Prempro

Generic Name: conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone (ESS troe jenz and me DROX ee proe JESS te rone)

Brand Names: Premphase, Prempro,

What is the most important information I should know about Prempro?

Do not use this medication if you have any of the following conditions: a history of heart attack, stroke, or blood clot (especially in your lung or your lower body), liver disease, abnormal vaginal bleeding, or a hormone-related cancer such as breast or uterine cancer. This medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby. Do not use Prempro if you are pregnant.

Long-term treatment with Prempro may increase your risk of breast cancer, heart attack, or stroke. Talk with your doctor about your individual risks before using this medication long term, especially if you smoke or are overweight. Your doctor should check your progress on a regular basis (every 3 to 6 months) to determine whether you should continue this treatment.

Have regular physical exams and self-examine your breasts for lumps on a monthly basis while using Prempro.

Prempro should not be used to prevent heart disease or dementia, because this medication may actually increase your risk of developing these conditions.

Avinza

Generic Name: morphine (MOR feen)
Brand Names: Avinza, Kadian, Morphine IR, MS Contin, MSIR, Oramorph SR, Roxanol

What is Avinza?

Avinza is in a group of drugs called narcotic pain relievers.

Avinza is used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is for use when around-the-clock pain relief is needed. It is not for treating pain just after surgery unless you were already taking morphine before the surgery.

Avinza may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Avinza

You may not be able to take this medicine unless you are already being treated with a similar opioid pain medicine and your body is tolerant to it. Talk with your doctor if you are not sure you are opioid-tolerant.

Avinza may be habit-forming and should be used only by the person it was prescribed for. Avinza should never be given to another person, especially someone who has a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medication in a secure place where others cannot get to it. Do not drink alcohol while you are using Avinza. Dangerous side effects or death can occur when alcohol is combined with Avinza. Check your food and medicine labels to be sure these products do not contain alcohol.

Never take more than your prescribed dose of Avinza. Tell your doctor if the medicine seems to stop working as well in relieving your pain.

Do not stop taking Avinza suddenly, or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Talk to your doctor about how to avoid withdrawal symptoms when stopping the medication.

Famvir

Generic Name: famciclovir (fam SYE klo veer)
Brand Names: Famvir

What is Famvir?

Famvir is an antiviral drug. It slows the growth and spread of the herpes virus so that the body can fight off the infection. Famvir will not cure herpes, but it can lessen the symptoms of the infections.

Famvir is used to treat infections caused by herpes viruses. Illnesses caused by herpes viruses include genital herpes, cold sores, shingles, and chicken pox.

Important information about Famvir

Take this medication for the entire length of time prescribed by your doctor. Your symptoms may get better before the infection is completely treated.

Treatment with Famvir should be started as soon as possible after the first appearance of symptoms (such as tingling, burning, blisters).

Herpes infections are contagious and you can infect other people, even while you are being treated with Famvir. Avoid letting infected areas come into contact with other people. Avoid touching an infected area and then touching your eyes. Wash your hands frequently to prevent passing the infection to others.

Enablex

Generic Name: darifenacin (dar e FEN a sin)
Brand Names: Enablex

What is Enablex?

Enablex reduces muscle spasms of the bladder and urinary tract.

Enablex is used to treat symptoms of overactive bladder, such as frequent or urgent urination, and incontinence (urine leakage).

Enablex may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Enablex

You should not use Enablex if you are allergic to darifenacin, or if you have untreated or uncontrolled narrow-angle glaucoma, a blockage in your digestive tract (stomach or intestines), or if you are unable to urinate.

Before using Enablex, tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, liver disease, a muscle disorder, ulcerative colitis, or a blockage in your stomach or intestines.

Avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated during exercise and in hot weather. Enablex can decrease perspiration and you may be more prone to heat stroke.

Enablex can cause side effects that may impair your vision or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert and able to see clearly. There are many other medicines that can interact with Enablex. Tell your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start using a new medication without telling your doctor. Keep a list with you of all the medicines you use and show this list to any doctor or other healthcare provider who treats you.

Stop using Enablex and call your doctor if you have serious side effects such as hot and dry skin, extreme thirst, severe stomach pain or constipation, pain or burning when you urinate, or if you stop urinating.

Fentora

Generic Name: fentanyl (buccal) (FEN ta nil (BUK al))

What is the most important information I should know about Fentora?

Do not use fentanyl if you have used an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate) within the past 14 days. Serious, life-threatening side effects can occur if you take fentanyl before the MAO inhibitor has cleared from your body. Keep this medicine out of the reach of children or pets. The amount of fentanyl in each Fentora tablet can be fatal to a child or pet who accidentally sucks on or swallows it. Seek emergency medical attention if this happens.

Before using Fentora, tell your doctor if you have a breathing disorder, a head injury or brain tumor, seizures, mental illness, a heart rhythm disorder, low blood pressure, liver or kidney disease, or a history of drug or alcohol addiction.

Fentanyl can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert. You should not use fentanyl unless you are already being treated with a similar opioid pain medicine and your body is tolerant to it. Opioid medicines include morphine (Kadian, MS Contin, Oramorph, and others), oxycodone (Oxycontin), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Talk with your doctor if you are not sure you are opioid-tolerant. Fentora may be habit-forming and should be used only by the person it was prescribed for. This medication should never be given to another person, especially someone who has a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medication in a secure place where others cannot get to it.

Avoid drinking alcohol, or using other medicines that make you sleepy (such as cold medicine, other pain medication, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression or anxiety). They can add to sleepiness caused by fentanyl and may cause extreme drowsiness or breathing problems.

What is Fentora?

Fentanyl is a narcotic (opioid) pain medicine.

Fentora tablets are used to treat “breakthrough cancer pain that is not controlled by other medicines.

Fentora may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

Ortho Evra

Generic Name: ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin (EH thi nill ess tra DY ol and nor ell JESS tro min)

What is Ortho Evra?

Ortho Evra is a contraceptive skin patch containing a combination of female hormones (estrogen and progestin), that prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). Fertility depends on regular fluctuations in the levels of these hormones Ortho Evra also causes changes in your cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.

Ortho Evra is used as contraception to prevent pregnancy.

Ortho Evra may also be used for other purposes not listed.

Important information about Ortho Evra

Do not use Ortho Evra if you are pregnant or if you have recently had a baby. Do not use Ortho Evra if you have any of the following conditions: a history of stroke or blood clot, circulation problems (especially if caused by diabetes), a hormone-related cancer such as breast or uterine cancer, abnormal vaginal bleeding, liver disease or liver cancer, severe high blood pressure, migraine headaches, a heart valve disorder, or a history of jaundice caused by birth control pills.

You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using Ortho Evra. Follow your doctor’s instructions.

Using hormones can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack, especially if you smoke and are older than 35.

Some drugs can make Ortho Evra less effective, which may result in pregnancy. Tell your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use, including vitamins, minerals and herbal products.

Micardis

Generic Name: telmisartan (TEL mi SAR tan)
Brand Names: Micardis

What is Micardis?

Micardis is in a group of drugs called angiotensin II receptor antagonists. It works by decreasing certain chemicals in the body that cause blood vessels to constrict and sodium and fluid to be stored by the kidneys.

Micardis is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It is sometimes given together with other blood pressure medications.

Micardis may also be used for other purposes not listed here.

Important information about Micardis

Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are pregnant. Micardis may cause injury and even death to the unborn baby if you take it during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Use an effective form of birth control. Stop using Micardis and tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment. You should not use this medication if you are allergic to telmisartan. Avoid drinking alcohol. It can lower your blood pressure and may increase some of the side effects of Micardis. Do not use potassium supplements or salt substitutes while you are taking Micardis, unless your doctor has told you to.

To be sure Micardis is helping your condition, your blood pressure will need to be checked on a regular basis. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.

Keep using this medication even if you feel fine. High blood pressure often has no symptoms.

Neupogen

Generic Name: filgrastim (fil GRAS tim)
Brand Names: Neupogen

What is Neupogen?

Neupogen is a man-made form of a protein that stimulates the growth of white blood cells in your body. White blood cells help your body fight against infection.

Neupogen is used to treat neutropenia, a lack of certain white blood cells caused by cancer, bone marrow transplant, receiving chemotherapy, or by other conditions.

Neupogen may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

What is the most important information I should know about Neupogen?

Before using Neupogen, tell your doctor if you have sickle cell disorder, a blood cell disorder, chronic myeloid leukemia, myelodysplasia (also called “preleukemia”), or if you are receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment.

Do not self-inject this medicine if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of needles, IV tubing, and other items used in giving the medicine.

Neupogen is usually given daily for up to 2 weeks. Follow your doctor’s instructions. For best results, use this medication at the same time each day.

To be sure this medication is helping your condition, your blood will need to be tested often. This will help your doctor determine how long to treat you with Neupogen. Your liver function will also need to be tested. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.

Pegasys

Generic Name: peginterferon alfa-2a (peg in ter FEAR on AL fa 2 a)
Brand Names: Pegasys

What is Pegasys?

Pegasys is made from human proteins that help the body fight viral infections.

Pegasys is used to treat chronic hepatitis B or C.

Pegasys may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Pegasys

Pegasys is often used together with another medication called ribavirin (Copegus). Ribavirin is known to cause birth defects or death in an unborn baby. You may need to have a negative pregnancy test before starting this combination treatment. If a man fathers a child while using ribavirin, the baby may have birth defects. You should not use Pegasys if you are allergic to peginterferon alfa-2a, or if you have autoimmune hepatitis, liver failure, or a hemoglobin blood cell disorder such as sickle-cell anemia or thalassemia, if you are pregnant, or if you are a man and your female sexual partner is pregnant.

Before using Pegasys, tell your doctor if you have lung disease, kidney disease, heart disease, a thyroid disorder, colitis, HIV or AIDS, an autoimmune disorder (such as psoriasis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis), a history of organ transplant, or any liver problems other than hepatitis. Also tell your doctor if you have ever had a heart attack, cancer, drug or alcohol addiction, or depression, mental illness, or suicidal thoughts.

Treatment with Pegasys does not prevent spread of the hepatitis virus to other people. Follow your doctor’s instructions about how to prevent passing the disease to another person.

Klor-Con

Generic Name: potassium chloride (poe TASS ee um)
Brand Names: Cena K, K-Dur, K-Lor, K-Tab, Kaochlor S-F, Kaon-CI, Kaon-CL, Kay Ciel, Klor-Con, Micro-K, Rum-K

What is Klor-Con?

Klor-Con is used to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium (hypokalemia). Potassium levels can be low as a result of a disease or from taking certain medicines, or after a prolonged illness with diarrhea or vomiting.

Potassium is a mineral that is found in many foods and is needed for several functions of your body, especially the beating of your heart.

Klor-Con may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Klor-Con

You should not use Klor-Con if you have kidney failure, Addison’s disease, severe burns or other tissue injury, if you are dehydrated, if you take certain diuretics (water pills), or if you have high levels of potassium in your blood (hyperkalemia). Do not crush, chew, break, or suck on an extended-release tablet or capsule. Swallow the pill whole. Breaking or crushing the pill may cause too much of the drug to be released at one time. Sucking on a potassium tablet can irritate your mouth or throat. Take Klor-Con with food or just after a meal.

To be sure this medication is helping your condition, your blood may need to be tested often. Your heart rate may also be checked using an electrocardiograph or ECG (sometimes called an EKG) to measure electrical activity of the heart. This test will help your doctor determine how long to treat you with potassium. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.

Serious side effects of potassium include uneven heartbeat, muscle weakness or limp feeling, severe stomach pain, and numbness or tingling in your hands, feet, or mouth.

Do not stop taking Klor-Con without first talking to your doctor. If you stop taking potassium suddenly, your condition may become worse.