an aminolevulinate synthase 1-directed small interfering RNA indicated for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP). What are the side effects of Givlaari? Advise patients of the potential risks of Givlaari treatment: Anaphylactic Reaction Inform patients about the risk and …
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Generic drug: generic Brand name: Zelapar What is Zelapar, and how does it work? Zelapar (selegiline hydrochloride) is an enzyme blocker (MAO inhibitor) that works by slowing the breakdown of certain natural substances in the brain (neurotransmitters such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin) used together with other medicines to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease. What are the side effects of …
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Generic drug: methylphenidate HCI Brand name: Methylin What is Methylin (methylphenidate HCI), and how does it work? Methylin Oral Solution (methylphenidate HCI) is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Narcolepsy. Methylin Oral Solution may be used alone or with other medications. Methylin Oral Solution belongs to a class of drugs called Stimulants; …
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Generic drug: digoxin Brand name: Digitek What is Digitek (digoxin), and how does it work? Heart Failure: Digitek (digoxin) tablets are indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate heart failure. Digoxin increases left ventricular ejection fraction and improves heart failure symptoms as evidenced by exercise capacity and heart failure-related hospitalizations and emergency care, while having no effect on mortality. …
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Generic drug: emtricitabine Brand name: Emtriva What is Emtriva (emtricitabine), and how does it work? Emtriva (emtricitabine) is a prescription medicine used in combination with other antiretroviral medicines to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). What are the side effects of Emtriva? WARNING POSTTREATMENT EXACERBATION OF HEPATITIS B Emtriva …
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Generic drug: goserelin acetate Brand name: Zoladex What is Zoladex (goserelin acetate), and how does it work? Zoladex (goserelin acetate) implant is a GnRH agonist used to treat a variety of conditions, including advanced breast cancer, prostate cancer, endometriosis, and endometrial thinning. Stage B2-C Prostatic Carcinoma Zoladex is indicated for use in combination with flutamide for the management of locally …
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Understand the symptoms of COVID-19 in children and how to manage them According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association, approximately 13% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are children. Though children are vulnerable to COVID-19, most kids under the age of 14 are less likely to become infected, and symptoms are often less severe. Babies, however, …
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What is a hematoma? What is a bruise? A hematoma may have no visible signs, but a bruise will appear as localized discoloration. A hematoma is a localized collection of blood in the tissues of the body outside of the blood vessels. Also called a contusion or “black and blue mark,” a bruise is a discoloration of the skin that …
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Stage 1 ovarian cancer often has no symptoms, but abdominal pain or a mass, and irregular vaginal bleeding might be indications you have ovarian cancer. The ovaries are the parts of the female reproductive system that produce a woman’s eggs and female hormones. Cancer of the ovary is not common, but it is the deadliest of female reproductive cancers. Women …
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