Michele Bachmann fans will be dismayed to find that the advisory committee on immunization policy has recommended that boys age 11 to 12 receive the HPV vaccine. Bachmann was criticized and ridiculed for her comments on believing that the HP vaccine could lead to mental retardation after her debate with Gov.…
Some medication side effects are unavoidable, but others are related to taking your medication incorrectly, taking medication unnecessarily, or making other mistakes you can avoid with care and prudence. Here are 5 common medication related side effects that can often or usually be avoided.…
Methotrexate Side Effects: Methotrexate has long been used as an immunosuppressive medication and as a chemotherapy agent. Methotrexate functions primarily as an inhibitor of folic acid which is a necessary cofactor for cellular metabolism. Because of its effects on cell division the potential methotrexate side effects are numerous and potentially very serious.…
Lamictal Side Effects: Lamictal is an anticonvulsant with medication, generic name lamotrigine, and Lamictal side effects are quite common. Lamictal has increased in popularity since becoming available as generic product. This increase in use has likely seen the concurrent increase in severe Lamictal side effects including severe rashes like Stevens-Johnson syndrome, rare cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis and even rash related deaths.…
Phentermine Side Effects: Phentermine is a medication in the amphetamine class of drugs approved only for short term use for the treatment of obesity. Phentermine is available in 15 mg and 30 mg and 37.5 mg doses. The maximum daily dose of phentermine 37.5 mg per day and is usually given once a day either before breakfast or 1 to 2 hours after breakfast.…
Omeprazole Side Effects: Omeprazole, originally marketed as Prilosec, was the first of a new class of medications known as the proton pump inhibitors that are used to treat acid dyspeptic disorders . These medications were revolutionary in that they nearly completely turned off the gastric parietal cells production of hydrochloric acid and so made the stomach contents nearly neutral.…
Synthroid Side Effects: Synthroid is a brand of levothyroxine key used primarily for replacement of thyroid hormone in patients with hypothyroidism. The most common Synthroid side effects are related to over treatment or misuse of Synthroid. Synthroid is synthetically produced exact replica of the polypeptide levothyroxine produced by the human thyroid gland and so when used in ideal dosage there are usually few if any Synthroid side effects.…
Nexium Side Effects: Nexium is the L-isomer of omeprazole and is a member of the proton pump inhibitor class of medications used to treat acid related gastrointestinal symptoms. Nexium is available in 20 and 40 mg delayed-release capsules as well as in granule packets and IV product.…
Methotrexate is called an anti-metabolite; it inhibits folic acid from being converted to folinic acid, a process that is important in cell replication. Choosing the correct methotrexate dosage is important in order to achieve adequate efficacy as a chemotherapy drug, an immunosuppressive medication or as an anti-inflammatory.…
Lyrica Side Effects: Lyrica is a relatively new anticonvulsant medication that also has indications for your router type pain conditions including postherpetic neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy as well as treatment of pain from fibromyalgia. Lyrica is favored over gabapentin by many patients because of the relative lack of Lyrica side effects.…
Synthroid, a brand of levothyroxine, is one of the very few medications with an FDA assigned pregnancy category A. this is because Synthroid is the exact human hormone levothyroxine this produce synthetically and given orally for home replacement therapy in patients with hypothyroid.…
Lamictal is a brand for lamotrigine, a medication used for epilepsy. Lamictal stabilizes the nerves by blocking voltage dependent sodium channels. It is used in some seizure patients as a standalone medication, or as an additional medication along with other anticonvulsant drugs to stop seizures.…
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