Medication
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Q: What kind of prescription medication can help nail growth?
A friend of mine took a prescription medication to help with nail growth about 8 years ago. It's a medication to help regrow nails; not kill fungus. It was a pill a day treatment with a one month supply in a box. The treatment took three boxes or three months. What is the name of this prescription? I want to know the name of several treatments so I may research prior to discussing with my doctor. Thanks.
A: I've been having a problem with a fingernail and have been looking at different treatments. I've read that there's nothing you can do except get your vitamins from your diet. There are no supplements that help them to grow faster or stronger.
Q: What is the best medication after having your lower wisdom teeth removed?
I had my two lower wisdom teeth removed just over a week ago and the pain is almost excruciating. I went to the dentist yesterday and although he offered to put a dressing over the area, he highly suggested I put up with the pain for another three to five days. I initially had received a prescription of vicodin that helped significantly, but that is all gone. I don't really want to rely on those types of medication anyway. I've been taking tylenol extra strength as a sort of replacement pain killer, but its not enough. I've been having serious migraines as a secondary side effect of the surgery. Does anyone know what the best non-prescription medication is to get through the pain?
A: Motrin or Advil is better for dental work.
Q: What pain medication would be prescribed to a 15 year old girl who just had an appendectomy?
And generally what would the instructions be for the medication? Like when would a doctor say to take the meds? Every few hours? Once a day?
Just trying to figure out some details on what happens after an appendectomy!
A: It depends on the surgeon's preferred pain medication, but it will probably be vicodin and it's usually taken 4-6 hours as needed for pain. But this is all a guess. I know you are trying to get a handle on what's going to happen in recovery, but your doctor will make the decision on pain medication at the time of discharge. Your doctor, his resident or nurse will go through in detail as to what the discharge orders are and they will send you home with paperwork with the orders and phone numbers to call in case you have questions.
Good luck & quick recovery
Q: What are the roles of medication in substance abuse treatment?
I know that there are some substance addictions that have no medications to counter the effects of the drug. So why is it that there are some substance addictions that do need medication?
A: Medications are needed for some addictions because these help with the treatment process. They help ease withdrawal symptoms, which can happen when the patient stops taking in drugs or alcohol. Medications also help in restoring the patient's brain functioning back to normal. It also lessens a patient's chances of relapse by interfering with triggers so as to help the patient sustain recovery.
Q: What effect would an expired medication have on the body?
Would it make you sick or just won't do any good?
Is there any difference between expired prescribed medication and expired over the counter medication?
A: No. The only reason why they put exp. dates on medication is the liablitity issue. They don't want to be liable for someone if something does happen. You know CYA (cover your a**). So they always put an expiration date on medication. Me and my family take expired meds all the time, nothing has ever happened to me and the medicine still works. :)
Q: Is fish medication meant to colour the water?
I added some medication to the water in my fish tank today, the water is green. .
Is it supposed to do that?
A: Different medications will create different colors, and some won't dye the water at all. If the water is green, you probably used a medication containing malachite green, which WILL stain the silicone (sealant) as well as any plastic or acrylic it comes in contact with. Methylene blue and copper sulfate will turn the water blue, and have the same affect on silicone and acrylic. Metronidazole tends to taint the water yellow, but doesn't stain.
Q: What kind of medication can I use to help get and keep an erection?
I am overweight, have high blood pressure (am on medication for it), have high cholesterol medication, high tryglceride medication, and have diabetes (type II). What kind of medication will help me get an erection? I rarely get erections now and when I do, I never keep an erection for any length of time.
A: Viagra!
Q: What is a good generic medication for anxiety and depression?
I have been taking Lexapro for three years now, and it does help tremendously, however, I can't afford $110.00 every month. I need the medication more because of the anxiety, so prozac or zoloft isn't exactly what I'm looking for. I want a medication that I can get a generic for because $4.00 or $5.00 looks a lot better than what I've been paying.
A: Ask your MD to write a prescription for generic Celexa (Citalopram). Celexa is vitually the same as Lexapro.
Q: How does oral medication for acne know how to clear up the area?
I have a minor acne problem on my chin and the corner of mouth. I recently went to the dermatologist to find out how to get rid of it. She prescribed oral medication that treats acne. My question is how does the oral medicine know where the acne is and how does it clear it up? I guess I'm just really skeptical about this whole thing. Thanks!
A: The medicines are antibiotics. They get rid of all the bad bacteria in your body. This will also get rid of acne because acne is caused by bacteria.
Q: What kind of medication would you recommend to help a person with heart irregularity?
A person I am talking about has a problem of irregular heart beating. The pulse is quite strong, but there is a strong uneveness of the time between the beats (because of which the heart stabilizer was installed and used). After its installation the pulse became less strong and quite even, but the strenghth of pulse became a little uneven. My question is: what kind of medication, if any would you recommend to improve functioning of the heart? Thanks very much in advance!
There were conduction problems, which were leading to irregularities I mentioned above. This person had emotional shocks in the past, which had caused heart abnormalities. This person suspectedly had several heart attacks, one of which led to a clinical death. When this happened, this person was reanimated (10 minutes after the heart stopped).
When I talk about "improving functioning of the heart", I mean optimization of its work so that person feels good.
The installed pacemaker is an atrioventricular one. The person suffers from the pace slowering.
A: Before take a medication talk to your doctor about it. If he don't need any he will not recommend any. I have heart beat problems but I have a defibrillator implanted. Also I take toprol xl.......25ml.....one a day.
Q: Is there any medication I can take to prevent high altitude illness?
Going to Cuzco in Peru for our honeymoon. If there is anything we can do in advance to prep, including medication, right food and excersize, I would like to know about it. Thank you!
A: i seriously doubt it.
altitude sickness is essentially oxygen deprivation.
what you should do is increase your altitude gradually -- give your body a few days to adjust to a higher altitude, before you go even higher.
i'm not a Dr, but i think with increasing altitude, your blood tends to make more hemoglobin cells, to carry more oxygen.
but you need time for that to happen.
Q: What are the rules for bringing medication on the plane?
I'm going on a trip next week. My medication isn't like life or death(insulin), but I need to take a few pills twice a day. I mean, I can put it in my check-in bag, I just wonder about the chances of my bag getting lost. I guess my question is how big of a pain in the butt is it to bring pills with you in your carry-on? Do you need to show prescriptions for all of them? And how likely is it, if I put my medication in my checked-in bag, that my bag then gets lost and I'm without my pills?
A: You may bring all prescription and over-the-counter medications (liquids, gels, and aerosols) for medical purposes.
You are not limited in the amount or volume of these items you may bring in your carry-on baggage. BUT if the medically necessary items exceed 3 ounces or are not contained in a one-quart, zip-top plastic bag, you MUST declare it to one of the Security Officers at the checkpoint for further inspection. As far as non liquid...just pack it like you normally would in your carry on. You do not have to declare it.
Q: What prescribed medication should you NOT take if you're not prescribed to it?
Ok so say (this is really not true) my brother wanted to take some painkillers for a knee injury, but instead he took my mom's prescribed medication, thinking it was Tylonal or something. What's the worse medication my mom would have for my brother to take? One that would need his stomach pumped.
Ok I'm not planning on doing anything weird with this, I just need to know because my friend is writing a story and she needs to know a really bad medication. Alright, well thanks =T
A: Well that depends on how old and how big he is and if he has ever taken it before but to answer ur main question....ALL!
Q: What insurance and medication do you use for your dog?
What pet insurance do you use for your dog and what does it cover? Can you give me the link for it. Also what medication do you use monthly (do you use it monthly or weekly) for heart worm, fleas, ticks, and etc. Also explain what health problems this package covers.
A: PetFirst pet insurance is the best. It covers 90% of the bill. Pays up regular vet visits such as annual shots, check ups, etc and it pays for flea and heartworm preventative.
If your pet is small size and more of an indoor pet, go with sentinel. It covers fleas, heartworms, ticks, etc..
Otherwise you can go with frontline (ticks and fleas) and heartgard (heartworm and tapeworms).
Q: What is the medication to help start your period?
I am very late for my period and i have already confirmed that I am not pregnant. So my doctor gave me an option to take a medication to start mentsruation. Does anyone know what this drug is? Will it be like starting a regular cycle so that we can try again this cycle? Will it affect ovulation? All the info on it will be so helpful! Thanks.
A: The name of the drug is called PROVERA.
You take it for several days and then a few days after you stop you get a period and begin a new cycle.
As far as ovulation.... if you normally ovulate on your own, you should ovulate as usual on the new cycle. If you don't normally ovulate on your own, Provera does nothing to change that.
Provera is simply used to induce a period and start a new cycle.
Good luck.