What is Poly Iron Forte? Multivitamin are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Iron is normally found in foods like red meat. In the body, iron becomes a part of …
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Daily Archives: 27 January 2012
Feostat
Generic Name: ferrous fumarate
(FER us FUE ma rate)
What is Feostat?
Feostat 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.
Etrafon 2-10
Generic Name: amitriptyline and perphenazine
(a mee TRIP ti leen and per FEN a zeen)
What is Etrafon 2-10?
Amitriptyline is in a group of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. Amitriptyline affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced.
All Day Allergy Children’s
Generic Name: cetirizine
(se TIR a zeen)
What is All Day Allergy Children’s?
All Day Allergy Children’s is an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.
Vasocidin
Generic Name: sulfacetamide and prednisolone ophthalmic
(SUL fa SEET a mide and pred NIS oh lone off THAL mik)
What is Vasocidin?
Sulfacetamide is an antibiotic. It is used to treat bacterial infections.
Prednisolone is a steroid. It is used to treat the swelling associated with bacterial infections of the eye.
ciprofloxacin and hydrocortisone otic
Cipro HC
What is ciprofloxacin and hydrocortisone otic?
Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Ciprofloxacin fights bacteria in the body.
Hydrocortisone is a steroid. It is used with ciprofloxacin to reduce inflammation caused by an infection.
Lessina
Generic Name: ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel
(ETH in ill ess tra DYE ol and LEE vo nor JESS trel)
What is Lessina?
Lessina 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.
Hurricaine Snap-n-Go
Generic Name: benzocaine topical
(BENZ oh kane TOP ik al)
What is Hurricaine Snap-n-Go?
Benzocaine is a local anesthetic (numbing medication). It works by blocking nerve signals in your body.
Hurricaine Snap-n-Go is used to reduce pain or discomfort caused by minor skin irritations, sore throat, sunburn, teething pain, vaginal or rectal irritation, ingrown toenails, hemorrhoids, and many other sources of minor pain on a surface of the body. Benzocaine is also used to numb the skin or surfaces inside the mouth, nose, throat, vagina, or rectum to lessen the pain of inserting a medical instrument such as a tube or speculum.
Dihistine Expectorant
Generic Name: codeine, guaifenesin, and pseudoephedrine
(KOE deen, gwye FEN e sin, and soo doe e FED rin)
What is Dihistine Expectorant?
Codeine is a narcotic cough suppressant.
Guaifenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen mucus congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth.
Verelan
Generic Name: verapamil (oral)
(ver AP a mil)
What is Verelan?
Verelan is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It works by relaxing the muscles of your heart and blood vessels.
Verelan is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), angina (chest pain), and certain heart rhythm disorders.
R & C Lice Treatment Kit
Pronto Shampoo Kit, Pronto Spray, Rid Pediculicide, Rid Shampoo/Spray Kit, Tegrin-LT Lice Spray, Tegrin-LT Lice Treatment Kit, Tegrin-LT Shampoo, Triple X Pediculicide C Lice Treatment Kit
Generic Name: piperonyl butoxide and pyrethrins topical
(pi PER o nil bue TOX ide and pye RETH rins )