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Niacin For High Cholesterol (Systemic)
Brand name(s): Niacor
Precautions While Using This Medicine
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits. This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly to lower your cholesterol and triglyceride (fat) levels and if you should continue to take it.
Do not stop taking niacin without first checking with your doctor. When you stop taking this medicine, your blood cholesterol levels may increase again. Your doctor may want you to follow a special diet to help prevent this from happening.
Do not take vitamins or other dietary supplements unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This especially includes vitamins or dietary supplements that contain niacin or similar ingredients.
This medicine may affect blood sugar levels. If you notice a change in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests or if you have any questions, check with your doctor.
This medicine may cause you to feel dizzy or faint, especially when you get up from a lying or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help. This effect should lessen after a week or two as your body gets used to the medicine. However, if the problem continues or gets worse, check with your doctor.
Last Revised: 06/04/2003
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Gemfibrozil and Simvistatin
My doctor has prescribed both Gemfibrozil and Simvistatin for cholesteral control. Both are described here as "... to reduce the amount of cholesterol and certain fatty substances in your blood."
What I'm wondering is whether this is a reasonable combination or if only one of the two is actually needed? Or do they act differently enough so as to actually compliment the effects of each other?
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Dave B.
Read More in our Gemfibrozil (Lopid) Forum
levofloxacin in typhoid fever
You may try some links to information (look at google)
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic2331.htm
http://medind.nic.in/imvw/imvw396.html
http://www.travmed.com/features/keystone_levofloxacin.htm
Read More in our Levofloxacin (Levaquin Oral) Forum Forum
Production of Trazadone
See answer above. That is how I arrived at this board. But I don't get it. This might not be the manufacturer? Perhaps we need to research Pharmaceutical World or trazodone + .com.
Trazodone is the generic name for desyrel.
I think the drug is so old that whoever manufactured desyrel doesn't anymore as I did enter desyrel + .com and came up with nothing using MSN search. Hmm......
But do check out this cool link which I found here (!) too regarding all generic drugs:
http://www.pharmaceuticalworld.com/generics_links.htm
[ May 21, 2005, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: maryc64 ]
Read More in our Trazodone (Desyrel) Forum
Metoprolol and Lisinopril
Both of these drugs are for treatment of high blood pressure. In the forum descriptions "heart desease" is also included for Lisinopril.
Since both drugs help with high blood pressure, why would the doctor prescribe both rather than just a higher dosage of the Lisinopril?
[ September 25, 2005, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Dave B ]
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Dave B.
Read More in our Metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL) Forum
Sulfamethoxazole - unexpected benefits?
I don't want to worry you but have a look at http://briandeer.com/bactrim-septra.htm
Read More in our Trimethoprim (Bactrim; Septra) Forum Forum
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