Diseases and Cure

What happens during and after a colonoscopy? A colonoscopy is a medical procedure that lets your doctor look inside your colon and rectum for problems such as ulcers, inflammation, bleeding, polyps and tumors.  A colonoscope is the tool used to perform a colonoscopy.  It is a thin flexible tube with a light and video camera on the end.  It is inserted through the anus into the rectum and is carefully guided up through the colon, all the way to the cecum.  The colonoscope can usually be used to enter the very end of the small bowel known as the terminal ileum.  The front tip of the colonoscope contains a video camera, which sends real-time images to a computer screen so that your doctor can examine the colon.  The front tip also has a light, a channel for water irrigation, a channel for air and water, as well as an instrument channel.  The irrigation channel is used to flush water or air in to the colon to remove debris or stool, and see more...

Synonyms cephalexin monohydrate U.S./Canadian Brand Names Apo-Cephalex® [Can] Keflex® [US] Keftab® [Can] Novo-Lexin [Can] Nu-Cephalex [Can] Therapeutic Category Cephalosporin (First Generation) Use Treatment of susceptible bacterial infections including respiratory tract infections, otitis media, skin and skin structure infections, bone infections, and genitourinary tract infections, including acute prostatitis; alternative therapy for acute infective endocarditis prophylaxis       

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Synonyms sumatriptan succinate U.S./Canadian Brand Names Apo-Sumatriptan® [Can] CO Sumatriptan [Can] Dom-Sumatriptan [Can] Gen-Sumatriptan [Can] Imitrex® DF [Can] Imitrex® Nasal Spray [Can] Imitrex® [US/Can] Novo-Sumatriptan [Can] PHL-Sumatriptan [Can] PMS-Sumatriptan [Can] ratio-Sumatriptan [Can] Rhoxal-sumatriptan [Can] Riva-Sumatriptan [Can] Sandoz-Sumatriptan [Can] Sumatryx [Can] Therapeutic Category Antimigraine Agent Use Oral, SubQ: Acute treatment of migraine with or without aura SubQ: Acute treatment of cluster headache episodes       

Synonyms CBZ SPD417 U.S./Canadian Brand Names Apo-Carbamazepine® [Can] Carbatrol® [US] Epitol® [US] Equetro™ [US] Gen-Carbamazepine CR [Can] Mapezine® [Can] Novo-Carbamaz [Can] Nu-Carbamazepine [Can] PMS-Carbamazepine [Can] Taro-Carbamazepine Chewable [Can] Tegretol® [US/Can] Tegretol®-XR [US] Therapeutic Category Anticonvulsant Use Carbatrol®, Tegretol®, Tegretol®-XR: Partial seizures with complex symptomatology (psychomotor, temporal lobe), generalized tonic-clon...