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What Are Vitamins For?
Many people are advised by their health care practitioner to take vitamins, and while they obediently do so they often don't know why they are taking them and what exactly they are are doing for their health.
How Much Milk Thistle Should a Person Take?
Milk thistle seed grows on a common plant that grows easily in a sunny location. Its uses range from healing digestive membranes to minimizing the effects of liver damage. Milk thistle is easy to take in a tincture, capsule or tea. When deciding how to dose your milk thistle supplement, there are a
Provachol Side Effects
Provachol or Pravachol is a prescription medication used to lower cholesterol levels. Despite its effectiveness, Pravachol poses a risk for side effects in some patients.
The Side Effects of Preventic
Preventic is a veterinary formula drug registered for use in animals only. Preventic goes under various generic names, one of which is amitraz, while it also can be found under the brand names of Virbac, Mitaban and Taktic. Preventic is a prescription drug. There are some forms of this drug that are
Underuse of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Adults With Asthma
Despite strong evidence that inhaled corticosteroids are beneficial in treating asthma, a number of small studies suggest a use rate of only 34-56%. The primary objective of this study was to determine patterns of prescribing inhaled corticosteroids for high-risk patients with asthma.
How Does Clomid Help Conception?
Producing EggsClomid helps a woman conceive by establishing regular cycles of ovulation. It does not stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs, although that can happen naturally. Clomid works by stimulating the release of those hormones that help the ovaries grow and release a...
How to Evaluate the Side Effects of Plavix
Plavix is a drug created to prevent unwanted blood clotting. Used to prevent blood clots after a heart attack or stroke, and for people with disorders that cause blood clotting in the heart and blood vessels, Plavix and does have some unwanted side effects. Before taking Plavix, patients should ev
Uses for Icy Blue Camphor
Also known as "blue ice gel," Icy Blue is a product named both for its blue color and its woodsy scent, the latter of which comes from its active ingredients, camphor and menthol. Whether packaged as Icy Blue or sold as a generic camphor-menthol ointment, this remedy has a wide range of...
Crest Whitening Strips Directions
Several teeth-whitening kits are available at a fraction of the cost of a professional whitening. For example, Crest whitening strips can brighten your teeth if you use it consistently, and it is safe to use when the kit's directions are closely followed. Whitening strips work by covering the teeth
How to Identify a Drug by the Imprint
If you find a pill at the bottom of your purse or in an old pill holder, or if you've discovered a pill in your teen's belongings, you may want to identify it. Prescription and over-the-counter medications have an imprint--a word or a combination of symbols, letters and numbers imprinted on the pill
Liquid Potassium Iodide Uses
Liquid potassium iodide, also known as BRC liquid iodine, is an extremely versatile compound that is used as a supplement and home remedy. There are dozens of different uses for this particular chemical compound, from dealing with pimples and upset stomachs to helping get rid of a yeast...
What Is a Formulary Brand?
A formulary is a list of generic and name-brand prescription medications that a health insurance plan will cover. Each health insurance company maintains its own formulary list. Formulary lists are generally grouped into three tiers.
Health Literacy: A Review
Illiteracy in the United States has become an increasingly important problem, especially as it relates to healthcare.
Cost-Minimization Analysis of Phenytoin and Fosphenytoin
Which agent is pharmacoeconomically preferable for treating patients admitted to the ER following a seizure?
Bowel Preparations: A Review for Community Pharmacists
Do 'spit-dosing' regimens make bowel preparations less unpleasant?
How to Use Ginseng Root Siberian Powder
Siberian Ginseng is a member of the same plant family as American and Korean ginseng. It is also known as eleuthero and is among the most commonly used herbal supplements. Siberian ginseng is used in the treatment of many ailments including depression, fatigue and abnormal blood pressure.
Efudex Recovery
Efudex is a brand of fluorouracil topical medicine that is used to treat overgrowths of skin or superficial basal cell carcinoma. It is available in various strengths and consistencies, in the form of creams or solutions. Your skin will be more sensitive and raw during treatment and will take about
The Drawing Effects of Alum Powder
Alum, also called aluminum sulfate, is a compound salt, but if you put some on your tongue your first taste will be sweet. This is quickly followed by "puckering" and is caused by the astringency of the compound. There will be an abundance of saliva flow, the mucous membrane will blanch, capillaries
How to Determine the Temperature at Which Carbon Can Reduce Iron Oxide to Iron
Iron occurs naturally as iron ore, which is a compound of iron and oxygen, commonly as iron (iii) oxide. In order to separate metallic iron from this ore, the material must go through a smelting process. This process uses carbon to reduce the iron in the compound to its elemental form. Smelting take
Bilberry Extract Uses
Bilberries are a type of blueberry.bilberry background image by .shock from Fotolia.comBilberry extract is used to treat several different symptoms, though it hasn't been tested by the Food and Drug Administration for safety or effectiveness. Bilberry is also known as vaccinium myrtillus,...