The best medicine for the flu depends on the timing. Besides the usual over-the-counter cold-and-flu formulas, doctors recommends the following: The flu shot.You probably know that the flu vaccine helps you avoid developing the flu. But the vaccine also reduces the strength of the virus if...
If this drug is used during pregnancy, or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to the fetus. Didrex should not be used in combination with other anorectic agents, including prescribed drugs, over-the-counter preparations ...
Biothesiometry is a technique that can be used for evaluating genital neurological function in women. It entails the use of a small cylindrical instrument employed to evaluate the sensitivity of the clitoris and labia to pressure and temperature. However, there is insufficient evidnce regarding its...
The proportion of patients with any adverse event, any local adverse event, or any treatment-related adverse event was substantially higher with imiquimod than with vehicle, and numbers needed to harm for 1 additional adverse event with imiquimod over 12 to 16 weeks ranged from 3.2 to 5.9. Part...
For plans that do not exclude coverage of foot orthotics, over the counter orthotics are covered as supplies when medically necessary and prescribed by a physician. Over-the-counter orthotics are considered medically necessary for short-term use (e.g., for a few weeks to a couple of months)...
Brand-name drugs may be available by prescription or over the counter. Broker Insurance brokers are also called agents. They are licensed by states as agents, brokers or insurance producers. Insurance brokers help a person or business buy an insurance plan. The insurance plan can be bought ...
The non-invasive and drug-free ReliefBand is available by prescription for the treatment of nausea and vomiting (NV) due to pregnancy (PrimaBella, Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC, Marietta, GA), chemotherapy-induced NV, post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and over-the-counter for the ...
NPT may also be used in evaluating the impact of chronic solvent or heavy metal exposure particularly in the occupational or environmental medicine realm. In these cases, NPT would not be covered under Aetna's medical or mental health benefits, but may be covered by the worker's compensation ...
Alternative testing strategies such as frequency doubling technology perimetry or short-wavelength automated perimetry have been extensively explored over the last 2 decades. The former has been found most promising for detection of earliest evidence of functional glaucoma damage when the standard ...
These investigators described the adoptive transfer of autologous HER2-specific T-lymphocyte clones to a patient with metastatic HER2 over-expressing breast cancer. The HLA/multimer-based monitoring of the transferred T lymphocytes revealed that the T cells rapidly disappeared from the peripheral blood....