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Featured Conditions and Diseases
Acromegaly
Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone. This eMedTV article discusses this condition in detail, including information on possible symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Addison's Disease
Addison's disease is a condition characterized by weight loss, muscle weakness, and low blood pressure. This eMedTV article further discusses the causes of the disease, possible symptoms, and treatments that are available.
Addisonian Crisis
As this eMedTV segment explains, an addisonian crisis occurs when a stressful event causes existing symptoms of Addison's disease to become life-threatening. This article explains the symptoms to look for and offers prevention strategies.
Adrenal Insufficiency
In adrenal insufficiency, the adrenal glands stop making hormones that affect bodily functions. This eMedTV article discusses this condition in detail and includes information about the role the adrenal glands play in the body.
Cushing's Disease
Cushing's disease is a hormonal condition caused by a pituitary tumor resulting in an excess of cortisol. This eMedTV article offers an overview of this disease, including information about its symptoms, its diagnosis, and its treatment.
Cushing's Syndrome
Cushing's syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs when the body produces excessive levels of cortisol. This eMedTV article discusses causes and symptoms, as well as how the disease is diagnosed and treated, and factors that affect prognosis.
Empty Sella Syndrome
Empty sella syndrome is a condition in which the pituitary gland becomes flattened or shrinks. As this eMedTV article explains, this change in the pituitary gland makes the area of the brain that protects it (the sella turcica) appear empty.
High Prolactin Levels
Causes of high prolactin levels may include such things as pregnancy, breastfeeding, and a prolactinoma. This eMedTV article discusses these and other possible causes of high prolactin levels, including hypothyroidism and certain medications.
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism occurs when a person's thyroid hormone levels are too low. This segment of the eMedTV library discusses this condition in detail, explaining how an underactive thyroid is diagnosed, possible symptoms, treatment options, and more.
Pituitary Adenoma
A pituitary adenoma is a noncancerous tumor affecting the pituitary gland. This eMedTV article explains how this condition is diagnosed, the different types, and treatment methods available. Links to specific information are also included.
Pituitary Macroadenoma
A pituitary macroadenoma is a tumor of the pituitary gland that is more than 10 mm in size. This eMedTV article offers an overview of such tumors, including information about symptoms of pituitary macroadenomas and treatment options for them.
Pituitary Microadenoma
A pituitary microadenoma is a tumor in the pituitary gland that is less than 10 mm in size. This eMedTV segment describes different types of pituitary microadenomas and explains how they are diagnosed and treated.
Pituitary Tumor
Autopsy studies indicate that 25 percent of the American population has small pituitary tumors. However, as this eMedTV resource explains, they are usually not cancerous. This page takes an in-depth look at this type of tumor.
Prolactinoma
A prolactinoma is a common noncancerous tumor affecting the pituitary gland. This eMedTV article discusses this medical condition in detail, including information about symptoms they may cause and treatment options for the tumors.
Featured Medications
Acarbose
Acarbose is a prescription drug that is licensed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV page explains how acarbose works to slow digestion of carbohydrates, lists potential side effects, and covers general dosing guidelines.
Armour Thyroid
Armour Thyroid is a prescription thyroid replacement medication. This article from the eMedTV Web site describes Armour Thyroid in more detail, explains how the medication works, and offers tips on when and how to take the thyroid medicine.
Cytomel
Cytomel is a medication used as a thyroid replacement for people with an underactive thyroid. This eMedTV Web page explains how Cytomel works and offers a more in-depth look at the drug's effects, dosing guidelines, and potential side effects.
Exenatide
Exenatide is a prescription drug that is licensed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV page explains how exenatide works to increase insulin production, lists potential side effects, and covers general dosing guidelines.
Glimepiride
Glimepiride is a prescription medicine used to control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV article explains how glimepiride works by increasing insulin production and also highlights dosing guidelines and potential side effects.
Glipizide and Metformin
Glipizide and metformin is a prescription medicine that lowers blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource explains how the medication works to control blood sugar, lists possible side effects, and offers dosing information.
Glucophage
Glucophage is a prescription medication that is used to control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV article explains how Glucophage works, lists its potential side effects, and offers some tips on when and how to take it.
Glucophage XR
Glucophage XR is a drug that is licensed to control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV segment explains how this medication works and includes detailed information on its benefits, dosages, and potential side effects.
Glucotrol
Glucotrol is a prescription drug approved to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV Web page explains how the drug works to increase insulin production, lists potential side effects, and covers general dosing guidelines.
Glyburide and Metformin
Glyburide and metformin is a prescription drug that is licensed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource covers how glyburide and metformin works and when and how to take it, as well as the drug's side effects and dosing guidelines.
Humalog Mix75/25
Humalog Mix75/25 is a prescription insulin medication used to treat diabetes. This eMedTV Web page describes how Humalog Mix75/25 works, explains how to use this form of insulin, lists potential side effects, and covers some general precautions.
Inhaled Insulin
Inhaled insulin is a prescription drug that helps lower blood sugar by providing insulin for the body. This eMedTV page explains how the medication works to remove sugar from the blood, lists possible side effects, and covers dosing guidelines.
Insulin Aspart
Insulin aspart is a prescription drug used for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource describes how it works, explains when and how to use this medicine, and lists potential side effects that may occur.
Insulin Detemir
Insulin detemir is licensed to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This segment of the eMedTV Web site describes how this medicine works to control blood sugar, offers dosing tips, lists possible side effects to be aware of, and more.
Insulin Glargine
Insulin glargine is a prescription drug used to control blood sugar by providing a steady level of insulin. This eMedTV page explains how this medicine works to remove sugar from the blood, lists possible side effects, and covers general precautions.
Insulin Glulisine
Insulin glulisine is commonly prescribed to lower blood sugar after meals in people with diabetes. This eMedTV page offers an overview of insulin glulisine, including information on how the drug works, possible side effects, and how to take it.
Insulin Lispro
Insulin lispro is a type 1 and type 2 diabetes medication used to control blood sugar spikes after meals. This eMedTV page describes the effects of insulin lispro, explains how and when to use the drug, and lists possible side effects that can occur.
Insulin Lispro Protamine/Insulin Lispro
Insulin lispro protamine/insulin lispro is an insulin medication often prescribed to treat diabetes. This eMedTV article describes how this form of insulin works, explains how to inject the drug, and lists side effects that may occur with treatment.
Janumet
Janumet is a prescription drug that is licensed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource explains how the medicine works to control blood sugar, describes the effects, and offers tips for when and how to take it.
Levothyroxine
Available by prescription, levothyroxine can treat an underactive thyroid and other thyroid problems. This eMedTV resource describes how levothyroxine works, explains what you should know before taking the drug, and lists possible side effects.
Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide is a medication approved for the short-term treatment of GERD and diabetic gastroparesis. This eMedTV segment offers a more in-depth look at metoclopramide and its effects, dosing guidelines, and potential side effects.
Nateglinide
Nateglinide is often prescribed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource explains how the drug works to increase insulin production, lists possible side effects, offers tips on taking the medication, and more.
Novolin N
Novolin N is non-prescription insulin used for controlling blood sugar in people with diabetes. This eMedTV resource describes how Novolin N works, explains when and how to administer the drug, and lists possible side effects of the medication.
NovoLog Mix 70/30
NovoLog Mix 70/30 is a medication approved to control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. This eMedTV page describes how this medication works; lists possible side effects that can occur; and explains how, when, and where to inject the insulin.
NPH Insulin/Regular Insulin
NPH insulin/regular insulin is a non-prescription medicine used for treating diabetes. This page on the eMedTV site explains how this form of insulin works, lists some of its potential side effects, and offers information on how to inject the drug.
Pioglitazone
Pioglitazone is a prescription drug that is licensed to treat type 2 diabetes. This part of the eMedTV library describes how pioglitazone works to control blood sugar, offers dosing tips, and lists possible side effects of the medicine.
Pioglitazone and Glimepiride
Pioglitazone and glimepiride is licensed to treat type 2 diabetes in adults. This eMedTV article further describes this prescription drug and offers detailed information on how it works, its effects, possible side effects, and more.
Pioglitazone and Metformin
Pioglitazone and metformin is a combination drug used to treat type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV Web page describes the medication in more detail and offers information on its effects, dosing, available strengths, and possible side effects.
Pramlintide
Pramlintide is a prescription drug that can lower blood sugar in people with diabetes. This eMedTV article offers an overview of this medication, including information about how it works, side effects of the drug, how to take it, and more.
Regular Insulin
Regular insulin is a short-acting insulin medication used to treat diabetes. This eMedTV resource describes how this form of insulin works, explains when and how to inject the medicine, and lists some of the potential side effects of this product.
Repaglinide
Repaglinide is a prescription drug that is licensed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV Web page explains how the drug works to increase insulin production, lists potential side effects, and offers tips on taking it.
Repaglinide and Metformin
Repaglinide and metformin is a prescription drug used to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV Web page explains how the medication works, outlines potential side effects, and offers tips on when and how to take it.
Rosiglitazone
Rosiglitazone is a prescription medicine that lowers blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV article explains how rosiglitazone works, covers potential side effects, and offers some tips on when and how to take the medication.
Rosiglitazone and Glimepiride
Rosiglitazone and glimepiride is a prescription medication that is approved to treat type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV resource explains how rosiglitazone and glimepiride works to lower blood sugar levels and lists some potential side effects of the drug.
Rosiglitazone and Metformin
Rosiglitazone and metformin is a medicine that can be prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes in adults. This eMedTV Web page explains how rosiglitazone and metformin works and offers general dosing information and precautions for the drug.
Saxagliptin
The prescription drug saxagliptin is licensed to treat type 2 diabetes in adults. This article from the eMedTV site explains how this oral diabetes medicine works, describes its benefits, and lists some of its potential side effects.
Sitagliptin
Sitagliptin is a prescription drug that is licensed to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. This eMedTV page explains how the drug works to increase insulin production, lists potential side effects, covers dosing guidelines, and more.
Synthroid
Synthroid is a prescription drug that can treat an underactive thyroid and certain types of thyroid cancer. This eMedTV page offers an overview of the drug, including information on how Synthroid works, potential side effects, and dosing guidelines.
Westhroid
Westhroid is a prescription medicine most commonly used to treat an underactive thyroid. This eMedTV page describes how the drug works, provides general dosing information, and explains what you should know before starting treatment.
Featured Anatomy
Cortisol
There is a relationship between Cushing's and cortisol. As explained in this eMedTV segment, exposure to an excess of cortisol for an extended period can lead to Cushing's syndrome. This article discusses cortisol and Cushing's syndrome.
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