Co-trimoxazole Injection Co-trimoxazole injection is used to treat certain infections that are caused by bacteria such as infection of the intestine, lungs (pneumonia), and urinary tract. Co-trimoxazole should not be used in children younger than 2 months of age. Co-trimoxazole…
Polio Vaccine Polio (or poliomyelitis) is a disabling and lifethreatening disease caused by poliovirus, which can infect a person’s spinal cord, leading to paralysis. Most people infected with polio have no symptoms, and many recover without complications. Some people will…
Enoxaparin Injection If you have epidural or spinal anesthesia or a spinal puncture while taking a ‘blood thinner’ such as enoxaparin, you are at risk for having a blood clot form in or around your spine that could cause you…
Zolmitriptan Zolmitriptan is used to treat the symptoms of migraine headaches (severe throbbing headaches that sometimes are accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to sound and light). Zolmitriptan is in a class of medications called selective serotonin receptor agonists. It works…
Zidovudine Injection Zidovudine injection may decrease the number of certain cells in your blood, including red and white blood cells. Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had a low number of any type of blood cells or…
Pentamidine Oral Inhalation Pentamidine is an anti-infective agent that helps to treat or prevent pneumonia caused by the organism Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii). This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. 🔔 How…
Granisetron Granisetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Granisetron is in a class of medications called 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. It works by blocking serotonin, a natural substance in the body that causes…
Dolasetron Injection Dolasetron injection is used to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting that may occur after surgery. Dolasetron injection should not be used to prevent or treat nausea and vomiting in people receiving cancer chemotherapy medications. Dolasetron is in…
Trimethadione Trimethadione is used to control absence seizures (petit mal; a type of seizure in which there is a very short loss of awareness during which the person may stare straight ahead or blink his eyes and does not respond…
Alosetron Alosetron may cause serious gastrointestinal (GI; affecting the stomach or intestines) side effects including ischemic colitis (decreased blood flow to the bowels) and severe constipation that may need to be treated in a hospital and may rarely cause death.…