Infectious Diseases: Medications

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Hyoscyamine
Drug
06/12/07, Healthwise
Before taking hyoscyamine, tell your doctor if you have heart disease, congestive heart failure, a heart rhythm disorder, high blood pressure, overactive thyroid, or hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Amantadine
Drug
04/11/07, Healthwise
Before taking amantadine, tell your doctor if you have epilepsy or other seizure disorder, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, liver disease, glaucoma, or a history of mental illness or suicide attempt.
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Hydroxychloroquine
Drug
08/23/04, Healthwise
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug and an analgesic (pain reliever). The exact way that hydroxychloroquine works is unknown.
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Tinidazole
Drug
06/05/07, Healthwise
A medicine similar to tinidazole has caused cancer in laboratory animals. It is not known if tinidazole would have the same effect in animals, or in humans. Talk with your doctor about your specific cancer risk.
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Rifaximin
Drug
05/03/07, Healthwise
Rifaximin works differently from other antibiotics because it passes through your stomach and into your intestines without being absorbed into your blood stream. Because rifaximin affects only the intestinal tract, it will not treat infections of
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Rimantadine
Drug
04/11/07, Healthwise
Before taking rimantadine, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have a seizure disorder, kidney disease, or liver disease.
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Carbenicillin
Drug
03/09/07, Healthwise
Before using carbenicillin, tell your doctor if you are allergic to cephalosporins such as Ceclor, Ceftin, Duricef, Keflex, and others, or if you have asthma, kidney disease, a bleeding or blood clotting disorder, or a history of any type of allerg
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Ranitidine bismuth citrate
Drug
02/22/07, Healthwise
Ranitidine bismuth citrate was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1998.
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Quinine
Drug
12/14/06, Healthwise
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of all non-approved brands of quinine because of the risk of serious side effects or death. As of December 2006, Qualaquin is the only brand of quinine that is approved by the FDA.
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Iodoquinol
Drug
08/01/06, Healthwise
Iodoquinol is an amebicidal drug. The exact way that iodoquinol works is not known.
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