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Your Child and the Dentist

A visit to the dentist can be a scary thing for children. The odors, the tools, the sounds, and the big person with the mask can all upset a child. When choosing a dentist for your child and preparing him or her for a visit, think about the following to make the visit as pleasant as possible. Choosing a dentist...

Your Family Medical History

Your Health Care Agent: How to Choose Someone

Your Home Health Center

More of your health care takes place in your home than anywhere else. Having the right tools, medicines, supplies, and information on hand will improve the quality of your self-care. Self-care tools are the basic equipment of your home health center. Store all your self-care tools and supplies in a central location...

Your Medicare Yearly Wellness Visit

Your Teen's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Teens want an answer to the eternal question, "Who am I?" Part of the answer lies in their sexual self. The teen years can be a confusing time. Hormones, cultural and peer pressures, and fear of being different can cause many teens to question themselves in many areas, including their sexual orientation and gender...

Your Toddler: Nutritious Meals for Picky Eaters

Toddlers are notoriously picky eaters. They may only eat a few foods, then abruptly refuse them. Toddlers also have rapidly changing appetites. Although toddlers grow steadily throughout their second year, their growth rates are less dramatic than during the first year, which often is reflected in how much they eat...

Your Toddler: Safe Ways to Explore

The typical toddler is programmed to crawl, walk, run, climb, and seek out new experiences. Toddlers need stimulation to improve their motor and sensory skills. You can foster your toddler's strength and coordination: Play and interact with your toddler. Playing, dancing, marching, and doing other simple...

zafirlukast

Zafirlukast is a leukotriene (loo-koe-TRY-een) inhibitor. Leukotrienes are chemicals your body releases when you breathe in an allergen (such as pollen). These chemicals cause swelling in your lungs and tightening of the muscles around your airways, which can result in asthma symptoms. Zafirlukast is used for chronic...

zaleplon

Zaleplon is a sedative that is used to treat insomnia. This medicine causes relaxation to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Zaleplon may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

zanamivir

Zanamivir is an antiviral medicine that blocks the actions of viruses in your body. Zanamivir is used to treat flu symptoms caused by influenza virus in people who have had symptoms for less than 2 days. Zanamivir may also be given to prevent influenza in people who may be exposed but do not yet have symptoms. Zanamivir...

zanubrutinib

Zanubrutinib is used to treat mantle cell lymphoma in adults who have received at least one prior treatment for this condition. Zanubrutinib was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an "accelerated" basis. In clinical studies, some people responded to this medicine, but further studies are...

ziconotide

Ziconotide is a non-narcotic pain reliever that works by blocking pain signals from the nerves to the brain. Ziconotide is used to treat severe chronic pain in people who cannot use or do not respond to standard pain-relieving medications. Ziconotide may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

zidovudine (oral/injection)

Zidovudine is an antiviral medicine used to treat HIV, the virus that can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Zidovudine is also given during pregnancy to prevent an HIV-infected woman from passing the virus to her baby. Zidovudine is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. Zidovudine may also be used for purposes not...

Zika Virus

zileuton

Zileuton is a leukotriene (loo-koe-TRY-een) inhibitor. Leukotrienes are chemicals your body releases when you breathe in an allergen (such as pollen). These chemicals cause swelling in your lungs and tightening of the muscles around your airways, which can result in asthma symptoms. Zileuton is used to prevent asthma...

zinc acetate

Zinc is a naturally occurring mineral. Zinc is important for growth and for the development and health of body tissues. Zinc acetate is used to treat and to prevent zinc deficiency. Zinc acetate may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

zinc gluconate

Zinc is a naturally occurring mineral. Zinc is important for growth and for the development and health of body tissues. Zinc gluconate is used to treat and to prevent zinc deficiency. Zinc gluconate may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

zinc oxide topical

Zinc oxide is a mineral. Zinc oxide topical (for the skin) is used to treat diaper rash, minor burns, severely chapped skin, or other minor skin irritations. Zinc oxide rectal suppositories are used to treat itching, burning, irritation, and other rectal discomfort caused by hemorrhoids or painful bowel movements. There...

zinc sulfate

Zinc is a naturally occurring mineral. Zinc is important for growth and for the development and health of body tissues. Zinc sulfate is used to treat and to prevent zinc deficiency. Zinc sulfate may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

ziprasidone (oral/injection)

Ziprasidone is an antipsychotic medicine. Ziprasidone oral is used to treat schizophrenia and the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder (manic depression). Ziprasidone injection is used to quickly treat agitation in people with schizophrenia. Ziprasidone may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

ziv-aflibercept

Ziv-aflibercept is made from a human antibody fragment. It works by keeping new blood vessels from forming in a fast-growing tumor. Ziv-aflibercept is used in combination with other medications to treat colorectal cancer. Ziv-aflibercept is usually given after other medications have been tried without successful...

zoledronic acid

Reclast and Zometa are two different brands of zoledronic acid. Reclast is used to treat or prevent osteoporosis caused by menopause, or steroid use. This medicine also increases bone mass in men with osteoporosis. Reclast is for use when you have a high risk of bone fracture. Reclast is also used to treat Paget's...

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

zolmitriptan (nasal)

Zolmitriptan is a headache medicine that narrows blood vessels around the brain. Zolmitriptan also reduces substances in the body that can trigger headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and other migraine symptoms. Zolmitriptan nasal (for use in the nose) is used to treat migraine headaches in adults and...

zolmitriptan (oral)

Zolmitriptan is a headache medicine that narrows blood vessels around the brain. Zolmitriptan also reduces substances in the body that can trigger headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and other migraine symptoms. Zolmitriptan is used to treat migraine headaches in adults. Zolmitriptan will only treat...

zolpidem

Zolpidem is used to treat insomnia. The immediate-release forms of zolpidem are Ambien, Intermezzo, Edluar, and Zolpimist, which are used to help you fall asleep. The extended-release form of zolpidem is Ambien CR, which has a first layer that dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep, and a second layer that dissolves...

zonisamide

Zonisamide is used together with other medicines to treat partial seizures in adults and teenagers at least 16 years old. Zonisamide may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

zoster vaccine (inactivated)

Herpes zoster is caused by the same virus (varicella) that causes chickenpox in children. When this virus becomes active again, it can cause herpes zoster, or shingles. Inactivated zoster vaccine helps prevent shingles. This vaccine works by exposing you to a small dose of inactive virus, which causes the body to...

zoster vaccine live

Herpes zoster is caused by the same virus (varicella) that causes chickenpox in children. When this virus becomes active again in an adult, it can cause herpes zoster, or shingles. Zoster vaccine is a live vaccine that helps prevent shingles. This vaccine works by exposing you to a small dose of live virus, which causes...

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