
21ST Century Medicine
Games for Health
Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Super Mario Brothers-all games you probably know and love. The gaming industry has since made major advancements in technology and some are looking to take the industry from seriously entertaining to serious in nature.
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No Script for Prescription Labels?
You may have heard complaints about prescription bottle warning labels from patients or colleagues and even grumbled about them yourself. Could it be we find ourselves trying to figure out what those tiny, colorful messages are trying to convey? Trying to resolve the issue has been a tough mountain to climb.
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Healthcare & The Web
Substance Abuse Information
Addiction takes an economic and social toll in the United States today. It is crucial for physicians to be aware of this problem and to consider it during patient encounters. There are many authoritative resources available to assist physicians in understanding, diagnosing, and treating this addiction.
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Provide your patients with information regarding Acid Reflux Disease. Customize prewritten education materials with your name, address and phone number. Print out or e-mail these materials regarding the following:
- Acid Reflux Disease
- Doctor Visits
- Food Triggers and Tips
- Heartburn Facts
- Heartburn Tips
- The Online Symptom Diary
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Indications:
Healing of Erosive Esophagitis (EE)
For the short-term treatment (4 to 8 weeks) in the healing and symptomatic resolution
of diagnostically
confirmed EE.
Maintenance of Healing of EE
To maintain symptom resolution and healing of EE. Controlled studies do not
extend beyond 6 months.
Symptomatic GERD
For treatment of heartburn and other symptoms associated with GERD
Important Safety Information:
NEXIUM is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to any component
of the formulations or to be substituted benzimidazoles.
Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from
patients treated long-term with omeprazole, of which NEXIUM is an enantiomer.
NEXIUM is indicated for the short-term treatment (4 to 8 weeks) in the healing
and symptomatic resolution of diagnostically confirmed erosive esophagitis.
The most frequently reported adverse events with NEXIUM include headache, diarrhea,
and abdominal pain. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence
of gastric malignancy.
As with all PPIs, patients treated concomitantly with warfarin may need to be
monitored for increases in INR and prothrombin time.
Concomitant administration of esomeprazole may reduce the plasma levels of atazanavir.
NEXIUM should be used only for the conditions, dosages, and durations specified
in the Prescribing Information. Please see full Prescribing
Information.
NEXIUM and the color purple as applied to the capsule are registered trademarks
of the AstraZeneca group of companies.
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