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Prucalopride: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Prucalopride, generic Montegrity is a prescription medicine used to treat chronic idiopathic (the cause of the constipation is unknown) constipation (CIC) in whom laxatives medications fail to provide adequate relief. Prucalopride works by increasing how well patients stomach and intesti…

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Ponatinib: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Ponatinib, generic Iclusig is a prescription medicine used to treat a type of blood cancer which is chronic phase, accelerated phase, or blast phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) for whom no other tyrosine kinase…

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Pomalidomide: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Pomalidomide, generic Pomalyst is a prescription medicine used to treat multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least two prior therapies including Lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor and whose disease has become worse during treatment or within 60 days of the last therapy. Pomali…

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Pioglitazone: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Pioglitazone, generic Actos is a prescription medicine used to treat thiazolidinedione-type, also called “glitazones” used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. Pioglitazone works by helping to restore your body’s prop…

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Pembrolizumab: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Pembrolizumab generic KEYTRUDA is a prescription medicine used to treat skin cancer (called melanoma, merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma), non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC), classical Hodgkin lymphoma & primary mediastina…

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Pazopanib: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Pazopanib, generic Votrient is a prescription medicine used to treat of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (Kidney Cancer) and advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who have received prior chemotherapy. It works by decreasing the blood supply to the cancer tumor to slow tumor growt…

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Palbociclib: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Palbociclib, generic Ibrance is a prescription medicine used to treat hormone receptor (HR) positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative advanced breast cancer in women who have experienced menopause. Dosage: Palbociclib has to take orally once a day with food for 2…

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Paclitaxel: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Paclitaxel, generic Taxol is a prescription medicine used to treat lung cancer, ovarian cancer and breast cancer. Paclitaxel also used to treat AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma. Paclitaxel may reduce the number of blood cells that help you fight infections and stop bleeding. You may be more…

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Prednisone: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: Prednisone, Generic Rayos is a prescription medication used to treat conditions such as arthritis, asthma, blood disorders, breathing problems, severe allergies, skin diseases, cancer, eye problems, and immune system disorders. Prednisone is also used to treat certain endocrine condition…

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PITAVASTATIN: Indication, Dosage, Side Effects

Indication: PITAVASTATIN, generic LIVALO is a prescription medicine used along with a proper diet to help lower “bad” cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise “good” cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. PITAVASTATIN works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. Lowerin…

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