Adult
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act as we cope with life. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, including as we age.
Many older adults are at risk for mental health problems. But this does not mean that mental health problems are a normal part of aging. Studies show that most older adults feel satisfied with their lives, even though they may have more illnesses or physical problems.
Sometimes, however, important life changes can make you feel uneasy, stressed, and sad. These changes could include the death of a loved one, retirement, or dealing with a serious illness. Many older adults will eventually adjust to the changes. But some people will have more trouble adjusting. This can put them at risk for mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.
It's important to recognize and treat mental disorders in older adults. These disorders don't just cause mental suffering. They can also make it harder for you to manage other health problems. This is especially true if those health problems are chronic.
Some of the warning signs of mental disorders in older adults include:
- Changes in mood or energy level
- A change in your eating or sleeping habits
- Withdrawing from the people and activities you enjoy
- Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, angry, upset, worried, or scared
- Feeling numb or like nothing matters
- Having unexplained aches and pains
- Feeling sadness or hopelessness
- Smoking, drinking, or using drugs more than usual
- Anger, irritability, or aggressiveness
- Having thoughts and memories that you can't get out of your head
- Hearing voices or believing things that are not true
- Thinking of harming yourself or others
If you think that you may have a mental health problem, get help. Talk therapy and/or medicines can treat mental disorders. If you don't know where to start, contact your primary care provider.
Adult FDA Approved Drugs
- Adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are already treated with pioglitazone and metformin or who have inadequate glycemic control on pioglitazone or metformin alone.
- Adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes who are already treated with a pioglitazone and metformin.
- To reduce gastrointestinal side effects administer with a meal; as starting dose administer once daily with evening meal.
- Adasuve is a typical antipsychotic indicated for the acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar i disorder in adults.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies and for the relief of symptoms associated with hives (urticaria) in adults and children 6 years of age and older and 12 years of age and older.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies and for the relief of symptoms associated with hives (urticaria) in adults and children 6 years of age and older and 12 years of age and older.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies, swelling of the nasal passages and sinus congestion and pressure in adults and children 12 years of age and older.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies, swelling of the nasal passages and sinus congestion and pressure in adults and children 12 years of age and older.
- Maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in adult and adolescent patients 12 years of age and older. patent claims method for treating a respiratory disease in a child.
- Method of treating inflammatory conditions.
- Amyvid is a radioactive diagnostic agent for positron emission tomography (pet) imaging of the brain to estimate beta-amyloid neuritic plaque density in adult patients with cognitive impairment.
- Treatment of hiv infection.
- Treatment of hiv-1 infection in adults.
- Treatment of hiv-1 infection in pediatric patients 12 years of age and older.
- Testosterone replacement therapy in adult males for conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone; primary hypogonadism (congenital or acquired); hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (congenital or acquired)..
- A method of increasing the testosterone blood level of a person in need thereof.
- A method of increasing the testosterone blood level of an adult male subject in need thereof.
- A method of transdermal administration of a physiologically active agent to a subject..
- A method of transdermally delivering testosterone.
- Testosterone replacement therapy in males for conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone.
- For the long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with copd, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, also to reduce exacerbations of copd in patients with a history of exacerbations.
- Indicated for long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in pts with copd, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, also to reduce exacerbations of copd in pts with a history of exacerbations.
- Indicated for the once-daily inhaled treatment for asthma in adults aged 18 years and older.
- Long-term, once daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in pts with copd, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, also to reduce exacerbations of copd in patients with a history of exacerbations.
- As an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Lowering plasma glucagon in a subject in need thereof, including one with type 2 diabetes, by administering an exendin or analog, such as exendin-4.
- Method for treating type 2 diabetes using a sustained-release composition containing exenatide.
- Reducing food intake in a subject with type 2 diabetes by administering an exendin, such as exendin-4.
- Reducing gastric motility or delaying gastric emptying by administering an exendin, such as exendin-4.
- Reductions in body weight are observed with exenatide.
- Treating type 2 diabetes mellitus with exenatide by stimulating insulin release.
- Treatment of type 2 diabetes.
- As an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Lowering plasma glucagon in a subject in need thereof, including one with type 2 diabetes, by administering an exendin or analog, such as exendin-4.
- Method for treating type 2 diabetes using a sustained-release composition containing exenatide.
- Reducing food intake in a subject with type 2 diabetes by administering an exendin, such as exendin-4.
- Reducing gastric motility or delaying gastric emptying by administering an exendin, such as exendin-4.
- Reductions in body weight are observed with exenatide.
- Treating type 2 diabetes mellitus with exenatide by stimulating insulin release.
- Treatment of type 2 diabetes.
- Acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura in adults.
- Replacement therapy for oral carbamazepine in adults with generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
- Replacement therapy for oral carbamazepine in adults with mixed seizure patterns that include partial seizures with complex symptomatology, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, or other partial or generalized seizures.
- Replacement therapy for oral carbamazepine in adults with partial seizures with complex symptomatology.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies and for the relief of symptoms associated with hives (urticaria) in adults and children 6 years of age and older and 12 years of age and older.
- Relief of symptoms associated with respiratory allergies and for the relief of symptoms associated with hives (urticaria) in adults and children 6 years of age and older and 12 years of age and older.
- Treatment of pediatric patients 8 to 17 years of age with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hefh).
- Use of rosuvastatin calcium for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in individuals without clinically evident coronary heart disease but with increased risk factors.
- Use of rosuvastatin calcium to reduce elevated total-c, ldl-c, apob, nonhdl-c or tg levels; to increase hdl-c in adult patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia; and to slow the progression of atherosclerosis..
- Treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores) in adults.
- In combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of hiv-1 infection in treatment-naive adult patients with hiv-1 rna less than or equal to 100,000 at the start of therapy.
- In combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of hiv-1 infection in treatment-naive patients with hiv-1 rna less than or equal to 100,000 at the start of thearpy.
- In combination with other antiretroviral agents, is indicated for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infection in antiretroviral treatment-naive adult patients, as set forth in the labeling, including i&u section.
- Treatment of hiv infection.
- Emergency treatment of allergic reactions (type i), including anaphylaxis.
- Increasing mean arterial blood pressure in adult patients with hypotension associated with septic shock.
- Induction and maintenance of mydriasis during intraocular surgery.
- Dosage modification to reduce risks associated with qt prolongation not induced by other drugs during treatment with iloperidone.
- Dosage modification to reduce the risk associated with qt prolongation not induced by other drugs during treatment with iloperidone.
- Indicated for the acute treatment of adults with schizophrenia.
- Method of treating schizophrenia by administering iloperidone to a patient by reducing the dose in patients who are being treated with fluoxetine.
- Method of treating schizophrenia by administering iloperidone to a patient by reducing the dose in patients who are poor metabolizers of cyp2d6.
- Treatment of adult patients with short bowel syndrome who are dependent on parenteral support.
- Management of postherpetic neuralgia (phn) in adults.
- Treatment of moderate-to-severe primary restless leg syndrome in adults.
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- Combo w/ other antiretrovirals for tx of hiv-1 in antiretroviral tx-experienced pt 6 years up, who have evidence of viral replication and hiv-1 strains resistant to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and other antiretrovirals.
- In combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of hiv-1 infection in treatment-experienced adult patients, who have evidence of viral replication and hiv-1 strains resistant to an nnrti and other antiretroviral agents.
- Treatment of hiv infection in combination with one or more additional hiv antiviral agents.
- Improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in combination with insulin.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in combination with metformin and a ppar-gamma agonist.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor in combination with metformin.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor.
- Improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients for whom treatment with both sitagliptin and metformin hcl extended release is appropriate.
- Improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with metformin and/or a ppar-gamma agonist and/or sulfonylurea and/or insulin.
- Improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with metformin..
- Improvement of glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in combination with insulin.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in combination with metformin and a ppar-gamma agonist.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor in combination with a ppar-gamma agonist.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor in combination with metformin and/or a sulfonylurea.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor.
- Method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus by administering a dipeptidyl peptidaste-iv inhibitor.
- Adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus when treatment with both saxagliptin and metformin is appropriate.
- Method for treating type ii diabetes mellitus by administering saxagliptin in combination with metformin.
- Improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe convexity or fullness associated with submental fat in adults by means of reducing submental fat volume as described in the approved labeling.
- Method for reduction of submental fat.
- Method of treating chronic idiopathic constipation in adult patients..
- Method of treating irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adult patients..
- Method of treating irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adults.
- Adjuncitve therapy to diet to reduce elevated total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprtein b, triglycerides and to increase hdl-c in adult patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia.
- Treatment of adult patients with philadelphia chromosome-negative(ph-) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in second or greater relapse or whose disease has progressed following two or more anti-leukemia therapies.
- Treatment of nasal symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis in adults and children two years of age and older.
- Treatment of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms.
- Neuraceq is a radioactive diagnostic agent for positron emission tomography (pet) imaging of the brain to estimate p-amyloid neuritic plaque density in adult patients with cognitive impairment.
- A method of treating nocturia due to nocturnal polyuria in adults.
- Nasal treatment of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms.
- Treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis in adults and children 6 years of age and older. treatment of nasal symptoms associated w perennial allergic rhinitis in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older.
- Treatment of hiv-1 infection in adults with no darunavir resistance-associated substitutions.
- Treatment of hiv-1 infection in adult patients, and treatment of hiv-1 infection in pediatric patients 3 years of age and older, co-administered with ritonavir (prezista/ritonavir) and with other antiretroviral agents.
- Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in adult patients, and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in pediatric patients 3 years of age and older.
- Patients with severe aplastic anemia who have had an insufficient response to immunosuppressive therapy.
- Topical treatment of interdigital tinea pedis and tinea corporis due to trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton mentagrophytes or epidermophyton floccosum.
- Treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp).
- Treatment of immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (itp).
- Treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult and pediatric patients 6 years and older with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (itp).
- Treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic hepatitis c to allow the initiation and maintenance of interferon-based therapy.
- Prozac and olanzapine in combination for the acute treatment of treatment resistant depression in adults.
- Maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in adult and pediatric patients six years of age or older, including patients requiring oral corticosteroid therapy for asthma.
- Treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza in adults.
- Administration of 25-hydroxyvitamin d3 by controlled release.
- Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease using controlled release, oral 25-hydroxyvitamin d.
- Use of controlled release 25-hydroxyvitamin d in treating secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients having chronic kidney disease.
- Use of extended release oral 25-hydroxyvitamin d3 in treating secondary hyperparathyroidism in adult patients having chronic kidney disease stage 3 or stage 4.
- Use of sustained release 25-hydroxyvitamin d in treating patients having 25-hydroxyvitamin d insufficiency or deficiency.
- Topical treatment of persistent facial erythema associated with rosacea in adults with 1% oxymetazoline hydrochloride cream.
- Treatment of adult patients with aggressive systemic mastocytosis (asm), systemic mastocytosis with associated hematological neoplasm (sm-ahn), or mast cell leukemia (mcl).
- Treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (aml) who are flt3 mutation-positive, in combination with standard cytarabine and daunorubicin induction and cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy.
- Method of treating manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder in pediatric patients.
- Method of treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- Treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
- Use of the atypical antipsychotic asenapine for treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder: acute monotherapy of manic or mixed episodes (ages 10 to adult).
- Use of the atypical antipsychotic asenapine for treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder: acute monotherapy of manic or mixed episodes in pediatric patients age 10-17.
- Use of the atypical antipsychotic asenapine for treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder: as adjunctive treatment to lithium or valproate in adults.
- Use of the atypical antipsychotic asenapine for treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder: maintenance monotherapy in adults.
- Use of the atypical antipsychotic asenapine for treatment of schizophrenia in adults.
- Improvement in glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately controlled by basal insulin or lixisenatide by use of a pen injector with a threaded drive sleeve.
- Gastrointestinal lavage indicated for cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults.
- Symbyax is indicated for the acute treatment of treatment resistant depression in adults.
- Adjunctive therapy to diet in adults to reduce ldl-c, total-c, triglycerides and apo b, and increase hdl-c in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia (types iia, iib) and to treat hypertriglyceridemia (types iv, v).
- Adjunctive therapy to diet in adults to reduce ldl-c, triglycerides and apo b, and increase hdl-c in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia (types iia, iib) and to treat hypertriglyceridemia (types iv, v).
- Method of treatment of adults infected with hiv-1.
- Prophylaxis of hiv-1 infection.
- Treatment of hiv infection.
- Treatment of hiv-1 infection in pediatric patients 12 years of age and older.
- Treatment of hiv.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis b in adult patients with evidence of viral replication and either evidence of persistant elevations in serum aminotransferases (alt or ast) or histologically active disease.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis b in adult patients.
- To increase blood pressure in adults with vasodilatory shock (e.g., post-cardiotomy or sepsis) who remain hypotensive despite fluids and catecholamines.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis b in adult patients.
- The treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in adults and children 4 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airways disease and the prevention of exercised-induced bronchospasm in patients 4 years of age and older.
- A method for improving glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis b in adult patients.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis b in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older.
- Treatment of hepatitis b infection.
- Treatment of hiv infection in combination with one or more additional hiv antiviral agents.
- Treatment of hiv.
- Emergency treatment of adult & pediatric patients following fluorouracil or capecitabine overdose,or who exhibit early-onset,severe or life-threatening cardiac or cns toxicity or unusually severe adverse reactions within 96 hours.
Shire DevelopmentOct 30, 2014
- For the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd).
- Combination product for the early treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores) to reduce the likelihood of ulcerative cold sores and to shorten the lesion healing time in adults and children (6 years of age and older).
- New combination product for the early treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores) to reduce the likelihood of ulcerative cold sores and to shorten the lesion healing time in adults and adolescents (12 years of age and older).
- The treatment of carcinoid syndrome diarrhea in combination with somatostatin analog (ssa) therapy in adults inadequately controlled by ssa therapy.
- Method of treating travelers' diarrhea.
- The treatment of patients with travelers' diarrhea (td) or the reduction in risk of overt hepatic encephalopathy (he) recurrence.
- Method of treating inflammatory conditions.
- Treatment of symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older. patent claims methods for treating a respiratory disease in a child.
- Prophylaxis of allograft rejection in adult patients receiving a liver transplant.
- Prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients at low-moderate immunologic risk receiving a renal transplant.
- Prozac and olanzapine in combination for the acute treatment of treatment resistant depression in adults.
- Zyprexa zydis and fluoxetine in combination for the acute treatment of treatment resistant depression in adults.
Felter's Materia Medica on Adult
   The dried ripe fruit of Pimpinella Anisum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Umbelliferae). Egypt and Western Asia; cultivated in Southern Europe. Dose, 5 to 40... / ...rit (1/2 to 1 fluidrachm) given in hot water is more agreeable and effective for older children and adults. The oil (1 to 5 drops) on sugar may be used by the latter, if desired. 1
   The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Pleurisy Root,... / ...uld be given with it; if rapidly bounding, large and strong, veratrum. While useful in disorders of adults, especially old persons, asclepias will be most often indicated in diseases of infants and ch...1
   The outer rind of the ripe, fresh fruit of Citrus Aurantium. sinensis, Gallesio (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae) Common Names: Sweet Orange Peel (of Sweet... / ...ta where acids are craved. It is par excellence the remedial agent in scurvy of infants, as well as adults, and if given early will abort this unpleasant disorder. Like all acids, orange juice is best...1
   The unripe seed of the Avena sativa, Linné, and the farina derived from the ripened seed (Nat. Ord. Graminaceae). Probably indigenous to Sicily... / ...from summer diarrhoeal disorders. It is also used as a demulcent drink in diarrhea and dysentery of adults. When so used, it should be about the consistence of milk. Oatmeal gruel, when not otherwise ... / ...off the habit has not been sustained. In our own experience we have utterly failed to accomplish any good with it in any form of drug habit. 1
   The fruit and oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceae). Waste places throughout the United States. Common... / ...rge or castor oil one or two hours afterward. The oil may be given in capsule to older children and adults. It is not contraindicated by irritation of the bowels. Oil of chenopodium has recently been ...1
   The ripe fruit of Foeniculum vulgare, Miller (Nat. Ord. Umbelliferae). Dose, 10 to 30 grains. Common Names: Fennel, Fennel Seeds, Sweet... / ...ion of Fennel (60 grains [approx. 4 grams] to Water, 8 fluidounces). Dose (infants), 1 fluidrachm; (adults), 2 fluidounces. 2. Specific Medicine Fennel. Dose, 10 to 60 drops. Action and Therapy.A sp... / ...and for suppressed lactation. Fennel is often used as a corrigent of unpleasant medicines. It is an ingredient of Compound Licorice Powder.1
   ...ark is said to be valueless for any purpose. Webster employs gossypium in hysteria in children and adults. He reports it efficient in screaming children, morose women, and girls with uncontrollable l......omen, and girls with uncontrollable laughter, as well as in those assuming muscular rigidity. These adult cases undoubtedly depend upon menstrual derangements. Cotton Seed Oil. This is a bland, nutrit...1
   The seeds and oil of Hydnocarpus odorata, Lindley). (Nat. Ord. Flacourtiaceae). An East Indian tree. Common Names: Chaulmoogra,... / ...surprisingly good results in leprosy; and it has often failed. The dexterity with which it has been adulterated has probably stamped the medicine with an uncertain reputation. It is used both locally ...1
   The rhizomes of several species of Liatris (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Middle and southern United States. Dose, 10 to 60 grains. Common Names: Button... / ...rely it is used to relieve pain in spasmodic bowel complaints and colic in children, in backache in adults, and to relieve dysmenorrhea. It is seldom employed. Button snake root derives its name from ...1
   The spores of Lycopodium clavatum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Lycopodiaceae) or Club Moss, a creeping perennial found in most parts of the earth; gathered... / ...ly relieves renal disorders with blood in the urine, and is of service in catarrh of the bladder in adults with painful micturition and gritty concretions. It should be given a fair trial in the lithi... / ...advantageous form of administration.1
   The concrete saccharine exudation of Fraxinus Ornus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Oleaceae). A tree of southern Europe. Dose, 1 drachm to 2 ounces. Common... / ... laxative in larger amounts. In doses of one to three drachms for infants and one to two ounces for adults it makes a very pleasant laxative when administered in milk. It is suitable for the constipat...1
   Olive Oil, Sweet Oil. A fixed oil obtained from the ripe fruit of Olea europaea, Linné (Nat. Ord. Oleaceae). The olive tree of Asia and southern... / ...w generally hold it more harmful than useful in infantile constipation. It may, however, be used by adults exposed to opportunities for lead constipation and in lead poisoning, to prevent absorption o... / ...however, be given in either phosphorus or cantharides poisoning, as the activity of these substances through oil solution is decidedly increased.1
   The milky exudate, air dried, obtained by incising unripe capsules of the growing plant Papaveris somniferum, Linné; and its variety, album, De... / ...is is practically equivalent to 1/40 grain of morphine. Dose: For infants, 5, 10, to 20 minims; for adults, 1 to 4 fluidrachms. CHIEF OPIUM ALKALOIDS AND THEIR SALTS. Morphina, Morphine. Permanent col... / ...filaments, benumbing them against pain, and finally the motor nerves come under its depressing power. While the exact cause of its pain-relieving1
   The dried leaflets of (1) Cassia acutifolia, Delile, or of (2) Cassia angustifolia, Vahl (Nat. Ord. Leguminosae). (1) Eastern and central Africa;... / ... such an effect is desired. It may be used as a laxative or more complete cathartic in children and adults when a severe action is not indicated. In most individuals it occasions nausea, tormina and f... / ...woman, and for children. It may be given in water, or the readyprepared lozenges may be used, the patient partaking also of plenty of water.1
   ... less plentiful in northern parts of eastern half of the Northern States. Dose, 1 to 2 drachms for adults; less for children. Common Names: Pinkroot, Maryland Pink, Carolina Pink, Worm-grass. Princip......bricoid intestinal worm. The powdered root (5 to 20 grains for a young child; 1 to 2 drachms for an adult) or the fluidextract, or specific medicine in equivalent dosage may be given twice a day, toge...1
Physician's Materia Medica on Adult
   Each fluidrachm contains; Bromoform, 1 drop; Ipecac, 1-16 gr.; Ammonium Bromide, 3 grs.; Benzoin, % gr. A bronchial sedative particularly adapted to the requirements of children; especially eflicacious in infantile croup (not membranous) and in whooping cough. Although intended particularly for children, it will be found useful also in relieving troublesome irritative and spasmodic cough in adults. Dose for a child ten years old, 4 c. c. (a fluidrachm), to be repeated every two hours. In whoopin2
   The seed and leaves of RICINUs cOMmUNIs. &An., also the oil ex pressed from the seeds. The leaves are reputed emmenagogue and galactagogue. The seeds are actively cathartic. Castor Oil is one of the most useful of all cathartics owing to the absence of irritant action in its operation. It is used especially to unload the bowels when indigestible matters have been taken into the stomach. Dose of castor oil for an infant, 4 to 8 c. c. (1 or 2 fluidrachms); for an adult 8 to 15 c. c. (1/2 to 1 flui2
   A popular combination of anodynes much used for relief of colic, cholera morbus and spasmodic pains in general. Each fluidrachm contains; Morphine Hydrochloride, 3-8 gr.; Tincture Cannabis Indica 11 1/4 M; Acid Hydrocyanic, diluted, 1 1/8 M; Chloroform, 5 3/4 M]; Oil Peppermint, 3-16 M; Tincture Capsicum, §/3 Ill. Dose for an adult, 0.3 to 1.0 c. c. (5 to 15 M), repeated in % to 1 hour when necessary to control pain.2
   The oil obtained from the fresh livers of GADU8 MoRRHUA, Lin. Readily digested and having a peculiar power of improving nutrition. It is believed that this property resides in certain constituents of the oil not of a fatty nature and accordingly some of the preparations contain the non-fatty portions only of the oil. Ordinary dose for an adult, 15 c. c. (half a fluidounce), three times a day.2
   Concrete milky exudation obtained from the capsules of PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM, Lin. A type of narcotics; anodyne, hypnotic; dimin ishes secretions, except that of the skin; tends to cause constipation. Its effects are modified by combination with Atropine, which antago nizes some of its unpleasant effects and Ipecac, whose diaphoretic action it notably increases. Average sedative dose for an adult, 0.06 Grm. (1 gr.).2
   Carminative, anodyne. bronchial sedative. Each fluidrachm represents nearly 23-100 gr. Powdered Opium and the same quantity of Benzoic Acid, of Camphor and of Oil Anise. Dose for an adult, 4 to 8 c. c. (60 to 120 M); for an infant, 0.1 to 1.0 c. c. (2 to 20 drops).2
   A compound of PHENOL with SALICYLIC ACID, having the proper ties of both of its constituents. Used as an intestinal ant iseptic; in rheumatism and neuralgia; in intestinal indigestion, fermentative diarrhea, cholera morbus, and asiatic cholera; in duodenal catarrhand catarrhal jaundice, and in gonorrhea. Contra-indicated where there is congestion or inflammation of the kidneys. Ordinary adult dose, 0.2 to 0.3 Grm. (3 to 5 grs.) three or four times a day. [Since Saloi is insoluble in water and a2
   Neutral principle obtained from ARTEMISIA PAUCIFLORA, Weber. Anthelmintic. A favorite remedy for lumbricoid worms, most com monly exhibited in the form of lozcnges. Dose for adult, 0.06 to 0.12 Grm. (1 to 2 grs.). The dose should be followed within six hours with 0.15 or 0.2 Grm. (2 or 3 grs.) of calomel. and two hours later with a saline cathartic, to produce the best effects. Often, however. the calomel is given with the santonin at bed-time, and a seidlitz powder or other cathartic given th2
   Laxative and hepatic stimulant, sub-alkaline; prescribed to regulate the bowels in infancy, and as a remedy for morbid conditions dependant on torpidity of the liver. Dose for infants, 0.15 to 0.25 Grm. (2 to 4 grs.) several times a day; for adults as a hepatic stimulant, 1 to 4 Grru. (15 to 60 grs.), as a laxative 4 to 15 Grm. (1 to 4 drachms) or more.2
   Aconcentrated preparation of CORN SILK, q. v. An efficient lenitive diuretic stimulating the renal secretion without causing - local congestion or irritation. A valuable remedy in catarrhal in flammation of the bladder and in all cases where there is irritation of the genito-urinary tract. Ordinary adult dose 4 c. c. (a fluidrachm), representing about one ounce of fresh corn silk.2
Physician's Therapeutics Memoranda on Adult
   For infants, a hot bath with remedies directed to the cause. which is... / ...ten teething or indigestion- Bromides and chloral are the most important remedies, aromatic castor oil being often more useful than any sedative. For adults chloral, or chloroform cautiously inhaled. If hysterical in character, valerian and similar agents. In Puerperal Convulsions, the first indicat... / ...convulsions complicate labor, deliver child by instrumental means as soon as os is dilated.2
   In the nocturnal incontinence of children, remove first any source of reflex irritation, such as worms or long prepuce or excessive acidity or alkalinity of urine. Belladonna, nux vomica, ergot, rhus aroma tica, tincture ferric chloride are among the remedies found service able. Nervous incontinence in adults is best treated with can tharides (one drop of the tincture three times a day) combined with lithiated Ze-an.2
References
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.