RX Drugs A-Z

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Beta-Retinoic Acid – Uses, Indications, Contraindications

Beta-Retinoic Acid/Tretinoin is a naturally-occurring acid of retinol. Tretinoin binds to and activates retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby inducing changes in gene expression that lead…

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Bexarotene – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Bexarotene is a retinoid analogue that is used to treat the skin manifestations of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL). Bexarotene is a retinoid, a…

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Black Jamuna/Jamun; Nutritional Value, Health Benefits

Black Jamuna/Jamun (Syzygium cumini L) is an important indigenous plant of the family Myrtaceae originally from Indonesia and India. It produced a fruits in various size which…

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Black Seed; Nutritional Value, Health Benefits, Recipes

Black seed (Nigella sativa) is an annual flowering plant from Ranunculaceae family, native to southwest Asia. This plant has many food and medicinal uses.…

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Black Snakeroot; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), a member of the buttercup family, is a perennial plant which native to North America. Historical names for this…

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Blood Wort; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Blood Wort/ Bloodroot is a plant where the stem is often used to make medications. It is believed to help with many ailments, including tooth…

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Bloodroot; Indications/ Uses, Dosage, Side Effects

Bloodroot is a plant where the stem is often used to make medications. It is believed to help with many ailments, including tooth pain, headaches,…

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Blue Flag; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Blue Flag/ Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blue flag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag,[rx] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names,[rx][rx] and in Britain and Ireland as the…

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Boneset; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Boneset/ Eupatorium perfoliatum known as common boneset or just boneset is a North American perennial plant in the aster family. It is a common native to the Eastern United States and Canada, widespread from Nova Scotia to Florida, west…

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Borax; Indications/ Uses, Dosage, Side Effects

Borax also is known as sodium borate sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is…

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Bortezomib; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnan

Bortezomib is a dipeptide boronic acid analog with antineoplastic activity. Bortezomib reversibly inhibits the 26S proteasome, a large protease complex that degrades ubiquitinated proteins. By blocking the…

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Bryonia; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions

Bryonia a well-known medicinal plant used mainly in homeopathy as an anti- inflammatory, has never been considered an adaptogen. However, much evidence has been…

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Butalbital; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnancy

Butalbital is a barbiturate that exerts its effect by mimicking the inhibitory effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by binding to a site, distinct from the benzodiazepine binding site, on…

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Calcarea Carbonica; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Calcarea carbonica abbreviated as Calcarea carb is a homeopathic remedy made from the middle layer of shells. In chemical terms, Calcarea carbonica is impure calcium carbonate, CaCO3. Unlike most homeopathic remedies,…

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Calcium Dobesilate A drug treatment for diabetic retinopathy

Calcium Dobesilate A drug treatment for diabetic retinopathy/Calcium Dobesilate is a vasoprotective. It is the calcium salt of dobesilic acid. It is a synthetic molecule with the ability to reduce…

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Calcium Dobesilate – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Calcium dobesilate is a vasoprotective. It is the calcium salt of dobesilic acid. It is a synthetic molecule with the ability to reduce capillary permeability in the body. In Italy,…

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Calendula; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Calendula officinalis is prepared from the marigold plant of the daisy family. It’s used in herbal tinctures and homeopathic potencies to soothe, control infection,…

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Camphor Oil; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Camphor oil is the oil extracted from the wood of the Camphor tree Cinnamomum Camphora. Camphor oil[rx] has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties and is used for its aromatic properties,…

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Camphor; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Camphor is the oil extracted from the wood of the Camphor tree Cinnamomum Camphora. Camphor oil[rx] has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties and is used for its aromatic properties, as an…

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Canada Puccoon; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Canada Puccoon/ Bloodroot is a plant where the stem is often used to make medications. It is believed to help with many ailments, including tooth…

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Cantharis; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions

Cantharis vesicatoria (blister beetle) is used in Chinese medicine and has been categorized as highly toxic in the Chinese pharmacopeia. In Europe, Cantharis patches…

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Capsicum Frutescens – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits

Capsicum Frutescens is a variety of cayenne pepper commonly found in Southeast Asian Region. It is small in size compared to its cousins from…

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Capsicum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Capsicum annuum is a species of the plant genus Capsicum (peppers) native to southern North America and northern South America.[rx][rx] This species is the most common and extensively cultivated of the…

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Carbetocin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Carbetocin (Duratocin) or (1-butanoic acid-2-(O-methy-L-tyrosine)-1-carbaoxytocin, is an oxytocic used in obstetrics to control postpartum hemorrhage and bleeding after giving birth, particularly following Cesarean section. It…