Truvada ®: Part of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for HIV

HIV ATTACHMENT courtesy of Sanao

Truvada ® (manufactured by Gilead Sciences) is indicated for treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and children 12 yeas of age and older, provided it is given with other anti-retroviral agents. 

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 Truvada ®: Part of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for HIV

Paracetamol Tablet for a Four Month Old Infant

A young colleague of mine was having a heated discussion with a customer. For some reason they don’t seem to understand each other. The customer- a man was buying a Paracetamol tablet for his wife. But he kept on talking about their four months old infant having a fever.

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My colleague was already losing patience, she told our customer, “Sir, what do you really want to buy? You are saying your wife has no fever but why do you want to buy a tablet for her since it is the baby who is really sick?”

The man looking confident replied, “My wife’s mother says it’s dangerous for a baby that young to take the medicine. It’s safer that he gets it from my wife’s milk.”

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Expired Medication

Drugs and Medications, a photo by RambergMediaImages on Flickr.

Throw Away Your Old Medicines Safely.

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Human Placenta to Treat Cancer

Fetus @ approximately 8 weeks from conception, 10 weeks estimated gestational age from LMP., originally uploaded by lunar caustic.

It is very ironic that an emerging cure for cancer is found inside the human body itself.

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Nitrous Oxide: The Anesthetic That Makes You Laugh

At the Dentist, originally uploaded by Seth W..

Is laughing gas really a laughing matter?

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