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How to Administer Your Multiple Sclerosis Injections

By momoftwingirls

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Once you have been properly diagnosed with symptoms of multiple sclerosis, it is now time for you, your family and your doctor to decide what is the best therapy for your specific stage of multiple sclerosis. The multiple sclerosis I have is ... more »

How to Handle Memory Loss from Medication

By bizewriter

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Memory loss is difficult enough to cope with when it occurs during the aging process and associated illness. Yet memory loss from medication affects all age groups. Antidepressants and sleeping pills are just some of the culprits. Newer ... more »

How to make pill swallowing easier

By Linda McCloud

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At one time or another, you may find it hard to swallow your pills, your medication. You may have a simple sore throat, the pills may be bigger than normal or you may be developing some sore of condition that makes swallowing harder. Yet, you ... more »

How to Save Money on Prescriptions

By akchrist

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Can't afford the prescriptions you need. There are plenty of programs out there to help... more »

How to Save on Prescription Medications.

By jay1blue

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People are being prescribed more and more medications and the cost of these medications can be a strain on anyone. If you have insurance coverage, the medication may or may not be covered. Or even with insurance coverage the cost is high. This ... more »

How to Take Atenolol

By eHow Health Editor

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Atenolol is the generic name for the prescription drug Tenormin. It is a member of a family of drugs known as beta-blockers, which are used to affect the circulation of blood through the veins and heart. Atenolol is used for heart-related ... more »

How to Take Lorazepam

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Lorazepam, brand name Ativan, is an anti-anxiety medicine that is available in tablets and injections. It belongs to a class of medicines known as benzodiazepine, designed to treat conditions like depression and insomnia. The drug was originally ... more »

How to Take Oxycodone w/Acetaminophen

By eHow Health Editor

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Oxycodone with acetaminophen is a pain reliever that is available as a tablet, capsule or liquid. Oxycodone with acetaminophen is also known as Precocity, and is related to codeine, a morphine-based drug. Like any drug, there are certain things ... more »

How to Tell If You Have Rebound (Medication Overuse) Headaches

By svantrease

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While we all know that there are many medications, both over-the-counter and prescription, available to treat the common ailment of headache and migraine, many people do not know that these medications can in fact be the cause of this pain. If ... more »

How to Use a Pain Scale

By SeventhSibling

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To be able to treat your pain, a pain management specialist needs to identify the level of pain you are experiencing. You may be asked by the doctor to pinpoint your level of pain using a 1 to 10 pain scale like the one described below. To use ... more »

How to Dispose of Unwanted Medications

By eHow Health Editor

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Medications that we simply cannot use for one reason or another must be discarded carefully to avoid accidental ingestion. In the past, people flushed these items down a toilet or into a drain. Since our community wastewater systems and septic ... more »

How to Recognize the Dangerous Side Effects of Darvocet

By Angie Shiflett

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Darvocet is a prescription medication that is often prescribed for the relief of various levels of pain. The official name for this particular drug is "Propoxyphene Acetaminophen". Darvocet has both narcotic and non-narcotic ... more »

How to save up to 81.3% of your money at the pharmacy using your printer.

By mlynder

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Proven Free Technique: How to save up to 81.3% of your money at the pharmacy using your printer... more »

How to Take Warfarin

By eHow Health Editor

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Warfarin is an anticoagulant often prescribed under the brand name Coumadin for the prevention and treatment of blood clots in veins and arteries. It is also prescribed for complications that may arise from trial fibrillation and cardiac valve ... more »

How to Treat and Prevent Rebound (Medication Overuse) Headaches

By svantrease

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Rebound headaches, also called medication overuse headaches, are caused by repeated frequent use of over-the-counter and prescription headache remedies, and can be difficult to treat. With this type of headache, the medication goes from relieving ... more »

How to Break the Sleeping Pill Habit

By eHow Health Editor

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Millions of people fall asleep every night without the help of sleeping pills - and you can too... more »

How to Cope With Weight Gain from Medication

By Sendblock

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Certain prescription medications such as those for diabetes, high blood pressure and psychiatric disorders and some over the counter medicines can cause weight gain. Because the medications you take may be critical to your health, it is important ... more »

How to Cure Sleepwalking

By Anthony Delgado

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Sleepwalking in itself is not a condition which can be cured. Typically it is linked to some other disorder or condition of life. Sleepwalking can be cured preventatively or by treating the disorder which causes it, however in either case, a ... more »

How to Deal with a Sibling Addict

By AFrieske

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Addiction causes normal people to radically change. Once loving family members become isolated and emotionally numb. Dealing with an addict requires toughness and sensitivity, more so if the addict is a brother or sister... more »

How to Identify the Symptoms of Acetaminophen Poisoning

By Angie Shiflett

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Acetaminophen is a very common ingredient found in numerous over-the-counter and prescription drug medications. Many individuals believe that this particular ingredient is harmless because of the fact that it is used in so many different types of ... more »

How to Not Get Sick from Painkillers

By AFrieske

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Had a recent surgery or injury and are taking a painkiller but it makes you sick to your stomach or gives you terrible headaches? It's a common problem and there are some simple ways to avoid this. Read these three easy steps and you'll be ... more »

How to Safely Take Antihistamines

By eHow Health Editor

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Antihistamines are the drug of choice to treat allergy symptoms. Most are safe and available without prescription. Follow a few guidelines to ensure the fewest side effects... more »

How to Travel With Medications

By eHow Travel Editor

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Preparing your prescription medications may be the most crucial part of packing for a trip. You cannot leave home without them, and not properly preparing may leave you scrambling to call your doctor and make a special trip to a pharmacy to get a ... more »

How to Avoid Doxycycline Side Effects

By bizewriter

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The Physician Desk Reference (PDR) notes warnings about doxycycline that are not commonly known, nor labeled on the bottle. Esophageal irritation or esophagus damage happens to be one of them, an unpleasant thing to learn from the school of hard ... more »

How to Conquer Xanax Withdrawal Symptoms

By bizewriter

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Even if Xanax helps with anxiety, and sometimes it worsens the condition, unintended addiction may occur. Some patients try to discontinue using the drug to feel more connected to life. While you should never stop a medication without medical ... more »

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