Aplenzin

Generic Name: bupropion (byoo PRO pee on)

Brand Names: Aplenzin, Budeprion, Wellbutrin, Zyban

What is Aplenzin?

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Aplenzin (bupropion) is an antidepressant medication.

Aplenzin is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with a certain type of depression called major depressive disorder. It is supplied as an extended-release tablet.

Aplenzin may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Aplenzin

Do not take Aplenzin if you have taken a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as furazolidone (Furoxone), isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate) in the last 14 days. You should not take Aplenzin if you have seizures, an eating disorder, if you are using a second form of bupropion, or if you have suddenly stopped using alcohol or sedatives.

Adipex-P

Generic Name: phentermine (FEN ter meen)

Brand names: Adipex-P, Oby-Cap, T-Diet, Zantryl

What is Adipex-P?

Why managing blood sugar is so important.

Adipex-P (phentermine) is a stimulant that is similar to an amphetamine. Adipex-P is an appetite suppressant that affects the central nervous system.

Adipex-P is used togther with diet and exercise to treat obesity (overweight) in people with risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.

Adipex-P may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Adipex-P

Taking Adipex-P together with other diet medications such as fenfluramine (Phen-Fen) or dexfenfluramine (Redux) can cause a rare fatal lung disorder called pulmonary hypertension. Do not take Adipex-P with any other diet medications without your doctor's advice.

Voltaren

Generic Name: diclofenac (dye KLOE fen ak)

Brand Names: Cataflam, Voltaren, Voltaren-XR, Zipsor

What is the most important information I should know about Voltaren?

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This medicine can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use Voltaren. Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery (also called coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG).

Seek emergency medical help if you have symptoms of heart or circulation problems, such as chest pain, weakness, shortness of breath, slurred speech, or problems with vision or balance.

Living The Ayurveda Way

If you were to consult with an Ayurvedic therapist, you would likely receive a diagnosis of your doshic imbalances. The practitioner would then provide you with a list of food types that you should and shouldn’t eat, possibly prescribe medicinal herbs for you to take, prescribe treatments, and provide a series of other lifestyle modifications and routines such as yoga postures for you to practice.

Ayurvedic science calls upon us to live our lives in a particular way with the intention of bringing as much balance to our doshas as possible. Much of this lifestyle centers on how and what we eat and drink, as one of the most fundamental components of Ayurvedic science states that a strong digestion leads to a healthy body. While we can make sophisticated modifications of diet and lifestyle to resolve imbalances of our doshas, it is more important to understand the attributes of food (hot-cold, dry-oily, heavy-light, and so forth) and what effect they will have on our systems in the moment. In this section I will share with you general measures we can all take that can be practiced regardless of how our doshas are imbalanced, and the following section will provide very basic and simple ways to resolve issues specific to each dosha.

Celebrex

Generic Name: celecoxib (oral) (SEL e KOX ib)

Brand Names: Celebrex

What is Celebrex?

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Celebrex is in a group of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain.

Celebrex is used to treat pain or inflammation caused by many conditions such as arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and menstrual pain. It is also used in the treatment of hereditary polyps in the colon

Celebrex may also be used for other purposes not listed.

Important information about Celebrex

Celebrex can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use Celebrex. Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery (also called coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG).

Zyprexa

Generic Name: olanzapine (oh LANZ a peen)

Brand Names: Zyprexa, Zyprexa Zydis

What is Zyprexa?

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Zyprexa (olanzapine) is an atypical antipsychotic medication. Exactly how it works is not known. It is thought to work by changing the actions of certain chemicals in the brain.

Zyprexa is used to treat the symptoms of psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression) in adults and children who are at least 13 years old.

Zyprexa is sometimes used together with other antipsychotic medications or antidepressants.

10 Tips for Making Peace with Your Body

Two percent. That’s how many women chose the word “beautiful” to describe themselves in a recent worldwide study led by researchers from Harvard University and the London School of Economics. It’s a disturbingly low number, and clearly more than two percent of the women on this planet are beautiful, we just need to retrain ourselves to see it—and believe it.

Here are 10 tips to making peace with your body:

1. Make a list of “nots” you’ve encountered in your life, i.e. not thin enough, not enough like what you see in the media, not pretty enough. Realize how many there are. Realize that it’s a list of demands from other people and institutions, and that you don’t have to meet any requirements other than those you place on yourself.

Zoloft

Generic Name: sertraline (SER tra leen)

Brand Names: Zoloft

What is Zoloft?

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Zoloft is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Zoloft affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Zoloft is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

No-sweat swaps to save you 700 calories

Do you have a big holiday dinner or party coming up? Save some calories for splurging. I'm not talking about a traditional fast-before-the-fete where you starve yourself all morning and afternoon then go hog wild when you walk into the event because you've had nothing to eat all day but apples and plain lettuce. (Click here for a better pre-party plan to control calories!)

I'm talking about a strategic eating plan that allows you to bank calories painlessly—simply save calories in places you really won't miss them so you can indulge in the foods you really want and not eat too much by the day's end. Here are seven simple swaps to help you get there. Do one each day for a week and you'll have 700 extra calories to spend at your party. Do a couple each day and you'll have even more wiggle room for treats.

Hot Fitness Trends for 2011!

We reached out to our Health & Fitness Expert, Stephanie Mansour (CEO of Step It Up with Steph) for the buzz on some of the hottest fitness trends for 2011. Here’s her take on the top 5 coolest workouts and the best bang for your gym time:

“Depending on what your fitness goals are and what your lifestyle is like, there are many great new ways to get in shape, stay in shape, and even change your body shape!

1. Bootcamp classes are excellent kicks in the booty to lose weight, build strength, and tone up FAST. These classes are great because they utiilize circuit and interval training, which are most important for weightloss. Bootcamps and circuit training work with intervals: one minute you will be doing as many push ups as you can, and the next you’ll be sprinting. By changing up exercises and moving from one thing to another, you’ll never get bored AND you’ll keep your body guessing what’s coming next, which makes losing weight easy.