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Mod-B Week 3
Med Terms and Definitions
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| JANUVIA | is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels of insulin your body produces after eating. For people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. It is sometimes used in combination with other diabetes medications, but is no |
| NASONEX | is used to treat and prevent nasal symptoms such as congestion, sneezing, and runny nose caused by seasonal or year-round allergies. It is also used to treat growths in the nose in adults. Mometasone is a steroid. It prevents the release of substance in t |
| AMBIEN CR | Is a sedative, also called a hypnotic. It affects chemicals in your brain that may become unbalanced and cause sleep problems(insomnia). It is used for the short-term treatment of insomnia (difficulty falling or staying asleep). This medication causes rel |
| PROVIGIL | is a medication that promotes wakefulness. It is thought to work by altering the natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. It is used to treat excessive sleepiness caused by sleep apnea, narcolepsy, or shift work sleep disorder. |
| GEODON | Is and antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the effects of chemicals in the brain. It is used to treat schizophrenia and the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder (manic depression) in adults and children who are at least 10 years old. |
| VIREAD | Is an antiviral medication that prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplyng in your body. It is used to treat HIV, which causes the aquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. It also used to treat chro |
| CATEPRES-TTS | Clonidine lowers blood pressure by decreasing the levels of certain chemicals in your blood. This allows your blood vessels to relax and your heart to beat more slowly and easily. Clonidine transdermal is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). |
| LOESTRIN 24 FE | Tablets contains ethinyl estradiol and norethindrone, an combination of female hormones that prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). It also causes changes in your cervical muscus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach th |
| THALOMID | Affects the immune system. It helps promote immune responses to prevent inflammation in the body. It is used to treat and prevent the debilitating and disfiguring skin sores caused by erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), an inflammitory complication of lepros |
| ALPHAGAN P | Reduces the amount of fluid in the eye, which decreases pressure inside the eye. It is used to treat open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension (high pressure insde the eye). |
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