This page contains links to eMedTV Drugs & Supplements containing information on subjects from Advair Diskus to Altavera. The information is organized alphabetically; the "Favorite Articles" contains the top articles on this page. Links in the box will take you directly to the articles; those same links are available with a short description further down the page.

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Advair Diskus
As this eMedTV article explains, the Advair Diskus is prescribed to treat bronchospasms caused by asthma or COPD. This Web page takes an in-depth look at how this new type of inhaler is used and how it works to open up the airways to the lungs.
Advicor
Advicor is a medicine commonly prescribed for the treatment of high cholesterol and triglycerides. This eMedTV segment describes how the drug works, explains the effects and common dosages, lists potential side effects, and more.
Aerobid
Using Aerobid inhalers twice a day can help prevent asthma attacks. This part of the eMedTV library explains how Aerobid works, describes the effects of the medication, and lists potential side effects that may occur during treatment with Aerobid.
Afeditab
Afeditab CR is a prescription drug used to control high blood pressure. This eMedTV article offers an in-depth look at this medication, including information about how it works, its side effects, and what to tell your doctor before taking it.
Afinitor
Available by prescription, Afinitor is a drug prescribed to slow down the progression of certain cancers. This eMedTV article takes an in-depth look at this medication, including how it works, general dosing guidelines, safety precautions, and more.
Aflibercept
Aflibercept is prescribed for the treatment of certain eye conditions. This eMedTV page features more information on this drug, with details on how this injectable eye medicine is given, possible side effects, and safety concerns.
Afrin
Afrin is a non-prescription nasal spray used to treat nasal congestion caused by several conditions. This eMedTV page offers a more in-depth look at this medication, including information on how it works, potential side effects, and safety precautions.
Agenerase
Agenerase is commonly prescribed in conjunction with other medicines to treat HIV and AIDS. This eMedTV article provides an overview of Agenerase, including how the drug works, general precautions, dosing tips, and possible side effects.
Akavar
Akavar is a weight loss product that is available without a prescription. This eMedTV article describes Akavar in more detail, including information on the effectiveness and safety of it and potential side effects of the supplement.
Akineton
Akineton is a prescription medicine used to treat Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. This eMedTV Web resource offers an overview of Akineton, including information on possible side effects, dosing information, and general precautions.
Alavert
Alavert is a non-prescription antihistamine approved for to treat or prevent allergy symptoms. This eMedTV page offers a detailed overview, with information on how this medication works, available forms, potential side effects, and general precautions.
Alavert-D
Alavert-D is a non-prescription medication licensed to treat cold and allergy symptoms. This article from the eMedTV site provides a more in-depth look at this medication, including specific uses, potential side effects, and general dosing guidelines.
Alaway
Alaway is a non-prescription eye drop used for the treatment of itchy eyes due to eye allergies. This eMedTV Web page describes how the medication works, offers information on how to use the eye drop, and explains what side effects may occur.
Albuterol
Albuterol is used in the treatment of bronchospasms due to asthma or COPD. This eMedTV page provides an overview of this prescription drug, explaining how it works, offering tips on when and how to take it, and listing potential side effects.
Albuterol Inhaler
An albuterol inhaler can be used during an asthma attack to open up the airways. This eMedTV article discusses other uses for albuterol inhalers, explains how the inhalers work, and describes the various inhalers that are currently available.
Albuterol Solution
Albuterol solution is a prescription medicine that is used for treating airway spasms. This eMedTV article explains how albuterol solution works to relieve asthma and COPD symptoms, lists possible side effects, and offers tips on taking the drug.
Albuterol Sulfate
Albuterol sulfate is a prescription drug that is used to treat airway spasms caused by asthma or COPD. This eMedTV page describes various albuterol sulfate products, explains how the medication works, and lists possible side effects that may occur.
Albuterol Syrup
Albuterol syrup is a prescription medicine that is used for treating airway spasms in children and adults. This eMedTV article explains how the drug works to relieve asthma and COPD symptoms, and also lists side effects that may occur.
Albuterol Tablets
Albuterol tablets are licensed for the treatment of airway spasms. This eMedTV page covers how albuterol tablets work, offers general dosing guidelines, and explains what to do if you happen to overdose on albuterol tablets or miss your dosage.
Alcaftadine
Alcaftadine is a prescription eye drop used to treat itching caused by eye allergies. This eMedTV Web article offers an in-depth look at this medicine, providing information on its dosing, possible side effects, general safety precautions, and more.
Alclometasone
Alclometasone is a medication used in the treatment of certain skin problems in adults and children. This eMedTV page features a detailed look at this prescription skin medicine, with information on side effects, dosing tips, safety precautions, and more.
Aldactazide
Aldactazide is a prescription medicine that is used for treating high blood pressure and fluid retention. This eMedTV segment further explains what the drug is used for, describes how it works, and lists possible side effects that may occur.
Aldactone
Aldactone is a diuretic used for treating various conditions, including high blood pressure and hypokalemia. This eMedTV Web page covers other Aldactone uses, explains how the drug works, and offers dosing information for the medicine.
Aldara
Aldara is a medication applied directly on the skin two to five times weekly to treat various conditions. This eMedTV Web page features an overview of this prescription drug, including details on side effects, dosing tips, safety issues, and more.
Aldesleukin
Aldesleukin is a prescription medicine licensed to treat certain skin and kidney cancers. This page of the eMedTV Web site presents more detailed information on this chemotherapy drug, including how it works, dosing instructions, safety issues, and more.
Alefacept
An injectable drug, alefacept is prescribed for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults. This eMedTV article takes a closer look at this medicine, including information on possible side effects, how it works, when and how to take it, and more.
Alemtuzumab
This eMedTV page provides a detailed overview of alemtuzumab, a medication used for a specific type of leukemia. This article explains how this prescription drug works, lists possible side effects, discusses generic availability, and more.
Alendronate
Alendronate is a prescription drug that is often used to treat osteoporosis and Paget's disease. This eMedTV page offers a complete overview of the medication, with detailed information on its uses, dosing guidelines, possible side effects, and more.
Alendronate and Cholecalciferol
Alendronate and cholecalciferol is a drug licensed to treat osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women. This eMedTV segment explains how the combination drug works, describes its effects, and offers tips and precautions when taking the medicine.
Alendronate Effervescent Tablet
Alendronate effervescent tablets are prescribed to treat osteoporosis in men and women. This eMedTV resource describes in detail how this prescription drug works, explains when and how it should be taken, and lists possible side effects.
Alesse
Alesse is a type of prescription birth control pill. This selection from the eMedTV archives offers an in-depth look at the drug, including information on possible side effects, dosing guidelines, how it works to prevent pregnancy, and more.
Alfuzosin
Alfuzosin may be prescribed to treat an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH). This eMedTV resource provides an in-depth look at the medication, including how it works, possible side effects, general dosing guidelines, and more.
Alimta
Alimta is a type of chemotherapy used to treat mesothelioma and non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer. This eMedTV article takes an in-depth look at this medication, including how it is administered, possible side effects, safety precautions, and more.
Aliskiren
Aliskiren is a renin inhibitor approved to treat high blood pressure. This segment of the eMedTV archives provides an in-depth look at this medication, including information on its effects, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
Aliskiren and Valsartan
Aliskiren and valsartan is a prescription high blood pressure medication. This segment of the eMedTV Web site offers a detailed overview of this drug, including information on how it works, when and how to take it, overdose symptoms, and more.
Aliskiren-Amlodipine-Hydrochlorothiazide
As a combination medicine, aliskiren-amlodipine-hydrochlorothiazide can help treat high blood pressure. This eMedTV article presents an overview of this prescription drug, with details on how it works, dosing tips, and what to discuss with your doctor.
Aliskiren-HCTZ
Aliskiren-HCTZ is a combination medication often prescribed to lower blood pressure. This eMedTV article takes an in-depth look at how aliskiren-HCTZ works, its potential side effects, tips for when and how to take the drug, and general precautions.
Aliskiren/Amlodipine
Aliskiren/amlodipine was recently approved for the treatment of high blood pressure. This segment of the eMedTV site provides a detailed look at this drug, with information on how it works, possible side effects, dosing, and more.
Alkeran
Alkeran is a chemotherapy drug licensed to help relieve symptoms of multiple myeloma and ovarian cancer. This eMedTV page contains more details on this prescription drug, with information on how it works, available strengths, and potential side effects.
Allegra
This eMedTV article discusses Allegra, an antihistamine used to treat allergies and chronic hives. The article includes information about Allegra's uses, dosages, side effects, and precautions.
Allegra-D
Allegra-D, which is composed of an antihistamine and decongestant, is used to treat symptoms of hay fever. This eMedTV segment explains how Allegra-D works and discusses its effects, dosing information, and possible side effects.
Alli
Alli is a new non-prescription weight loss drug that decreases the amount of fat absorbed from the diet. This eMedTV article provides a detailed look at the drug, including how it works, how to achieve optimum results from it, side effects, and more.
Allopurinol
Allopurinol is a prescription medicine licensed for the prevention of high uric acid levels in the body. This eMedTV page explains what you should know before taking allopurinol, describes the effects of the drug, and offers general dosing information.
Almotriptan
Almotriptan is a prescription drug approved to treat migraine headaches. This section of the eMedTV library describes how almotriptan works to relieve migraine symptoms, lists potential side effects, and offers some general dosing guidelines.
Alogliptin
Alogliptin is a prescription medication used to control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV segment explains how the drug works, lists potential side effects, and offers some tips on how to take it.
Alogliptin and Metformin
As a combination medication, alogliptin and metformin is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource offers a detailed overview of this medication, with information on how it works, possible side effects, dosing instructions, and more.
Alogliptin and Pioglitazone
Alogliptin and pioglitazone is a combination medication prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV Web page explains how the drug works, lists potential side effects, and covers dosing tips. It also offers various links to more information.
Alora
Alora is a skin patch containing estrogen that is used for treating menopause symptoms. This page from the eMedTV archives further explains what Alora is used for, offers tips on how and where to apply the patch, and describes how the medicine works.
Aloxi
Aloxi is a medicine that helps prevent nausea and vomiting that is caused by chemotherapy or surgery. This eMedTV resource further explains how it works, offers dosing information for the drug, and lists possible side effects that may occur.
Alphagan
Alphagan is a medicated eye drop used for lowering eye pressure in people with certain eye conditions. This eMedTV Web article provides an overview of this drug, including information on how it works, when to use it, possible side effects, and more.
Alphagan P
Alphagan P is a prescription eye drop used to reduce eye pressure in people with certain eye conditions. This eMedTV page explains how the drug works, describes possible uses, offers general dosing guidelines, and lists some potential side effects.
Alprazolam
Alprazolam is a prescription medication that is used for treating panic disorder and anxiety. This eMedTV resource offers a more in-depth look at alprazolam and its effects, dosage guidelines, and general precautions and warnings.
Alprazolam XR
Alprazolam XR is approved for treating panic disorder and works by producing a calming effect. This eMedTV segment offers an in-depth look at the drug, including information about its uses, general dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
Alrex
Alrex is a prescription eye drop approved for treating seasonal eye allergies. This article from the eMedTV Web site describes the effects of this drug, explains how it works, and offers general information on how to use the eye drop.
Alsuma
Alsuma is a prescription drug licensed to relieve symptoms of migraines or cluster headaches. This eMedTV Web page features an overview of this medicine, including how it works to constrict blood vessels in the head, how it is given, and side effects.
Altabax
Altabax is a prescription medication used to treat impetigo in adults and children. This eMedTV Web article offers an overview of this antibiotic ointment, including information on how it works, dosing guidelines, possible side effects, and more.
Altace
Altace is a brand-name drug used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. This page on the eMedTV site offers important information on this prescription drug, including how it works, dosing guidelines, and possible side effects.
Altavera
Altavera is a birth control pill that is available by prescription. This eMedTV page offers an overview of this contraceptive, including details on how it works, potential side effects, general safety precautions, and tips on when and how to take it.

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