How to use your spacer device
Many people using metered dose inhalers (MDIs) find them hard to use. This is because it can be difficult to coordinate breathing in and pressing the inhaler at the same time. A spacer is a device designed to make an MDI easier to use, thus ... [... more]
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Eurax hydrocortisone cream
This cream two active ingredients, hydrocortisone and crotamiton. Hydrocortisone is a type of medicine known as a corticosteroid (or steroid). Corticosteroids are hormones that are produced naturally by the adrenal glands, and have many important ... [... more]
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Trental
This medicine contains the active ingredient pentoxifylline (previously known as oxpentifylline in the UK). Pentoxifylline works by increasing the supply of oxygen to the tissues. It does this by causing the blood vessels to widen, resulting in ... [... more]
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Detrusitol
Detrusitol tablets and Detrusitol XL prolonged release capsules both contain the active ingredient tolterodine tartrate, which is a type of medicine called an anticholinergic (or antimuscarinic) muscle relaxant. It works by relaxing the ... [... more]
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Sandocal
This medicine contains two forms of calcium, calcium lactate gluconate and calcium carbonate.Calcium is needed for the formation of strong bones and healthy teeth and is involved in helping the blood to clot. It is also required to transmit nerve ... [... more]
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Quinil (quinapril)
Quinil tablets contain the active ingredient quinapril, which is a type of medicine called an ACE inhibitor. (NB. Quinapril tablets are also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.) As quinapril blocks the action of ACE, it ... [... more]
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Porphyria cutanea tarda
The porphyrias are a group of diseases in which there is a defect somewhere in the complex chain of chemical steps that are required for the synthesis of the molecule known as haem. Haem is one of a group of compounds called porphyrins and is an ... [... more]
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Cordilox
Verapamil hydrochloride belongs to a group of medicines called calcium channel blockers, which act on the heart and blood vessels. Verapamil slows the movement of calcium through cells, which has two results. Firstly, it decreases the rate at ... [... more]
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Food allergies
A food allergy is an abnormal hypersensitive reaction that occurs after eating a normal amount of a certain food. The reaction is repeated every time the food in question is eaten. Although food allergies are rare, they most commonly occur in ... [... more]
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Cystopurin
Cystopurin sachets contains the active ingredient potassium citrate. They are used to relieve the symptoms of cystitis. Potassium citrate works by reducing the acidity of the urine. This helps relieve the discomfort of passing urine and also ... [... more]
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Efcortelan cream/ointment
This medicine contains the active ingredient hydrocortisone, which is a type of medicine called a corticosteroid. Corticosteroids are medicines used for reducing inflammation. Inflammation of the skin happens due to irritation of the skin, and is ... [... more]
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Eldisine
Vindesine sulphate is an anti-cancer (cytotoxic) medicine.Cancers form when some cells within the body multiply uncontrollably and abnormally. There are two types of cancer. Solid cancers where a lump forms e.g. the bone, muscle, brain cells etc. ... [... more]
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