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Tramadol – Top 8 Things You Need to Know
Tramadol is a centrally-acting, oral narcotic-like analgesic and is approved for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain in adults. The extended-release form of tramadol is for around-the-clock treatment of pain and not for use on an as-needed...
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What Is A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
If you have ever experienced painful burning urination and the frequent need to go the bathroom, you have probably experienced a urinary tract infection (UTI). But you may be surprised to know that UTIs are the second most common...
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Top 6 Breakthrough Diabetes Treatments You May Have Missed
Are you concerned you might be diagnosed with diabetes one day? You are not alone.
Diabetes and prediabetes are two of the top pressing health issues in the nation. The number of Americans who are at risk for diabetes is...
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Top 5 Ways to Avoid Drug Errors
Every month millions of Americans pick up their prescription at the pharmacy, only to discover that their pill looks different than the month before. Last month’s oval, white pills embossed with “3972V” are now round, and display imprint “ML24”....
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What Is a Middle Ear Infection?
Ear infections: if you’re a parent you know about this common condition that affects children, often at a very young age. The late night tears, the ear tugging, the repeated trips to the pediatrician, the pink liquid antibiotic. It’s...
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The Specialty Pharmacy: A One-to-One Personalized Approach
Maybe you’ve noticed: medications are getting more complicated, more personalized, and more expensive.
Look at some of the recent drugs approved for cancer, hepatitis C virus, or rheumatoid arthritis. These are three very different conditions, but many newer drugs used...
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Clearing Up the Confusion: Drug Names and Their Salts
You’ve given the pharmacist a prescription for your new diabetes medication called metformin hydrochloride, but when you receive your bottle and look it up on the internet, all you see is “metformin”, not “metformin hydrochloride.” Why is this? Is...
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