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Adverse Reaction: Mild headache, dizziness, pain chest, feeling hot or cold.<br />

Interactions: liver disease, seizure disorders, cardiovascular disease.<br />

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Januvia​(Sitagliptin)<br />

Pronunciation: Sit-a-glip-tin<br />

Classification:​ DPP-4 inhibitor​<br />

IFU:​ ​Type 2 diabetes mellitus<br />

Route: Orally<br />

Dosage: 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg.<br />

Action: Inhibits the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4), which slows the inactivation of<br />

incretin hormones, resulting in increased levels of active incretin hormones.<br />

Adverse​ ​Reaction: Headache, pancreatitis, nausea, diarrhea, etc.<br />

Interactions: Insulin, glyburide, glipizide, and glimepiride.<br />

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Kariva​ (desogestrel/ ethinyl estradiol)<br />

Pronunciation: dess-oh-jess-trel / eth-ə-nil- e-thye-noe-dye-ole<br />

Classification: Monophasic Oral Contraceptive<br />

IFU: Oral Contraceptive<br />

Route: oral<br />

Dosage: DESOGESTREL 0.15mg, ETHINYL ESTRADIOL 0.02mg; ; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL<br />

0.01mg<br />

Action: prevents the release of an egg (ovulation) during your menstrual cycle<br />

Adverse Reaction: ​Nausea​, ​vomiting​, ​headache​, ​bloating​, ​breast​ tenderness, swelling of the<br />

ankles​/feet, or ​weight​ change may occur<br />

Interactions: ​griseofulvin​, ​modafinil​, rifamycins, St. John's wort, drugs used to treat ​seizures​,<br />

HIV​ drugs<br />

Keflex​ (Cephalexin)<br />

Pronunciation: sef a LEX in<br />

Classification: Cephalosporin Antibiotic<br />

IFU: Bacterial Infection<br />

Action: They stop or slow the growth of bacterial cell by preventing bacteria from forming the<br />

cell wall that surrounds each cell.<br />

Dosage: Usual dose for oral is 250 mg every 6 hours but a dose of 500 mg every day could be<br />

administer.

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