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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.