I did chat with a co-worker at lunch break about balancing life and work. I feel like it's one or the other, and it might not EVER be balanced!
And Tianhang kept wanting to visit grandpa in China :(
- What exactly differs between ADVAIR HFA vs. ADVAIR DISKUS??
- ADVAIR HFA
- (+) uses propellent, so less effort to inhale
- (-) breathe and hand coordination needed to maximize effectiveness
- ADVAIR DISKUS
- (+) no need for coordination; ready to use
- (-) expired after unwrapped from foil for 1 month / need to forcefully inhale
- SOOLANTRA 1% cream, my first reaction is "what is this?" Sounds like a start-up company :P
- Indicated for ROSACEA
- Apply each affected area on face daily
- ELMIRON (pantosan)
- Indicated for interstitial cystitis
- Dose - 100mg TID with water, 1 hr before or 2 hr after meals
- What is better than SINGULAIR (montelukast)?
- Cannot say because the only other leukotriene receptor antagonist is ZAFIRLUKAST (ACCOLATE), which is indicated for 1) asthma (20mg BID), 2) chronic urticaria (20mg BID), and zafirlukast has no indication for allergic rhinitis, which MONTELUKAST (SINGULAIR) has indication for
- MONTELUKAST has indications for
- allergic rhinitis (perennial or seasonal)
- Asthma
- Bronchoconstriction, exercise-induced (prevention)
- Chornic urticaria (hives)
- What is an alternative to RESTASIS (cyclosporine)??
- XIIDRA (lifitegrast)
- NIACINAMIDE vs. NIACIN??
- NIACINAMIDE is a form of water-soluble vitamin B3
- Indication - prevent and treate pellagra (niacin deficiency); CANNOT be used in place of NIACIN to treat hyperlipidemia
- (+) better tolerated than NIACIN for flushing
