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Benazepril

Benazepril is a prescription drug used to control high blood pressure. This eMedTV article explains how benazepril works and lists the drug's side effects and strengths, factors that can affect dosing, and things to tell your doctor before taking it.

Benazepril-Amlodipine

This eMedTV article explains that benazepril-amlodipine is a prescription medication that can lower blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels, making it easier for the heart to pump blood. This page also covers side effects and dosing guidelines.

Benazepril-Hydrochlorothiazide

Benazepril-hydrochlorothiazide is a prescription drug that is used to lower high blood pressure in adults. This eMedTV article offers an overview of how benazepril-hydrochlorothiazide works, its potential side effects, and dosing guidelines.

Benicar

Benicar, a prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure, works by relaxing the blood vessels. This eMedTV Web page explains how the drug works, its side effects, strengths, and more.

Benicar HCT

Benicar HCT is a combination drug often used in the treatment of high blood pressure in adults. This eMedTV resource takes an in-depth look at this drug, with information on possible side effects, dosing guidelines, and more.

Bentyl

Bentyl is commonly prescribed for treating the painful spasms caused by irritable bowel syndrome. This eMedTV page explains how Bentyl works, describes the effects of the drug, and lists potential side effects that may occur with treatment.

Benzphetamine

A healthcare provider may prescribe benzphetamine to help people lose weight. This eMedTV segment explains how the drug works, offers precautions to be aware of when taking the medication, lists possible side effects, and more.

Benztropine

A prescription drug, benztropine is used to treat Parkinson's disease and certain movement disorders. This eMedTV article describes benztropine in more detail, including information on how it works, potential side effects, and general precautions.

Bepotastine

The itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis can be treated with bepotastine. This segment of the eMedTV Web site takes a detailed look at this drug, with information on possible side effects, dosing, when and how to take it, and more.

Bepreve

Bepreve is commonly prescribed to help relieve itching of the eyes caused by allergies. This page of the eMedTV Web site provides a detailed overview of this drug, with information on when and how to take it, side effects to watch for, and more.

Bergamot Oil

Bergamot oil may have several health benefits, such as treating skin conditions, depression, and anxiety. This eMedTV article describes other uses of the oil and offers information on possible side effects and safety concerns associated with it.

Beta Blockers

Beta blockers may be prescribed to treat conditions such as chest pain, glaucoma, and high blood pressure. This eMedTV article offers an overview of these medications, providing information on specific uses, how they work, possible side effects, and more.

Beta Thalassemia

Beta thalassemia affects a person's ability to produce hemoglobin, which can result in anemia. This eMedTV segment takes a closer look at this disorder, including information on possible symptoms, treatment options, and inheritance patterns.

Beta-Sitosterol

Beta-sitosterol is a plant sterol commonly used for reducing cholesterol and treating an enlarged prostate. This eMedTV segment explains how beta-sitosterol works, discusses other possible uses for the compound, and lists side effects that may occur.

Betagan

Betagan is a prescription eye drop used to treat high eye pressure or chronic open angle glaucoma. This eMedTV Web segment describes how this medication works, offers information on how to use the eye drop, and lists some side effects that may occur.

Betapace

Betapace is a prescription medicine licensed for the treatment of various irregular heart rhythms. This eMedTV resource describes the specific effects of the medication, explains how it works, and offers general dosing information, and more.

Betaseron

Betaseron is a prescription medicine that is commonly used for treating multiple sclerosis. This eMedTV segment provides dosing information for the drug, describes its effects, and explains what you should know before starting treatment.

Betaxolol

Betaxolol is a prescription medicine approved for treating high blood pressure and high eye pressure. This eMedTV page covers this medication in more detail, including the forms and strengths of this drug, possible side effects, and more.

Betimol

Betimol is a medicated eye drop used for lowering eye pressure in people with certain eye conditions. This eMedTV resource offers an overview of this drug, including information on how it works, when to take it, possible side effects, and more.

Betoptic

Betoptic is a prescription eye drop used to lower eye pressure in people with certain eye conditions. This eMedTV Web page discusses this drug in more detail, explains how it works, and offers helpful dosing information on the product.

Bevacizumab

Bevacizumab is often used in the treatment of specific types of cancer. This segment of the eMedTV archives provides a detailed overview of the drug, including what cancers it treats, how it works, dosing information, side effects, and more.

Biaxin

Biaxin is a type of antibiotic used for the treatment of various infections. This selection from the eMedTV Web library describes how Biaxin works and offers information on its dosing guidelines, general precautions, and possible side effects.

Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Normally the heart's aortic valve has three cusps, but a bicuspid aortic valve has only two cusps. As this eMedTV page explains, this type of aortic valve is not usually a problem. This article takes a look at how it is diagnosed and treated.

Bimatoprost

Bimatoprost is an eye drop used to lower eye pressure in people with certain eye conditions. This eMedTV Web page further discusses what bimatoprost is used for, explains how to use the eye drop, and lists potential side effects of the medicine.

Binge Eating

Binge eating is more than just occasionally overeating. As this portion of the eMedTV library explains, it's a serious condition in which a person eats excessive amounts of food regularly. Symptoms and treatment methods are also discussed.

Binge Eating Disorder

People with binge eating disorder will eat large quantities of food, even when already full or not hungry. This eMedTV article offers a detailed overview of this condition and explains why it is the most common eating disorder.

Binswanger's Disease

Binswanger's disease is a form of dementia that occurs when atherosclerosis damages arteries in the brain. This eMedTV article describes Binswanger's disease and includes information about risk factors and symptoms associated with the condition.

Biocef

Biocef is a prescription antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. This page of the eMedTV archives lists conditions treated with the drug, how the drug works, potential interactions, possible side effects, and more.

Biotin

Biotin is a vitamin that is necessary for several functions within the human body. This eMedTV article provides a complete overview of biotin, including information on how it works, its beneficial uses, dosing information, and possible side effects.

Biperiden

Biperiden is a medicine licensed to treat Parkinson's disease and certain movement problems. This eMedTV segment covers biperiden uses in more detail, describes the possible side effects of the drug, and offers some tips on when and how to take it.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) is a mental illness involving episodes, or cycles, of mania and depression. This eMedTV Web page looks at bipolar disorder and describes symptoms of the illness as well as treatment options.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is a serious brain disease affecting over 2 million American adults. This eMedTV article describes the extreme shifts in mood, energy, and functioning that characterize the disease, and explains why proper treatment is crucial.