Congestive heart failure or CHF is a condition where the heart does not pump sufficient oxygen rich blood to supply to meet the body’s demand.

Causes
1. Artery Diseases
2. High Blood Pressure
3. High Cholesterol
4. Diabetes and many more you can find at our article section.

Types
1. Systolic dysfunction
2. Diastolic dysfunction

Find more detailed information on the symptoms, treatment options, medications to treat, ways to prevent and self care tips at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/congestive-heart-failure-overview.shtml

Here are few self care tips
1. Avoid smoking, drinking alcohol,
2. Do regular exercise

Colon cancer is a common type of cancer of the colon (large intestine). Most colon cancers start off as polyps. The cancerous tissue from the colon may affect other organs too. Diagnosing colon cancer at early stages can reduce major surgeries and also improve cure. Men and women are at equal risk to develop colon cancer.

Types of Colon Cancer:
1. Inflammatory polyps
2. Adenomas
3. Hyperplasic polyps

Symptoms:
1. Abdominal pain
2. Sudden weight loss
3. Blood in stool

Find various treatment options, ways to cope with colon cancer and prevention of colon cancer at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/colon-cancer-overview.shtml

We are happy to announce that we add new medications time to time based on Our Customer demands and here are the new drugs that are added to different diseases conditions.

Disease Condition - Anthelmintics

Generic for Biltricide 600mg
Praziquantel 600mg

Eye Drops for Inflammation and Allergies in eye

Generic for Crolom 4% 5ml Opthalmic Solution
Generic for Opticrom 4% 5ml Opthalmic Solution
Sodium Cromoglycate(Cromolyn) 4% 5ml Opthalmic Solution

Ointments used for treating Psoriasis

Generic for Dovonex 0.05% Ointment 15gms and30Gm
Calcipotriol(Calcipotriene) 0.05% Ointment 30Gm
Diavonex 0.05% Ointment 15gms and 30Gm

Mucolytic agent for Cough Treatment

Generic for Bisolvon 8mg
Bromhexine 8mg

Disease Condition - Overactive Bladder/Urinary Urgency

Generic for Enablex 7.5mg
Darifenacin 7.5mg

Disease Condition - Cholinesterase Inhibitor

Generic for Mestinon 60mg
Pyridostigmine 60mg

Disease Condition - Cholesterol

Generic for Crestor 40mg
Rosuvastatin 5mg, 10mg, 20mg and 40mg

Disease Condition - Anti-Convulsants/Epilepsy

Gabapentin 300mg, 400mg and 600mg
Generic for Gabarone 300mg, 400mg, 600mg
Generic for Neurontin 600mg

Cholesterol is a fat-like waxy substance that is present in the human blood and body cells. There is good choloesterol as well as bad cholesterol.

Here are details on cholesterol levels
Less than 200 - Desirable
200-239 – Borderline high
Greater than or equal to 240 - High

Sedentary life and eating plenty of fatty food will actually cause cholesterol. Medications and regular exercise will help to cope up with cholesterol.

Find self care tips, medications that are used to treat cholesterol at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/cholesterol-overview.shtml

Cholecystitis is inflammation in the gall bladder. Cholecystitis symptoms include mild fever, nausea and abdominal pain. One of the main reason for the Cholecystitis is due cystic duct.

Find various diagnosis methods and treatments that are available for Cholecystitis at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/cholecystitis-overview.shtml

Here are few prevention and self care tips:

# Control your body weight; obese people tend to develop gallstones.
# Follow a high-fiber diet.
# Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
# Relax when you have pain.

Over the Counter products

We have added two over the counter products to our pharmacy shelves.
1. Omron Compressor Nebulizer
This nebulizer is used in the treatment of asthma and in patients suffering from other respiratory problems, it is used to deliver larger amount of medicine, which would be got from several puffs of inhaler.

2. Kojic Skin Lightening
This Kojic skin lightening cream contains kojic acid which helps in whitening skin with its bleeching properties. We have 25 gms of this cream. You can order from 1 tube to 4 tubes with us and save $26.18

Prescription Medications
Below are the new prescription medications added to our website.

Generic for Vectical 3mcg/g Ointmet 15GM
Calcitriol 3mcg/g Ointmet 15GM
Generic For Adalat 30MG ER
Generic For Sterapred 40MG
Sildenafil Citrate 25MG
Sildenafil Citrate 50MG
Sildenafil Citrate 100MG
Sildenafil Citrate 100MG (4s Pack)
Sildenafil Citrate 100MG Sublingual Tablets
Sildenafil Citrate CT 100MG (Chewable Tablets) Mint Flavour
Sildenafil Citrate Soft 100MG Chewable Tablets (4 Flavours Banana-Orange-Strawberry-Pineapple)
Sildenafil Citrate Green 100MG
Sildenafil Citrate 100MG Effervescent Tablets(Orange Flavour)
Sildenafil Citrate 100MG ORAL JELLY (7 FLAVORS)
Triamcinolone 0.1% Ointment 15GMS
Generic For Isoptin 40MG
Generic For Isoptin 80MG
Quetiapine 25MG
Quetiapine 50MG
Quetiapine 100MG
Quetiapine 200MG
Quetiapine 300MG
Quetiapine XR 400mg
Generic For Seroquel XR 400mg

Consumer Reports suggests that age old medicine Metformin to be best for Type 2 Diabetes. It also has suggested it one of the best bought medicine and also inexpensive generic. This drug helps in better processing of sugar in type 2 diabetes patients. Read more

We at International Drug Mart have Metformin alone and also in combination with Glipizide.

Metformin 500mg, 850mg, 500mg sr and 1000 mg sr
Metformin in combination with glipizide is available in the dosage 2.5mg-250mg

The researchers randomly assigned more than 12,000 heart attack survivors to take either placebo pills or vitamin B12 (1 mg daily) and folic acid (2 mg). Then they followed the patients for almost seven years to see if the vitamins would protect them.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L6CJ20100622

We have all kinds of multivitamins at our pharmacy, you can find them at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/over-the-counter-meds/multivitamins-meds-list.shtml

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that can affect the genital tract. This disease has different symptoms in both men and women. You can find the details at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/chlamydia-overview.shtml

Below are the diagnosis done for Chlamydia

* Culture swab – A sample is taken from the urethra for men and from the cervix in women. Women can get this test done while they get their regular Pap smear done.
* Urine test – A urine sample is collected from the patient and is sent to the laboratory to check for infection.

There are ways to cope up with this disease and prevent it also, and medicines available at International Drug Mart.

Here are few self care tips

* Avoid sexual intercourse when you are on medication for the infection.
* It is healthy to have single sexual partner rather than multiple partners.
* Do not indulge in sexual activities with outsiders; they might be carriers of the infection.
* Always use condoms.
* If you are sexually active, screen yourself for STD (sexually transmitted diseases) regularly.
* Avoid excessive smoking.

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer that occurs in the reproductive system of women. Cervical cancer is often triggered by the HPV (human pappilomavirus). HPV is the most common cause for cervical cancer. Not all varieties of HPV virus cause cervical cancer.

Treatment
* Hysterectomy - Removal of the cancerous area from the cervix and uterus.
* Conization - A cone shaped portion of the affected cervical tissue is removed using a scalpel.
* Cryosurgery – Freezing and killing the cancerous and precancerous tissues.
* Laser surgery – A narrow beam of light is used to kill the cancerous and precancerous tissues.
* LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure) – Electricity is used to remove abnormal tissue

Self care:
Managing the situation is the key to handling any disease; follow these simple but effective self care tips to manage cervical cancer.

* Drink plenty of fluids and eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables to prevent constipation (chemotherapy induces constipation).
* If you have nausea or vomiting, check with your doctor and stop yourself from getting dehydrated (chemotherapy induces constipation). Do not use self medication for nausea.

Find more on the self care, ways to prevent, symptoms and on medications that are available at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/health-articles/cervical-cancer-overview.shtml