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About the medicines you are taking
Mayo Clinic — Information provided by Micromedex Inc.: How drugs are approved in the United States. To be sold legitimately in the United States, new drugs must pass through a rigorous system of approval specified in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and ...More…
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Check Your Medicines
Agency for Healthcare Research — Consumer health and patient information on health plans and insurance, prescriptions, conditions and diseases, surgery, quality of care, quitting smoking, and prevention and wellness. Use this checklist to help avoid medication errors. Simple ...More…
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Over-the-counter medicines in pregnancy
Net Doctor — Most women are aware that during pregnancy they need to avoid as many non-essential medicines as possible. Yet these same women are just as likely to suffer from minor ailments as anyone else, as well as being more likely to suffer ...More…
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Is it dangerous to take different medicines at the same ...
Net Doctor — Drug interactions can occur when people take two or more different medicines at the same time. Is it dangerous to take different medicines at the same time? Make sure you always know what medicines you are taking and why. The medicines might be ...More…
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What Medicines Are and What They Do
Kids Health — You're sitting in the doctor's office, feeling crummy and hardly able to swallow. You watch and listen as the doctor grabs her prescription pad and says to your parent, "The test came back, and he's got strep throat. I've seen a lot ...More…
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PhRMA: New Medicines. New Hope.
PhRMA: New Medicines, New Hope. Disease is our enemy. Working to save lives is our job. Today, over 2,000 new medicines are in development. Many of these potential new medicines will fail in clinical trials, but some may represent tomorrow's new ...More…
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Medicines By Design
Genetic Medical Sciences — This science education booklet discusses the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future. Foreword: A Visit to the Doctor Chapter 1: ABCs of Pharmacology Chapter 2: Body, Heal ...More…
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How to Stop Steroid Medicines Safely
Family Doctor — Steroids are a type of medicine with strong anti-inflammatory effects. They can reduce inflammation (redness, swelling and soreness). Steroids are helpful for many conditions, such as asthma and arthritis. They come in pill form, as inhalers or ...More…
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Video on Tips for Taking Medicines Safely
Agency for Healthcare Research — This video is no longer available. is available on DVD. The combined DVD includes the following two programs: DVD features information from AHRQ to help patients who have been diagnosed with an illness to learn more about their condition and ...More…
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Medicines: Use Them Safely - Age Page - Health Information
National Institute of Aging — Modern medicine has made our lives better in many ways. It has helped older adults live longer, healthier lives. But people over 65 have to be careful when taking medications, especially when they're taking many different drugs. Some people refer ...More…
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NIGMS -- Medicines for YOU
Genetic Medical Sciences — The medicines for you page of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health that supports basic biomedical research. A RESOURCE FOR RESEARCH MEDICINAS PARA USTED Revised February 2005 DID YOU ...More…
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About the medicines you are taking
Mayo Clinic — Information provided by Micromedex Inc.: How drugs are approved in the United States. To be sold legitimately in the United States, new drugs must pass through a rigorous system of approval specified in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and ...More…