Monthly Archives: November 2011

Feosol Iron

Generic Name: ferrous sulfate
(FER us SUL fate)

What is Feosol Iron?

Feosol Iron is a type of iron. You normally get iron from the foods you eat. In your body, iron becomes a part of your hemoglobin (HEEM o glo bin) and myoglobin (MY o glo bin). Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs. Myoglobin helps your muscle cells store oxygen.

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Histafed

Generic Name: triprolidine and pseudoephedrine
(try PROE li deen and soo doe e FED rin)

What is Histafed?

Triprolidine is an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.

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ReQuip Starter Pack

Generic Name: ropinirole (oral)
(roe PIN i role)

What is ReQuip Starter Pack?

ReQuip Starter Pack has some of the same effects as a chemical called dopamine, which occurs naturally in your body. Low levels of dopamine in the brain are associated with Parkinson’s disease.

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Necon 1/50

Generic Name: mestranol and norethindrone
(MESS tra nol and nor eth IN drone)

What is Necon 1/50?

Necon 1/50 contains a combination of female hormones that prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.

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Propatuss Expectorant

Generic Name: guaifenesin and hydrocodone
(gwye FEN e sin and HYE droe KOE done)

What is Propatuss Expectorant?

Guaifenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth.

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Belladonna Tincture

Generic Name: belladonna
(bell ah DON ah)

What is Belladonna Tincture?

Belladonna Tincture is a naturally occurring mixture.

Belladonna Tincture produces many effects in the body, including relief from spasms of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and intestines), the bladder, and the biliary tract. This is helpful in controlling conditions such as colitis, spastic bladder, diverticulitis, infant colic, renal and biliary colic, peptic ulcer, and irritable bowel syndrome.

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Lortab ASA

Generic Name: aspirin and hydrocodone
(AS pir in and HYE droe KOE done)

What is Lortab ASA?

Aspirin is in a group of drugs called salicylates (sa-LIS-il-ates). It works by reducing substances in the body that cause pain, fever, and inflammation.

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Sudafed Cough

Generic Name: dextromethorphan, guaifenesin, and pseudoephedrine
(dex troe meth OR fan, gwye FEN e sin, soo doe e FED rin)

What is Sudafed Cough?

Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant. It affects the signals in the brain that trigger cough reflex.

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Xpect-HC

Generic Name: guaifenesin and hydrocodone
(gwye FEN e sin and HYE droe KOE done)

What is Xpect-HC?

Guaifenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth.

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Allergy Sinus Maximum Strength

Generic Name: acetaminophen, chlorpheniramine, and pseudoephedrine
(a seet a MIN oh fen, klor fen IR a meen, soo doe e FED rin)

What is Allergy Sinus Maximum Strength?

Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and fever reducer.

Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.

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