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Common Medications

  • Allergy shots
  • Choose the best insect repellent
  • Cold medicines
  • Diuretics
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Osteoporosis drug: Fosamax
  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
  • Sleep medications
  • Smoking cessation drugs: bupropion
  • Statins
  • The benefits and risks of aspirin

Treatment: By Medication and Devices

  • Allergy desensitization alternative treatments: what are they and do they work?
  • Allergy shots
  • Alternative ways to fight the flu
  • Arixtra: protection against post-surgical blood clots
  • Biologic agents and the treatment of autoimmune disorders
  • Botox for the treatment of frown lines
  • Botulism: killer or wonder drug?
  • Camera pill takes pictures of small intestine
  • CardioSEAL septal occlusion system: for the treatment of congenital cardiovascular defects
  • Coenzyme Q10 may be beneficial for parkinson’s disease
  • Conductive keratoplasty can improve farsightedness
  • Cortisone injection: will it help or hurt you?
  • Frova: longer relief from migraine pain
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): does it reduce heart disease risk in postmenopausal women?
  • How well do antidepressants really work?
  • InFUSE bone graft/LT-CAGE lumbar tapered fusion device: a new option for treating degenerative disc disease
  • Kineret: help for easing the pain of rheumatoid arthritis
  • Leukotriene inhibitors can help control asthma and relieve symptoms of allergies
  • Light therapy device for acne
  • New combination therapy for controlling obesity
  • New implant for GERD
  • Prevacid approved for pediatric GERD
  • Propecia: the new pill for baldness: does it work?
  • Rebif: providing relief for people with multiple sclerosis
  • Refractive eye surgery
  • Statin drugs: not just for high cholesterol?
  • The role of weight loss drugs in fighting obesity
  • Transdermal patches for weight loss: safe or sorry?

Treatment: By Condition

  • Allergy desensitization alternative treatments: what are they and do they work?
  • Allergy shots
  • Asthma and allergies: leukotriene inhibitors
  • Autoimmune disorders: biologic agents to treat
  • Blood clots: Arixtra may offer protection against post-surgical blood clots
  • Degenerative disc disease: InFUSE Bone Graft/LT-CAGE lumbar tapered fusion device
  • Depression: how well do antidepressants really work?
  • Emergency contraception: plan B
  • Farsightedness: conductive keratoplasty can improve
  • Flu: alternative ways to fight the flu
  • Frown lines: Botox treatment
  • Gallstones: anatomy of a gallstone
  • GERD: new implant
  • GERD: Prevacid approved for pediatric GERD
  • High blood pressure: Benicar is a new option for treatment
  • Migraine headache: Frova may offer longer relief from migraine pain
  • Multiple sclerosis: Rebif may provide relief
  • Obesity: the role of weight loss drugs
  • Osteoporosis drug: Fosamax
  • Parkinson's disease: coenzyme Q10 may be beneficial
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: Kineret may help ease pain
  • The flu: new ways to fight the flu
  • Asthma: tips for controlling
  • Treating congenital heart defects: two devices offer an alternative to surgery
  • Weight loss: transdermal patches
  • Wrinkles: Botox approved to treat frown lines

Prevention

  • FluMist: a painless option to the annual flu shot
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): does it reduce heart disease risk in postmenopausal women?
  • Hot shots: what you should know about adult immunizations
  • Learning more about the smallpox vaccine
  • Preventive cardiology: aspirin
  • Preventive cardiology: beta-blockers
  • Preventive cardiology: calcium channel blocking agents
  • The chickenpox vaccine: worthwhile or no?
  • The avian flu vaccine: will it be ready?
  • Two drugs that fight the flu
  • Vaccines: weighing supply against demand
  • What are vaccines?

Questions and Tips

  • Alcohol alert: understanding alcohol-medication interactions
  • Barcode technology for specimen collection
  • Beware when buying medications abroad
  • Could your depression be related to your medication?
  • Do your medications actually work?
  • Drug expiration dates: how accurate are they?
  • Drug interactions: what you need to know
  • Drug tests: don't fall victim to a "false-positive"
  • Food and medication interactions
  • Keeping prescription drugs safe
  • Kids and caffeine: are they getting too much?
  • How well do antidepressants really work?
  • In-home pregnancy tests: your questions answered
  • Is grapefruit affecting your medications?
  • Medication questions? Ask the pharmacist.
  • Medications and pregnancy: how to tell what’s safe and what’s not
  • Methamphetamine abuse: a growing problem
  • Off-label drug use: is it safe?
  • Over-the-counter drugs: follow the instructions
  • Pain relief medications: are they good for you?
  • Personalized medicine
  • Picking a pain reliever: which one should you take?
  • Pill splitting can save money, but talk to your doctor first
  • Prescription drugs and sex—not always a good mix
  • Preventing medical errors
  • Should you take part in a clinical trial?
  • Taking prescription medications
  • Testing medications: who's being left out?
  • Tips for safely buying medications online
  • Tips for safely using medications
  • Too many pills on your plate? How to simplify your medication regimen
  • Unconventional treatment: who pays for 'other kinds' of care?

Cancer Treatment

  • Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
  • Coping with the side effects of chemotherapy
  • Developments in breast cancer hormonal treatment
  • Faslodex—another option for breast cancer
  • Gene therapy and cancer: implications for the future
  • Iressa: a drug for non-small cell lung cancer
  • MammoSite®: a new internal radiation device for breast cancer treatment

Diabetes Treatment

  • Dermagraft helps heal diabetic foot ulcers
  • Diabetes: new technologies make management easier
  • Glucowatch: new device monitors glucose levels without drawing blood
  • Islet-cell transplants: the end of insulin shots?

Heart Treatment

  • Amplatzer Septal Occluder: for the treatment of congenital cardiovascular defects
  • Anatomy of an artificial heart: the AbioCor
  • Benicar: to lower blood pressure
  • CardioSEAL Septal Occlusion System: for the treatment of congenital cardiovascular defects
  • Drugs that may lead to heart damage
  • FDA approved heart assist pump for permanent implantation
  • Heart attack: avoiding a first heart attack with aspirin
  • Preventive cardiology: aspirin
  • Preventive cardiology: beta-blockers
  • Preventive cardiology: calcium channel blocking agents
  • The benefits and risks of aspirin

Last reviewed January 2008 by EBSCO Publishing Editorial Staff

Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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