The active ingredient is the chemical in a medicine that makes it work. Medicines that contain the same active ingredient can be available under more than one brand name. Brands include both active ingredients and inactive ingredients. You'll find information about brands of medicines that contain...
Choose medicine that decreases the symptoms you have. Do not combine cough and cold medicines together or with pain medicine. Different cold medicines may contain the same ingredient. For example, cold medicines may contain acetaminophen. When you take more than one type of medicine, you may ...
What is the active ingredient? (2)Who makes generic medicines? (2)Why is the government encouraging generic medicines? (2)Is a generic medicine the same as the brand medicine? (2)2. Safety and effectiveness (2)Are generic medicines as effective as the original brand of medicine? (2)Must ...
A generic drug must contain the same active ingredients as the original drug to be therapeutically equivalent and substitutable for the reference product. The generic name of a medicine is based on the name of its active ingredient(s). Generic medicines present the same quality and safety as ...
Here at Bad Science Debunked, we’ve lost count of the products sold by Wolfe’s Longevity Warehouse that contain the same chemicals he falsely claims will kill you. Now, it is possible to process neem oil to remove azadirachtinone, one of the more irritating chemicals,8 but processing an ...
These rogue sites often sell unapproved drugs, drugs that contain the wrong active ingredient, drugs that may contain too much or too little of the active ingredient, or drugs that contain dangerous ingredients.For example, FDA purchased and analyzed several products that were represented online as...
Previous chemical study has shown that the main medicinal ingredient of QYS is C21 steroidal saponin which have been reported to have anti-epileptic activity [2]. However, the neuroprotective effect and anti-β-amyloid effect of C21 steroidal saponin are still remain unknown. One C21 steroidal ...
[109]. Most TCM prescriptions contain more than one medicine, forming a multi-item mixture (compound). When prescribing medicines, clinicians must consider the principles of interaction between herbs in order to formulate the best prescription for therapeutic effect [110]. Combination effects, whether...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease that may progress into, in the absence of proper treatment, severe liver damage. While the optimal pharmacotherapy for NAFLD remains uncertain and the adherence to lifestyle interventions is challenging, the use of herbal medicines...
The implications for paediatric prescribers are that trademarks for the same active ingredient should be differentially assessed against expected length of treatment and ethanol amounts, preferring non-alcoholic alternatives whenever possible. Yet the medical literature has paradoxically ignored the need for...