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- Allergy shots (immunotherapy) for allergies to insect stings
- Allergy shots (immunotherapy) for allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma
- Alzheimer's disease
- Antibiotics for acute bronchitis
- Antibiotics for an ear infection
- Anticoagulants to prevent stroke
- Antidepressants during pregnancy
- Antiretroviral treatment for asymptomatic HIV infection
- Antiviral medicine for the flu
- Antiviral therapy for hepatitis B
- Antiviral therapy for hepatitis C
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a child
- Bed-wetting
- Birth control
- Chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer
- Chronic fluid behind the eardrum
- Daily aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke
- Depression—starting medicine
- Depression—stopping medicine
- Depression in children
- Disease-modifying therapy for MS
- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- Endometriosis
- Epidural anesthesia during childbirth
- Erection problems
- Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) after a hysterectomy
- Flu shot
- Fungal nail infections
- GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- Hair loss
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hormone replacement therapy for menopause
- HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine
- Hyperthyroidism
- Infertility
- Injections for erection problems
- Insomnia
- Isotretinoin for severe acne
- Localized prostate cancer
- Medicine for quitting smoking
- Migraine headaches
- Miscarriage
- Nicotine replacement therapy for quitting smoking
- Obesity
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Osteoporosis
- Panic disorder
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Prostate enlargement: Medicine or surgery?
- Prostate enlargement: Medicine or watchful waiting?
- Tension headaches
- Urinary incontinence in women
- Uterine fibroids
- Vaginal yeast infections
- Warts or plantar warts
Credits
| Author | Katy E. Magee, MA |
| Author | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | May 19, 2006 |
Author:Katy E. Magee, MA
Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC
Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC
Last Updated: 05/19/2006
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