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How does it help acid reflux disease? Prevacid, commonly known as a proton pump inhibitor, helps prevent stomach acid production (usually during digestion) by turning off many of the acid-producing pumps found in your body. Which in turn, greatly reduces the searing pain that occurs when...
You might want to re-think diets where counting calories are involved. According to new research, this isn't the best way to lose weight. Although his study is too small to be definitive, a Brigham Young University researcher states that "intuitive eating" will help you shed those...
CLARITIN contains an antihistamine - a type of medicine that blocks the action of histamine, a natural substance in your body that is released by your immune system during an allergic reaction. What is an allergy? An allergy is a response by your body's immune system to...
How birth control pills can help control menstruation. Most women live comfortably with monthly menstruation and appreciate the predictability of the cycle. A monthly cycle will often reassure women that their bodies are working as they should. But for many, menstruation can be painful, incapacitating, and...
You blink an average of 15,000 times a day. Still, pollen can get in your eyes. For seasonal allergy sufferers, pollen can cause allergic conjunctivitis - that's when your eyes get red and swollen. Experts at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver offer...
How does Tamiflu work? TAMIFLU attacks the influenza virus and stops it from spreading inside your body. Rather than simply masking the symptoms, Tamiflu treats flu at its source. Treatment of the flu virus and prescription of any antiviral medications like Tamiflu needs to happen within...
NEURONTIN, also called gabapentin, can be used to relieve nerve pain that follows shingles in adults. Commonly known as PHN (postherpetic neuralgia), the pain can last one to three months (in some cases, years) after shingles has healed. Studies of PHN show Neurontin greatly reduces patients'...
Avian Influenza - What is it? Avian influenza is an infection caused by bird flu viruses. Occurring naturally amongst birds (domesticated and wild), the virus is carried in their intestines. Avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can make domesticated birds like chickens, ducks,...
ACTOS works along with healthy eating and physical activity to help you manage your type 2 diabetes. Actos helps your body use its own natural insulin or the insulin you take. What Is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body makes too little insulin....
Tamoxifen has been used for more than 20 years to treat patients with advanced breast cancer. Tamoxifen is used as additional therapy after primary treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Tamoxifen greatly reduces the possibility of developing breast cancer in women who have a greater chance of...
Carvedilol (brand name-COREG) - help treat heart failure. Used in combination with other medications, Carvedilol can help treat heart failure. It can also be used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. What is heart failure? Heart failure is a disorder in which...
Celebrex is a prescription medication used to help relieve the pain and swelling of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Celebrex is also used to treat pain in adults (strains and sprains) or pain after surgery, primary dysmenorrhea (painful menstrual cramps) and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing...