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Cymbalta dosage: Form, strengths, how to use, and more - Medical News Today

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Cymbalta (duloxetine) is a brand-name prescription medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved it to treat the following conditions in adults: Cymbalta is FDA-approved to treat the following conditions in children: generalized anxiety disorder in children ages 7 years and older fibromyalgia in children ages 13 years and older Cymbalta comes as an oral capsule. It's an antidepressant medication that belongs to a class of drugs called serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). For information on the dosage of Cymbalta, including its form, strengths, and how to take the drug, keep reading. For a comprehensive look at Cymbalta, see this article. This article describes typical dosages for Cymbalta provided by the drug's manufacturer. When taking Cymbalta, always follow the dosage prescribed by your doctor. Below are Cymbalta dosages that are commonly used for the conditions the drug is prescribed to treat. Cymbalta form Cymbalta comes as oral capsules....

Patients on Antipsychotics Mostly Unaware of Tardive Dyskinesia, a Devastating Neurologic Disorder Many Will - EIN News

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People who suffer from tardive dyskinesia tend to become isolated from society and many become disabled. Antipsychotic use is increasing, putting more patients at risk of TD. Some 11 million Americans are currently taking antipsychotics, with 829,000 of them children under age 18. In recent decades, it has become entirely too common for psychiatrists and other prescribers to give antipsychotic drugs to children who could be far better treated by other means. The psychiatric industry that profited from proliferating this drug-induced disorder will now profit from treating it. Patients expressed feeling unaccepted…. Some feared being judged by others or being asked about their twitching. A few indicated that they would rather be dead than have [tardive dyskinesia]." — Researcher Mallory Farrar, PharmD, RPh WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 28, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The uncontrollabl...

It’s a cold. It’s the flu. It’s COVID-19? How you can tell the difference - Fox 59

[unable to retrieve full-text content] It's a cold. It's the flu. It's COVID-19? How you can tell the difference    Fox 59 COVID, the flu or a common cold? Here's how to tell the difference    CNET Flu and Covid symptoms - how to tell the difference between the two as winter sets in    Glasgow Live COVID reporting grinds to a halt as surge continues - Cayman Islands Headline News    Cayman News Service

8 Medicine Cabinet Essentials for Cold and Flu Season - AARP

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Getty Images When the temperature begins to drop, respiratory illnesses like cold and flu start to rise. So now is the time of year to take inventory of what's in your medicine cabinet and stock up on the essentials to avoid any last-minute trips to the store if you get sick.  One thing to keep in mind: While a number of over-the-counter remedies can bring relief to the bothersome symptoms that accompany seasonal illnesses, it's important to touch base with your health care provider when you start to feel sick, says Paul O'Rourke, M.D., an assistant professor in the department of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University...

The best medicine for sore throat relief in 2021 - Insider

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An itchy, painful, sore throat is a common symptom of a virus like a cold, the flu, or COVID-19. While they won't cure you, cough drops and sprays are the best medicine for sore throat relief. We spoke with three medical experts and taste-tested the best medicine for sore throat pain. This article was medically reviewed by Jason R. McKnight , MD, a family medicine physician and clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine .  Loading Something is loading. ...

Generic drugs are cheaper in the U.S., but quality control can be a problem, professor says - WFAE

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Every week through October, we are examining the medical, business and cultural systems that contribute to the dichotomy that is the American health care system — a system that benefits some but costs all of us. Today we're looking at generic drugs. You may have heard they're cheaper than name-brand drugs and are just as good, right? Well, changes are underway in the industry that test that long-held theory. Dr. Kevin Schulman is a professor of medicine at Stanford University who has extensively studied this issue. Stanford University Dr. Kevin Schulman Marshall Terry: Welcome. Kevin Schulman: Thanks so much for having me. Terry: Conventional wisdom has long been that generic drugs are the same as brand-name drugs. Is that assumption wrong? Schulman: They're the same chemical en...

Meth mixed with fentanyl is being disguised as Xanax, Adderall and Vicodin in Metro Detroit - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

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DETROIT – Officials with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said meth has made a major comeback in Metro Detroit. They said there's more of it and it looks different than before. Officials said meth mixed with fentanyl is being put in pills that look like oxycodone. Just one pill can kill someone. The Local 4 Defenders have been tracking the return of meth in Metro Detroit for more than a year. Last spring, Terrance Patterson was caught and convicted after sending his son to Tennessee with $35,000. His son was caught with 15 pounds of meth on I-75, the major pipeline of meth into Michigan. The Detroit region DEA is seeing the most deadly form of meth flooding the area. They are making record busts of pills that look exactly like Xanax, Adderall, Vicodin, and more. Instead, the drugs are made from chemicals sent from China and produced in Mexico. Special Agent in Charge Keith Martin said a massive 2,200 pounds of meth has been seized in the Me...

Should doctors sell prescription drugs to their patients? - Quartz

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Sometime around 2007 or 2008, Samantha Jefferies came to her brother Trent with a request: Could he help figure out an easier way for doctors to sell prescription drugs to their patients? Typically, when doctors want their patients to take a drug, they write a prescription, and a pharmacist—generally at a local, unaffiliated pharmacy elsewhere in a patient's community—dispenses the medication. But in the 1980s, a rising number of physicians in the US began bypassing pharmacies and selling certain drugs directly to their patients. The practice, often called physician dispensing, is largely prohibited in many high-income countries, including Australia and Germany, but it's currently legal in 45 US states, and the practice appears to be growing. Samantha Jefferies works in healthcare management in southern California. After reading an article about how this kind of in-office dispensing can generate new revenue for medical practices, she reached out to her brother for his thoughts....