What Does Par Mean

In one of the chats someone was saying APAP stood for Acetaminophen & Propoxyphene, which makes sense considering the initials, and in all your other answers you say APAP stands for Acetaminophen (only). Why have you dropped the Propoxyphene from your other answers & what the heck is Propoxyphene anyway? I take a generically filled prescription of Fioricet & APAP is one of the listed ingredients. ## Hi Pamela - APAP is ONLY Acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) and has nothing to do with Propoxyphene. "Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen or APAP, is a widely used over-the-counter pain medication and antipyretic (fever reducer)." [1] By the way, Darvocet propoxyphene was discontinued in the US in 2009: "In January 2009, an FDA advisory committee voted 14 to 12 against ...

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What exactly time released mean ## It means exactly what it says, rather than all of the medication being released at once, when you take the medication, it is slowly released over several hours. It can be particularly useful for various medical problems, such as pain, diabetes and high blood pressure, to give someone better control over their conditions, for a longer period of time. Is there anything else I can help with? ## Thanks for the information !!!

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Why does it say N/A on my prescription that my doctor sent over? ## N/A generally means that something is not applicable, so it may be something that isn't relevant to you, or to that particular prescription. What is the prescription for, and what context is the N/A used in? One example would be if they electronically filled out a prescription to be sent to your pharmacy for something that you are to take as needed, in that case, they may put N/A in the category for dosing frequency. Or, they may do so, if it is something you are only to take one dose of, and etc.

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We have two bottles of cephalexin 500 mg. One bottle has PAR on it and one has MIDD on it. What does that mean? ## Par is par pharmicuticls Mdd is max daily dose Those are usual meaing ## Middleby (MIDD) reported earnings 30 days ago. ... Like many research-heavy pharmaceutical companies ## As Roro has stated, those are abbreviations for the manufacturer's, but the medication is the same. Cephalexin is an antibiotic that is used to treat various bacterial infections. The FDA lists its typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, non-allergic skin rash, and diarrhea. Is there anything I can help with?

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i take sertaline 100 mg a friend takes a sertaline med, but her says on bottle sertaline h 100 mg tab myla what is the difference ## Sertraline H 100mg tab myla means its Sertraline Hydrochloride 100mg Tab. Myla stands for Mylan, the manufacturer. Your sertraline and hers are the same, her pharmacy label just has more detail printed on it. ## I take sertraline for anxiety. I have been on it for years. Could never lose weight but it calms me down. So is this med dangerous for taking it so long? ## Hello, Betty, not it is not particularly dangerous, as long as your doctor is monitoring your regularly. The FD lists the typical side effects of this medication as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, and weight changes. Is there anything else I can help with?

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MFG used to treat high blood pressure. What does MFG stand for? ## Hello, Sando! How are you? That's used to designate what company manufactured that particular pill. Usually you'll see something like Metoprolol 100mg MFG PAR, which would mean it was made by Par Laboratories, as explained by the NIH. Is there anything else I can help with? ## What is the meaning of mfg.date DEC.2016 . batch no. Se16126 madicin is Avocado soy unsaponifiables with curcumin tablets Filvestin ## On my prescription bottle it's say MFG RISING under the name of my pills which is,CHLORTHALIDONE.on my last bottle it said MFG MYLAN,and the pills used to be white and now they are tiny blue ones ## Sounds like this switched companies a different company now manufacturers your medicine

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ultrace contain tramadol and paracetamol IP, what is the IP? ## It is used to designate that the substance being used is an induce protein of that medication, just the formulation of it. Common side effects of this medication can include: nausea, drowsiness, headache and stomach irritation. Read more: Are there any other comments or questions? ## it means indian pharmacology, that the formulation was based on indian pharmacological system or something like that.

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whats in paragoric my mother used to give it to me to make me sleep ## Do you mean Paregoric? If so it is used to teat diarrhea. To learn more click on the link below... Do you have any more questions or information to add? Please post back if you do. ## PARAGORIC IS A HIGH CLASSIFIED DRUG. MUST HAVE DRIVERS LICENSE TO GET. SERIOUS CHEMICAL. USED IN BABY COUGH SYRUP. VERY OLD FASHIONED DRUG FROM YEARS AGO ## Alcohol...

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One bottle says Simbastatin 10mg tab NOR and the refill says Simbastatin 10mg tab ZYD The one with the ZYD is pink and say ZA20 on the pill and the other one,NOR, is white,round and has a 10 on it. Are these the same? ## Those are just abbreviations for the names of the manufacturers of those particular tablets. For example, the ZYD stands for Zydus Pharmaceuticals. Are there any other questions or comments? ## My pharmacist always tells me when he gives me a medication by a different vendor so that I won't be worried and he also puts a sticker on the bottle stating it looks different but it's the same medication. ## What does NOR on a bottle of prescription meds mean?

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My son died with a blood level of 46.6 ng/ml in his blood system, what does this mean other than it was a high level. ## Cindy, you need to.take the autopsy report to your Dr and ask him to explain it. No.parent should be getting answers like this on.a public forum. ## Hi Cindy, I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. According to a drug toxicity chart I found here, 10-40 ng/mL is listed as a "therapeutic" blood level of Hydrocodone and anything greater than 100 ng/mL is listed as a "toxic" blood level of Hydrocodone. I'm sure one's tolerance to opiates also plays a significant role, but it looks to me like your son wasn't that far off from what's considered to be a normal range. Just wanted to share these details so you can at least have something el...

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Hi, I know this may sound like a stupid question but I have suffered from Opiate-Induced Constipation for 15 years and have followed several different VA doctors recommendations, none of which really worked or else the VA pharmacy would fill their recommended prescription. My civilian doctor got me approved for Linzess which I have read great things about. By inpacted, I think it means where the stool is backed up and is blocking evacuation but now I am thinking that since opiates cause slow transit of stool through the G.I. tract, that might be the inpaction they are talking about. I have never had a complete evacuation of my G.I. tract (colon), only partial. So which is it? The inpaction around the evacuation point or up through the colon? ## Hello Lartomar, According to Harvard Healt...

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Vicodin m325 & vicodine m367 mean ? ## Hello, Jc! How are you? Under current U.S. prescription drug laws, all manufactured tablets and capsules must have markings on them that enable them to be identified in case of emergency. For example, say someone is found unconscious with pills strewn around them, the paramedics would need to know what they had taken in order to provide proper treatment and they can find out, by looking at the markings on the pills and checking in the databases to see what they contained. Another example would be in case of product contamination, then the medications needs to be able to be traced back to a specific manufacturer, in order to rectify the problem and initiate a possible recall. There is no listed tablet that just has M 325 on it. However, when I l...

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I have a brand new prescription of teva-amoxicillin. I had a gum infection - within two pills the pain was gone and I have this bottle full.. I now have a temperature with which I believe is due to a chest infection. Will this medication help? ## Amoxicillin is an antibiotic, which can be used to treat many different type of infections. However, you should finish the full course of the medication, as prescribed, even if you start to feel better, before you have finished. The pain may have went away, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the infection cleared up. Thus, you could be sick now, because it was never fully treated and has now spread to other parts of your body. In addition, only taking part of the prescription for an antibiotic creates the very real risk of developing an...

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My old white oval losartan pill with the imprint cl14 did not mention on the bottle that potassium was part of the formula. The new pill is oval and green with the numbers 4 6 on the front & the number 3 on the back side. Are these two pills the same? ## I was taking a small oval green pill 50Mg. and there were two round green pills mix in the bottle i just thought they ran out of the oval ones so I took the round one and 15min later I couldn't even walk and i couldn't even talk right My Husband though someone drugged me. I called the Dr. and he told me to stop taking it immediately. Can someone tell me how many MG was in that round green pill? ## When a medication is listed this way, for example, as Losartan Potassium, that doesn't mean potassium is really part of the f...

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I saw a Dr. assistant and she prescribed a medication for me. Her name is on the Rx bottle with the abbreviation Aurobindo - Not sure what this means... Please help. ## Hello, Clinton! How are you? Arubobindo is the name of the manufacture of those particular tablets. The FDA classifies Tramadol as an opioid, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation. ## I need help identifying a pill from Mexico. It says it's tramadol 50mg and it's in a light tan capsule with no imprints. Is this a legitimate brand? ## I have these generic Tramadol pills from Mexico and the brand says Paliadol, but they are plain white pills with nothing on them. Can you confirm this brand? ## I'm in mexico they ...

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There was only DICODID made by knoll in Germany but it was withdrawn last year. Only Hydrocodone now available is ZOHYDRO SR in the USA. It is also made in combination with high amounts of acetaminophen, usually 325, 500 or 650mg, one goes as high as 750mg! But there is legislation coming into force limiting any dosage unit of acetaminophen (paracetamol) in the USA (where 100% of the entire world's Hydrocodone is now used since the deletion of DICODID) to 300mg. Abbott have already issued their new 10/300mg pill. But I am afraid that Hydrocodone as a single drug now is only available as an SR med under that ZOHYDRO brand. If required then would have to be crushed finely to defeat the ridiculous slow release mechanism which means you can no longer get the benefit of the drug to the e...

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I recently discovered that I have bladder infection, the doctor gave me cycidox and metazol to treat the infection , does that mean that my partner needs to be treated too? ## Hello, Zanelle! How are you? No, an infection such as this is not catchy. The FDA lists the typical side effects of these antibiotics as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache and non-allergic skin rash. Is there anything else I can help with?

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round white pill 20 mg- what should teh imprint code look like? ## Well, since this is a generic for the antidepressant Paxil, there are many companies that make it and all of their imprint codes will be different. This means there is no possible way that I could post all of them. Some are: PAXIL 20, this would be the name brand. 93 7115 ZC 16 N2 M APO 083 par877 P2 G C 56 422 POT 20 And this, of course, is not a comprehensive list. Do any of these match your tablets? If not, please post the imprint and I will gladly look it up for you. ## Thank you! The imprint is CZ16. I was just a little paranoid because the shape of the pill was different this time and when it arrived by mail the tablets had fallen out of the container and were loose in the packaging. Anyway, now I can rest easy. Th...

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In relation to Vitamins-----A bottle of Solgar Vits. label says : B-Complex "100". The Supplement Facts Say: Vit. B6 100mg. What do the " " mean, and does the mg(lower case) mean Mg, MG, or mcg? Solgar didn't exactly answer my question. thank you for whatever your ans will be. ## Hello, Tracey! How are you? My best guess is that the "100" is just part of the name to emphasize that it's a complete B complex supplement. And the mg just means milligram, as it usually does. Is there anything else I can help with? ## I am taking 5000mcg once a day of B12, 5000mcg ? ..*Sublingual Am I actually getting 5000 mg worth?

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I have been having fluid in my ears since May and have take three bottles of nasial spray 2 different antibodics and 2 boxes of mucinex d and my dr order ct scan. The results says i have a thickening of the mastoid bone. What is the treatment for this and will my ears ever clear up? ## Hello, Mert! How are you? I'm sorry about the problem that you'r having. Such thickening is common, when someone experiences a problem that becomes chronic, like yours has. It means it has become inflamed and you may need to have a tube inserted in your ear to allow the fluid to drain. Letting it remain untreated can create the risk of nerve damage that could cause facial paralysis, meningitis and other serious health complications. Have you consulted an ENT, yet? With proper treatment, your ears ...

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