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Aredia
 Aredia (Generic Name: Pamidronic Acid) is a bone loss inhibitor which is used to treat bone softening due to certain types of cancer. It is utilized to treat osteoporosis and inhibit bone loss. In Paget‘s disease it is used to make the bones strong. It prevents bone loss through the use of steroids and it gives high propensity to bones in some types of cancer including multiple myeloma wherein the drug is usually given as an intravenous infusion that lasts for about three hours. The therapy is lifetime and the patient should have it every month. Because of the drug’s capability to seize calcium in the bone, it is also utilized to remedy high calcium levels. It is being used experimentally for the treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a bone disorder which is also known as “brittle bones”. Common side effects of the drug include nausea, bone pain, dizziness, and low calcium levels. Continue reading...
Zofran
Zofran is a drug commonly used by cancer patients who underwent either chemotherapy or radiation therapy in order to avoid the occurrence of vomiting and nausea. Although there are also non-cancer patients who are given this drug, for the same purpose after a surgical procedure was done on them.
The human brain has a vomiting reception center; wherein this is the area that controls a person’s urge to vomit. Especially after a surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, this vomiting center of the brain is triggered. However, with the intake of Zofran, the drug inhibits the vomiting reception center from being triggered, thus avoiding the sensation of being nauseous and inevitably the vomiting of the patient.
This drug comes in syrup, oral tablets or vials. Intake of the drug should be with doctor’s prescription as it is quite lethal to persons with the following conditions: electrolyte imbalance, cardiac problems, intestinal obstruction and liver problems.
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