Carbamazepine (Generic Tegretol®) is in a class of medications called anticonvulsants. It works by reducing abnormal excitement in the brain. This prevents epileptic fits by preventing the excessive electrical activity in the brain. Usage, Directions, Indication and Instructions. This is used as a mood stabiliser for treating people with the psychiatric illness, drug and alcohol withdrawal, depression, restless legs syndrome, diabetes insipidus, certain pain syndromes, and a disease in children called chorea and bipolar affective disorder (manic-depressive disorder; a disease that causes episodes of depression, episodes of mania, and other abnormal moods).
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July 22nd, 2011 · Alzheimers
Donepezil (Generic Aricept®) is a class of medications called cholinesterase inhibitors. This improves mental function (such as memory, attention, social interaction, reasoning and language abilities, and ability to perform activities of daily living) by increasing the amount of a certain naturally occurring substance in the brain. This may improve the ability to think and remember or slow the loss of these abilities in people who have AD. This is one of the most widely used drugs to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Cetirizine
July 22nd, 2011 · Allergy
Cetirizine (Generic Zyrtec®, Generic Reactine®) is the fourth addition to a new generation of allergy medications called “non – sedating” antihistamines or histamine (H-1) receptor blockers. This new antihistamine is called non-sedating because this causes less sedation than their predecessors; however, this is more sedating than the other non-sedating antihistamines.
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Clindamycin
July 22nd, 2011 · Acne
is usually used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria but can also be used to treat some protozoal diseases, such as malaria. It is a common topical treatment for acne and can be useful against some methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
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