Generic Lipitor is a cholesterol-lowering drug. Your doctor may prescribe it along with a special diet if your blood cholesterol or triglyceride level is high and you have been unable to lower your readings by diet alone. The drug works by helping to clear harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol out of the blood and by limiting the body's ability to form new LDL cholesterol.
Generic ActoPlus Met is used for treating type 2 diabetes. It is used along with diet and exercise. It works by decreasing the amount of sugar the liver produces and the intestines absorb.
Generic Biaxin is in a group of drugs called macrolide antibiotics. It is used to treat many different types of bacterial infections affecting the skin and respiratory system. It is also used together with other medicines to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori.
Generic Diflucan is an antifungal antibiotic. It is used to treat infections caused by fungus, which can invade any part of the body including the mouth, throat, esophagus, lungs, bladder, genital area and the blood.
Generic Ilosone is used to treat many kinds of infections and to prevent ''strep'' infections in patients with a history of rheumatic heart disease who may be allergic to penicillin.
Generic Neoral is used for preventing the rejection of organ transplants (kidney, liver, and heart). This medicine is also used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis in certain patients.
Generic Norvir is an antiviral medication in a group of HIV medicines called protease inhibitors. It prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplying in your body.
Generic Pacerone is used for treating life-threatening recurrent heart rhythm disturbances in patients who cannot tolerate or do not respond well to other medicines.
Generic Sporanox is an antifungal antibiotic. It is used to treat infections caused by fungus, which can invade any part of the body including the lungs, mouth or throat, toenails or fingernails.
Generic Tricor is used for controlling high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood. It is used in combination with a diet low in cholesterol and saturated fat. Generic Tricor is a lipid-lowering agent. It lowers elevated blood triglyceride levels by making the liver produce fewer triglycerides and increasing the elimination of triglycerides from the blood stream.
Adults with diabetes may now have an alternative to some of the insulin injections they must now take.
Exubera (Pfizer), a powder form of recombinant human insulin, represents the first new method of delivery since the hormone’s discovery in the 1920s. Pfizer developed the drug and dispenser with Sanofi-Aventis and Nektar Therapeutics.
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The FDA has tentatively approved Stavudine for Oral Solution, 1 mg/ml (Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., India). This antiretroviral agent is the first generic version of Generic Zerit Oral Solution (Bristol-Myers Squibb). This child-friendly agent is indicated for pediatric patients with HIV infection, from birth through adolescence.
Stavudine medication (d4T) helps to prevent the AIDS virus from reproducing. [...]]]...
The first immune globulin product for subcutaneous injection to prevent serious infections in patients with primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDDs) has been approved.
Vivaglobin (ZLB Behring GmbH, Germany) is manufactured from human plasma collected at U.S. licensed plasma centers. It is given under the skin on a weekly basis via an infusion pump. Patients can self-administer [...]]]...
The Heart Rhythm Society is recommending changes in how medical device manufacturers and the government oversee implanted heart devices, such as defibrillators and pacemakers. The group is requesting that (1) companies use outside experts to help them decide when to issue alerts about potential safety problems; (2) doctors test a heart unit at the time [...]]]...
A study from Oulu University Hospital indicates that aspirin use may double the risk of death in patients with intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Regular aspirin use was a significant independent predictor of death within the first three months after the index stroke; it was also significantly associated with early hematoma growth.
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