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MED LIST #5
BRAND | Definition | CLASSIFICATION | GENERAL USE |
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VALTRAX | VALACYCLOVIR | ANTIVIRAL | TREATS VIRAL INFECTIONS, SUCH AS GENITAL HERPE, COLD SORES, SHINGLES, & CHICKEN POX THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE HERPES VIRUS |
PROTONIX | PANTOPRAZOLE | PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR | TREATS GERD, EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS & CONDITIONS INVOLVING EXCESS STOMACH ACID SUCH AS ZOLLINGER- ELLISON SYNDROM |
COZAAR | LOSARTAN POTASSIUM | ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ANGIOTENSION II | TREATS HYPERTENSION LOWER RISK OF STROKE IN PERSON WITH HEART DISEASE, & SLOWS THE PROGRESSION OF KIDNEY DAMAGE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES & HYPERTENSION |
DIABETA | GLYBURIDE | ANTIDIABETIC | TREAT TYPE 2 DIABETES |
CALAN SR | VERAPAMIL HYDROCHLORIDE | ANTIHYPERTENSIVE CALCIUM BLOCKER | TREATS HYPERTENSION ANGIA HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS |
AZOR | AMLODIPINE/OLMESARTAN | CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER/ ANGIOTENSION II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST | TREATS HYPERTENSION |
OMNICEF | CEFDINIR | ANTIBACTERIAL CEPHALSPORIN | TREATS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS |
RESTORIL | TEMAZEPAM | BENZODIAZEPINE | TREATS THE SYMPTOMS OF INSOMNIA |
QVAR | BECLOMETHASONE | CORTICOSTERIOD | USED TO PREVENT ASTHMA ATTACKS |
AMARYL | GLIMEPIRIDE | ANTIDIABETEC | TREATS TYPE 2 DIABETES ALONE OR IN A COMBINATION WITH INSULIN, OTHER DRUGS & EXERCISE |