eMedTV Drugs & Supplements A-Z

Epoetin Alfa

Epoetin alfa is a medicine that is used to treat anemia due to chemotherapy, renal failure, or zidovudine. This eMedTV page explains how epoetin alfa works and offers more details on the drug's effects, dosing information, and possible side effects.

Epogen

Epogen is a prescription drug used to treat anemia due to chemotherapy, renal failure, or zidovudine. This eMedTV Web page discusses in detail other Epogen uses, explains how the medication works, and offers general dosing information.

Epzicom

Epzicom is a medication that is available by prescription to treat HIV and AIDS. This page on the eMedTV site describes this medicine in more detail and offers an in-depth look at its effects, dosing guidelines, potential side effects, and more.

Equetro

Equetro is a prescription drug approved to help manage certain episodes of bipolar disorder. This eMedTV article provides a detailed overview of the medication, including tips on when and how to take the drug and potential side effects.

Errin

Errin is a progestin-only birth control pill that is available by prescription only. This eMedTV article explains how the pill works and offers a more in-depth look at its effects, warnings and precautions, dosing information, and potential side effects.

Escitalopram

Escitalopram is a medication commonly used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder. This part of the eMedTV archives further discusses escitalopram and its uses, effects, and potential side effects.

Esidrix

Esidrix is a medicine that is prescribed for the treatment of fluid retention and high blood pressure. This eMedTV resource further discusses Esidrix and its effects, potential side effects, and general dosing information.

Eskalith

Eskalith is a medication that can be prescribed to treat bipolar disorder. This eMedTV article offers an in-depth look at Eskalith, explaining how it works, listing possible side effects, and providing suggestions for when and how to take the drug.

Esmolol

Esmolol is a drug used during surgeries or emergencies to treat arrhythmias, tachycardia, or hypertension. This eMedTV segment covers this medicine in more detail, including how it works, potential side effects, and more.

Esomeprazole

Esomeprazole is commonly used to treat conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease. This eMedTV article explains how the medication works to reduce acid in the stomach and discusses its uses, potential side effects, and more.

Estazolam

Estazolam is a prescription drug that is licensed for the short-term treatment of insomnia. This eMedTV page explains the effects of estazolam and offers information on its precautions and warnings, possible side effects, and tips on taking the drug.

Esterified Estrogens

Esterified estrogens is a prescription drug used for treating menopause symptoms and other conditions. This eMedTV segment lists other esterified estrogens uses, explains how this drug works, and offers general dosing information for the product.

Estrace

Estrace is a prescription drug that helps relieve various symptoms and conditions of menopause. This eMedTV page offers an overview of Estrace, including information on how it works to increase estrogen levels, potential side effects, and dosing tips.

Estrace Vaginal Cream

Estrace Vaginal Cream is a prescription estrogen medication used to treat vaginal menopause symptoms. This eMedTV article describes how the medication works, explains how to use the cream, and lists possible side effects that may occur with treatment.

Estraderm

Estraderm is a prescription estrogen medication primarily used for treating menopause symptoms. This eMedTV Web page lists other approved uses of the drug, explains how it works, and offers important dosing information for the medicine.

Estradiol Cypionate

Estradiol cypionate is a hormone medication used to treat menopausal symptoms and hormone deficiencies. This eMedTV page offers an overview of estradiol cypionate, including information on how it works, possible side effects, and general precautions.

Estradiol Vaginal Cream

Estradiol vaginal cream is a prescription medicine approved for treating vaginal menopause symptoms. This eMedTV article further explains what estradiol vaginal cream is used for, explains how to use it, and lists some of its potential side effects.

Estradiol Vaginal Tablets

Estradiol vaginal tablets are approved to treat vaginal symptoms often associated with menopause. This eMedTV Web page offers an overview of the medicine, including information on how it works, potential side effects, and dosing tips.

Estradiol Valerate

Estradiol valerate is an estrogen drug used to treat menopausal symptoms and hormone deficiencies. This eMedTV page offers an overview of the medication, including information on its other uses, possible side effects, and dosing tips.

Estrasorb

Estrasorb is a prescription hormone replacement drug that comes in lotion form. This segment from the eMedTV Web site explains how the medicine works and offers more information on its effects, potential side effects, and dosing guidelines.

Estratest

Estratest is a prescription drug used to treat hot flashes and night sweats. This eMedTV Web page further describes what Estratest is used for, explains how and when to take the medicine, and lists side effects that may occur with treatment.

Estring

Estring is a prescription medicine used to relieve vaginal and urinary problems due to menopause. This eMedTV article takes a closer look at this product, including information on how it works, potential side effects, general precautions, and more.

EstroGel

EstroGel is a prescription hormone replacement medication used to treat menopausal symptoms. This eMedTV page explains how EstroGel is applied to the skin to treat hot flashes and vaginal symptoms. This page also covers dosing tips and side effects.

Estropipate

Estropipate is commonly used to replace the estrogen that the ovaries no longer produce. This eMedTV article explains what the medication is used for, offers general dosing information, lists potential side effects that may occur, and more.

Estropipate Vaginal Cream

Estropipate vaginal cream is commonly prescribed to relieve vaginal-related menopause symptoms. This eMedTV Web page describes how the cream works, explains how and when to apply it, and lists some of the drug's potential side effects.

Estrostep Fe

Estrostep Fe is a "triphasic" oral contraceptive, which means that it has three "phases" of hormones. This eMedTV page provides an overview of Estrostep Fe, including information on how it works, possible side effects, and when and how to take it.

Eszopiclone

Eszopiclone is a prescription drug that is licensed for the treatment of insomnia in adults. This eMedTV article explains the effects of this medication and offers information on its precautions and warnings, possible side effects, and dosing guidelines.

Etanercept

Etanercept is a prescription medicine used to treat inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. This eMedTV page explains how the medication works, lists side effects, and describes what to tell your healthcare provider prior to taking it.

Ethacrynic Acid

Ethacrynic acid is a prescription medication that is licensed to treat fluid retention. This eMedTV Web page offers a more in-depth look at the drug, including its effects, dosing information, and possible side effects.

Ethosuximide

Ethosuximide is a drug that may be prescribed to treat absence seizures in people with epilepsy. This eMedTV Web page further discusses this prescription medicine, including information on its effects, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.

Etidronate

Etidronate is a medication that is licensed to treat heterotopic ossification and Paget's disease. This eMedTV segment discusses etidronate uses in more detail, describes how the drug works, and explains how and when to take the medicine.

Etodolac

Etodolac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat arthritis symptoms and general pain. This eMedTV resource explains how the drug works and offers more detailed information on its specific uses, overdose symptoms, and more.

Etodolac Extended Release

Etodolac extended-release (Lodine XL) is used to help treat various arthritis symptoms. This part of the eMedTV Web site explains how etodolac extended-release works and offers information on its effects, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.

Etonogestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Vaginal Ring

Etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring is inserted once a month to help prevent pregnancy. This eMedTV page describes how the contraceptive works, explains how to use the vaginal ring, and lists possible side effects of this birth control method.

Etravirine

Etravirine is a prescription drug approved for the treatment of HIV and AIDS. This page from the eMedTV library describes how this medication works, explains when and how to take it, and lists some of the side effects that may occur.

Evamist

Evamist is a prescription hormone replacement medication that comes as a skin spray. This eMedTV page explains how Evamist can treat certain menopause symptoms (such as hot flashes and night sweats), offers dosing tips, and lists side effects.

Evista

Evista is prescribed to treat postmenopausal women for osteoporosis. As this eMedTV article explains, it can also help reduce their risk of breast cancer. The drug's effects, dosing guidelines, and side effects are also described in detail.

Exelon

Exelon is a medicine used to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. This eMedTV article describes the various forms of Exelon available, explains how it works, and offers dosing information for the drug.

Exelon Patch

The Exelon Patch is used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's and Parkinson's dementia. This eMedTV article describes this medication in more detail, explains how it works, and offers general dosing information for the drug.

Exemestane

Exemestane is a medication licensed to treat certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. This eMedTV resource offers a detailed look at the prescription drug, including how it works, potential side effects, and tips on taking it safely.

Exenatide

Exenatide is a prescription drug that is licensed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV page explains how exenatide works to increase insulin production, lists potential side effects, and covers general dosing guidelines.

Exforge

Exforge is a drug that has been approved as a treatment for high blood pressure. This portion of the eMedTV library provides an overview of the drug, including information on how it works, potential side effects, and tips on taking it safely.

Exforge HCT

Exforge HCT is a prescription medication approved for the treatment of high blood pressure. This eMedTV Web page describes how the drug works, explains when and how to take it, and lists some of the potential side effects of this medicine.

Expecta

Expecta Lipil is a non-prescription supplement that is meant to be used in addition to a prenatal vitamin. This eMedTV page explains how Expecta Lipil is beneficial to women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, describes possible side effects, and more.

Extavia

The prescription drug Extavia is used as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). This eMedTV Web page explores how this medicine may work for MS, explains when and how to take it, lists some of its potential side effects, and more.

Extended-Release Lamotrigine

Extended-release lamotrigine is a medicine that treats partial-onset seizures. This selection from the eMedTV library provides an overview of this drug, including information on how it works, possible side effects, how to take it, and more.

Exubera

Exubera is a medication used to control blood sugar in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV article offers an overview on the medication, including how it works, lists potential side effects, and tips on taking it.