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BRAND AND GENERICS
| BRAND | GENERIC | USE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAVIX | CLOPIDOGREL | HEART ATTACK AND STROKE PREVENTION, BLOOD THINNER | PLATELET INHIBITOR |
| LEXAPRO | ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE | DEPRESSION, BULEMIA, OCD | SSRI |
| ADVAIR | FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE & SALMETEROL XINAFOATE | CHRONIC ASTHMA & BRONCHIAL DISEASE | CORTICOSTEROID, INHALER |
| YAZ, YASMIN, BEYAZ | DRASPIRENONE / ETHINYL ESTRADIOL | PREGNANCY PREVENTION, ENDOMETRIOSIS, EXCESSIVE MENSTRUATION | CONTRACEPTIVE |
| SINGULAIR | MONTELUKAST SODIUM | ASTHMA, SEASONAL RHINITIS, ALLERGIES | LEUKOTRIENE INHIBITOR |
| DIOVAN | VALSARTAN | BP, HEART FAILURE | ANGIOTENSION BLOCKER |
| LIPITOR | ATORVASTATIN | HIGH LEVELS OF CHOLESTEROL, LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL), TRIGLYCERIDES | CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENT |
| KLOR-CON | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | HYPOKALEMIA, MILD HYPERTENSION | POTASSIUM REPLACEMENT |
| CRESTOR | RASUVASTATIN | HIGH LEVELS OF CHOLESTEROL, LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL), TRIGLYCERIDES | CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENT |
| TOPAMAX | TOPIRAMATE | ANTI-SEIZURE, MIGRANE PREVENTION | ANTI- CONVULSANT, ANTIMIGRANE |
| CIALIS | TADALAFIL | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION , (ED) BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUG |
| INDERAL, INDERAL LA, INNOPRAN XL | PROPRANOLOL | BP, ANGINA, HEART ATTACK | BETA BLOCKER |
| ADIPEX X, SUPRENZA | PHENTERMINE | APPETITE REDUCTION, WEIGHT LOSS | NON AMPHETAMINE APPETITE SUPPRESSANT |
| LYRICA | PREGABALIN | NERVE & MUSCLE PAIN CAUSED BY DIABETES, SHINGLES, & FIBROMYALGIA | ANTICONVULSANT, PAIN RELIEVER |
| MINITRAN, NITRO-BID, NITRO-DUR, NITROMIST, NITROLINGUAL, NITROSTAT, NITRO-TIME | NITROGLYCERIN | ANGINA, HEART ATTACK, HEART FAILURE | ANTIANGINAL AGENT |
| CELEBREX | CELECOXIB | PAIN, ARTHRITIS, MENSTRUAL CRAMPS | NSAID |
| VIAGRA | SILDENAFIL CITRATE | ERECTILE DYSUNCTION (ED), BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUG |
| ABILIFY | ARIPIPRAZOLE | SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER, DEPRESSION | ANTIPSYCHOTIC |
| LUNESTA | ESZOPICLONE | INSOMNIA AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES | SEDATIVE |