COMMON DRUGS

COMMON DRUGS

• AMLODIPINE BESYLATE - ANTIHYPERTENSIVE

  • NORVASC

    • TABLETS: 2.5,5,10 MG

    • ADVERSE REACTIONS:

      • EDEMA, FLUSHING, HEADACHE, FATIGUE, ABDOMINAL PAIN

    • PATIENT CONSULTATION

      • MAY BE TAKEN WITH OR WITHOUT MEALS

      • STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT AND CHILDREN

      • IF A DOSE IS MISSED, TAKE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF TAKEN WITHIN 12 HOURS OF THE NEXT DOSE, SKIP THE NEXT DOSE AND RETURN TO SCHEDULE

      • DO NOT TAKE OTC COUGH AND COLD REMEDIES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN

      • DO NOT STOP THERAPY UNLESS DIRECTED TO DO SO BY YOUR PHYSICIAN 

• ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM - ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC

  • LIPITOR

    • TABLETS: 10,20,40,80 MG

    • ADVERSE REACTIONS:

      • CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, INDIGESTION

    • PATIENT CONSULTATION

      • FOLLOW PRESCRIBED DIET

      • AVOID OVEREXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY.

      • DO NOT BECOME PREGNANT DURING THERAPY

      • LIMIT ALCOHOL INTAKE

      • IF A DOSE IS MISSED, TAKE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF MORE THAN 8 HOURS HAS LAPSED BETWEEN THE TIME THE DOSE WAS TO BE TAKEN, SKIP IT AND RETURN TO NORMAL SCHEDULED DOSING

• BUPROPRION - ANTIDEPRESSANT / SMOKING CESSATION

  • CONSULT POINTS

    • SWALLOW WHOLE

    • IF DOSE IS MISSED, DO NOT DOUBLE DOSE

    • DONT TAKE OTC MEDICATIONS WITHOUT CONSULT A PHYSICIAN

    • REFRAIN FROM ALCOHOL - CAN INCREASE RISK OF SEIZURES - AND OTHER SIDE EFFECTS

    • WEIGHT LOSS / GAIN MAY BE TEMPORARY

    • PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY SUDEN CHANGES

• BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE - ANTIANXIETY AGENT

  • BUSPAR

    • TABLETS: 5,10,15,20 MG

    • ADVERSE REACTIONS:

      • SKIN RASH, TACHYCARDIA, HEADACHE, FATIGUE, SWEATING, MUSCLE PAIN

    • PATIENT CONSULTATION

      • MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS OR DIZZINESS

      • REPORT TO YOUR PHYSICIAN OR PHARMACIST ANY ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS OF THE TONGUE OR FACIAL MUSCLE

      • CONTACT A PHYSICIAN IF THE ABOVE SIDE EFFECTS ARE SEVERE OR PERSISTENT

      • IF A DOSE IS MISSED, SKIP IT AND RETURN TO NORMAL DOSING SCHEDULE

      • AVOID GRAPEFRUIT AND GRAPEFRUIT JUICE DURING THERAPY

• CEPHALEXIN MONOHYDRATE - CEPHALOSPORIN ANTIBIOTIC

  • KEFEX

    • CAPSULE: 250,500,750 MG

    • ADVERSE REACTIONS:

      • NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, HIVES, ITCHING, AND RASH

    • PATIENT CONSULTATION:

      • PREFERABLY TAKEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

      • TAKE AT EVEN INTERVALS

      • COMPLETE FULL THERAPY

      • IF A DOSE IS MISSED, TAKE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

• DIVALPROEX SODIUM - ANTICONVULSANT / BIPOLAR AGENT

  • DEPAKOTE & DEPAKOTE ER

    • TABLETS: 125,250,50 MG

    • ADVERSE REACTIONS:

      • NAUSEA, WEAKNESS, SOMNOLENCE, INDIGESTION, DIZZINESS, DIARRHEA, VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAIN

    • PATIENT CONSULTATION:

      • DO NOT DISCONTINUE THERAPY WITHOUT CONSULTING A PHYSICIAN

      • MAY TAKE WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD

      • MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS

      • IF A DOSE IS MISSED, TAKE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE