Drugs and medicine.

VIVACTIL (ProtriptylineHCI)

INSTRUCTIONS
Vivactil is the trade name of Protriptyline HCI. It is used for the treatment of mental depression. It is intended as an aid to reduce troublesome symptoms; it is not expected to cure any disorder.
Follow the instructions on the prescription exactly. Do not take a larger or smaller dose of the medicine than the prescription tells you to.
In many cases it will not be necessary or desirable for you to take all of this medicine. Follow your doctor’s instructions exactly. If the symptoms for which the medicine was prescribed improve, or if you have any adverse reactions that you think may be caused by the medicine, stop taking it and contact your doctor for further instructions.

PRECAUTIONS
Using medicines together may sometimes cause unfavorable reactions. So tell your doctor about any medicine you are taking now (including drugs you buy without prescription).
Alcohol, pain medicine, narcotics, antihistarnines, medicines used to treat high blood pressure, sedatives or antianxiety medicines may all have their effects increased while you are taking Vivactil. You should not take other medicines for depression, particularly MAO (monoamine oxidase) inhibiting drugs while you are taking Vivactil.
Do not give any of this medicine to anyone else. If you take medicine for high blood pressure, have glaucoma, seizures, urinary retention, thyroid disease, have had a recent heart attack, or if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, tell your doctor before you start taking Vivactil.
* ** POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Effective medicine may cause “side effects” in some people. New symptoms may be caused by the medicine, the original disorder, or a new illness that may develop. Most people experience few or no side effects, and those that do happen tend to disappear in time after you stop using the medicine or when your body adjusts to it.
Some patients have reported that Vivactil seemed to cause agitation, rapid pulse, confusion, dry mouth, blurred vision, skin rashes, edema, nausea, vomiting, impotence, jaundice, drowsiness, dizziness and possibly other disorders. If you should develop any of these symptoms to an uncomfortable degree or think that the medicine is bothering you in some other way, stop taking it temporarily and notify your doctor. He may decide to change your dosage schedule or discontinue the medicine.

vehicle, don’t work around dangerous machinery, don’t climb ladders, and don’t work in high places. Especially follow these restrictions if you also drink any beverage with alcohol, or take any other medicine that might affect your alertness or reflexes, • such as tranquilizers, sedatives, anti-histamines, medicine for pain, and others.
STORAGE
Keep this medicine in a tightly closed container in a dry, cool place away from heat or direct sunlight and out of reach of children. Don’t use the bathroom cabinet because humidity is high there. If you store medicine in the refrigerator, do not let it freeze. Don’t save left-over medicine to “use later.” Discard it on the expiration date shown on the container, but do so in a way that will protect children or pets-flush down the toilet, for example.
REFILLS
All refills musl be ordered by your doctor, either in the first prescription or later. Only the pharmacy that originally filled this prescription can refill it. If you go elsewhere, you must have a new prescription. Call the pharmacist and order your refill by number; it can be ready when you go to pick it up. Use one pharmacy for the whole family if you can. That way a complete record of all your drugs can be kept and the pharmacist can communicate effectively with your doctor.

OVERDOSAGE: WHAT TO DO
CALL THE DOCTOR OR
FOR HELP OR AN AMBULANCE. Then give FIRST AID!
The patient is unconscious or very drowsy: (a) Not breathing: Try mouth-to-mouth breathing.
(b) No heart beat: Use cardiac massage if you know
how; hit the breast-bone hard with your fist.
(c) Don’t try to make him vomit, (d} If you can’t get
help, take the patient to the nearest qualified
Emergency facility.
The patient is alert: (a) Give milk {undiluted evaporated milk is best), (b) Try to induce vomiting with Syrup of Ipecac* if available; otherwise push your finger far back in his throat. Try to save the vomit for tests. Next, give Activated Charcoal.* (c) If no professional help can be found, don’t wail. Take the patient to the nearest Emergency facility.
ALWAYS BRING ANY REMAINING MEDICINE AND EMPTY BOTTLES!
‘Syrup of Ipecac and Activated Charcoal with instructions should tie in every household for treatment of medication accidents. Ask your doctor tor them.

YOUR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
Until you experience how this medicine affects you, don’t drive a car or other

Please post this information sheet in a conspicuous place close to where you store the medicine so you will see it frequently and can refer to it easily. To avoid future confusion with other medicines, discard this sheet when you finish the course of treatment requiring the use of this drug.

VIOFORM WITH HYDROCORTISONE (lodochlorhydroxyquin, hydrocortisone)

INSTRUCTIONS
Vioform with hydrocortisone is a trade name of a mixture of the above ingredients, an antifungal agent and a steroid. It is used for the treatment of several skin problems, and is available in cream, lotion and ointment forms. It is intended as an aid to reduce troublesome symptoms; it is not expected to cure any disorder. Creams are usually used on moist, weeping skin; lotions behind the ears, in the groin and under the arms and breasts; and ointments on skin that is dry and scaling.
Follow the instructions on the prescription exactly. Apply only a thin layer on the affected parts 3 or 4 times a day. A heavy layer wastes the medicine and does no more good than a thin layer.
Do not use in the eyes. Do not use if you know you are allergic to any of the ingredients.
In many cases it will not be necessary or desirable for you to use alt of this medicine. Follow your doctor’s instructions exactly. If the symptoms for which the medicine was prescribed improve, or if you have any adverse reactions that you think may be caused by the medicine, stop using it and contact your doctor for further instructions.

PRECAUTIONS
Using medicines together may sometimes cause unfavorable reactions. So tell your doctor about any medicine you are taking now (including drugs you buy without prescription). Vioforrn may be absorbed through the skin and cause a slight change in thyroid function studies. If studies are ordered for you, be sure to let the doctor know when you used Vioform and for how long a lime. Do not use on,chickenpox, on a vaccination site or on fever blisters.
Do not give any of this medicine to anyone else. ‘ If you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, tell your doctor before you start using Vioform.
** POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Effective medicine may cause “side effects” in some people. New symptoms may be caused by the medicine, the original disorder, or a new illness that may develop. Most people experience few or no side effects, and those that do happen tend to disappear in time after you stop using the medicine or when your body adjusts to it

It is possible that Vioform. may cause staining, irritation to sensitive areas, skin rash, burning, itching, marks on the skin, dryness, acne-like breaking out and small blisters. If you should develop any of these symptoms to an uncomfortable degree or think that the medicine is bothering you in some other way, stop using it temporarily and notifyyour doctor. He may decide to change the dosage schedule or discontinue the medicine.

YOUR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
This medicine should not cause any change in your degree of mental alertness or in the efficiency of your reflexes, so the medicine itself should not cause you to change your usual daily activities.
STORAGE
Keep this medicine in a tightly closed container in a dry, cool place away from heat or direct sunlight and out of reach of children. Don’t use the bathroom cabinet because humidity is high there. If you store medicine in the refrigerator, do not let it freeze. Don’t save left-over medicine to “use later.” Discard it on the expiration date shown on the container, but do so in a way that will protect children or pets—flush down the toilet, for example.

REFILLS
All refills must be ordered by your doctor, either in the first prescription or later. Only the pharmacy that originally filled this prescription can refill it. If you go elsewhere, you must have a new prescription. Call the pharmacist and order your refill by number; it can be ready when you go to pick it up. Use one pharmacy for the whole family if you can. That way a complete record of all your drugs can be kept and the pharmacist can communicate effectively with your doctor.

OVERDOSAGE & TREATMENT
It is very unlikely that this particular medication would be threatening to your life. Nevertheless, if someone accidentally or purposefully takes an amount greatly exceeding the dosage prescribed, call your doctor or the nearest Poison Control Center or hospital emergency room to request specific instructions. Phone
numbers:

Please post this information sheet in a conspicuous place close to where you store the medicine so you will see it frequently and can refer to it easily. To avoid future confusion with other medicines, discard this sheet when you finish the course of treatment requiring the use of this drug.

VIST ARIL (Hydroxyzine pamoate)

INSTRUCTIONS
Vistaril is a trade name of hydroxyzine pamoate. an antihistamine sedative. It is used for the treatment of anxiety, tension, agitation-nausea and vomiting, as an antihistamine for allergic symptoms, and for other human problems. It is intended as an aid to reduce troublesome symptoms; it is not expected to cure any disorder.
Follow the instructions on the prescription exactly. Do not take a larger or smaller dose of the medicine than the prescription tells you to.
In many cases it will not be necessary or desirable for you to take all of this medicine. Follow your doctor’s instructions exactly. If the symptoms for which the medicine was prescribed improve, or if you have any adverse reactions that you think may be caused by the medicine, stop taking it and contact your doctor for further instructions.

PRECAUTIONS
Using medicines together may some-_____ times cause unfavorable reactions. So tell your doctor about any medicine you are taking now (including drugs you buy without prescription). You should not take alcohol, barbiturates or narcotics (including cough syrups with codeine) while you are taking Vistaril, II you have had a previous allergic reaction to hydroxyzine hydrochloride or hydroxyzine pamoate, do not take Vistaril. If you have been taking Vistaril for a long time, do not stop taking it abruptly unless your doctor specifically tells you to. Do not give any of this medicine to anyone else. If you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, tell your doctor before you start taking Vistaril.
* ** POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Effective medicine may cause “side effects” in some people. New symptoms may be caused by< the medicine, the original disorder, or a new illness that may develop. Most people experience few or no side effects, and those that do happen tend to disappear in time after you stop using the medicine or when your body adjusts to it.
It is possible that Vistaril may cause drowsiness and dryness of the mouth. If either of these symptoms should develop to an uncomfortable degree or you think that the medicine is bothering you in some other way, stop taking it temporarily and notify your doctor. He may decide to change your dosage schedule or discontinue the medicine.

vehicle, don’t work around dangerous machinery, don’t climb ladders, and don’t work in high places. Especially follow these restrictions if you also drink any beverage with alcohol, or take any other medicine that might affect your alertness or reflexes, such as tranquilizers, sedatives, anti-histamines, medicine for pain, and others.
STORAGE
Keep this medicine in a tightly closed container in a dry, cool place away from heat or direct sunlight and out of reach of children. Don’t use the bathroom cabinet because humidity is high there. If you store medicine in the refrigerator, do not let it freeze. Don’t save left-over medicine to “use later.” Discard it on the expiration date shown on the container, but do so in a way that will protect children or pets—flush down the toilet, for example.

REFILLS
All refills must be ordered by your doctor, either in the first prescription or later. Only the pharmacy that originally filled this prescription can refill it. If you go elsewhere, you must have a new prescription. Call the pharmacist and order your refill by number; it can be ready when you go to pick it up. Use one pharmacy for the whole family if you can. That way a complete record of all your drugs can be kept and the pharmacist can communicate effectively with your doctor.

OVERDOSAGE: WHAT TO DO
CALL THE DOCTOR OR __—_
Then
FOR HELP OR AN AMBULANCE,
give FIRST AID!
The patient is unconscious or very drowsy: (a) Not breathing: Try mouth-to-mouth breathing.
(b) No heart beat: Use cardiac massage if you know
how; hit the breast-bone hard with your fist.
(c) Don’t try to make him vomit, (d) If you can’t get
help, take the patient to the nearest qualified
Emergency facility.
The patient is alert: (a) Give milk (undiluted evaporated milk is best), (b) Try to induce vomiting with Syrup of Ipecac* if available; otherwise push your finger far back in his throat. Try to save the vomit for tests. Next, give Activated Charcoal.” (c) If no professional help can be found, don’t wait. Take the patient to the nearest Emergency facility.
ALWAYS BRING ANY REMAINING MEDICINE AND EMPTY BOTTLES!

YOUR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
Until you experience how this medicine affects you, don’t drive a car or other

‘Syrup of Ipecac and Activated Charcoal with instructions should be in every household for treatment of medication accidents. Ash your doctor for them.

Please post this information sheet in a conspicuous place close to where you store the medicine so you will see it frequently and can refer to it easily. To avoid future confusion with other medicines, discard this sheet when you finish the course of treatment requiring the use of this drug.

VERSAPEN-K (Potassium hetacillin)

INSTRUCTIONS
Versapen-K is the trade name of potassium hetacillin which converts to ampi-cillin in the body. Your own body’s defenses work with this medicine to fight so’me forms of infection. If you are allergic to any form of penicillin, you should not take this medicine.
Follow the instructions on the prescription exactly. Do not take any more or any less of the medicine than the prescription tells you to. Food and stomach acid may interfere with absorption, so if the prescription suggests that you take the medicine “before meals” or “on an empty stomach,” this means that you should take it at least one hour before you eat a meal or wait two hours after eating. Take all the medicine prescribed, even if you feel much better before you have taken all of it. If you have an adverse reaction, stop using the medicine and contact your doctor.

PRECAUTIONS
Using medicines together may some-
times cause unfavorable reactions. So
tell your doctor about any medicine you are taking now (including drugs you buy without prescription).
Do not give any of this medicine to anyone else. If you have ever had an allergy, asthma, hay fever or hives, or if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, tell your doctor before you start taking Versapen-K.
Treatment with any penicillin may possibly lead to an infection by another germ not susceptible to penicillin’s action.
VERSAPEN-K (Potassium hetacillin) POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Effective medicine may cause “side effects” in some people. New symptoms may be caused by the medicine, the original disorder, or a new illness that may develop. Most people experience few or no side effects, and those that do happen tend to disappear in time after you . stop using the medicine or when your body adjusts to it.
It is possible that Versapen-K may cause diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, a black “hairy” tongue, inflammation of the tongue, fungus infections in the vagina, skin rash, fever, fainting and sometimes changes in the blood. (Blood reactions usually are reversible when treatment is stopped.) If you should develop any of these symptoms to an uncomfort-
VERSAPEN-K (Potassium hetacillin)
YOUR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
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Until you experience how this medicine
affects you, don’t drive a car or other
vehicle, don’t work around dangerous machinery, don’t climb ladders, and don’t work in high places. Especially follow these restrictions if you also drink any beverage with alcohol, or take any other medicine that might affect your alertness or reflexes, such as tranquilizers, sedatives, anti-histamines, medicine for pain, and others.

STORAGE
Keep this medicine in a tightly closed container in a dry, cool place away from heat or direct sunlight and out of reach of children. Don’t use the bathroom cabinet because humidity is high there. If you store medicine in the refrigerator, do not let it freeze. Don’t save left-over medicine to “use later.” Discard it on the expiration date shown on the container, but do so in a way that will protect children or pets-flush down the toilet, for example.
REFILLS
All refills must be ordered by your doctor, either in the first prescription or later. Only the pharmacy that originally filled this prescription can refill it. If you go elsewhere, you must have a new prescription. Call the pharmacist and order your refill by number; it can be ready when you go to pick it up. Use one pharmacy for the whole family if you can. That way a complete record of all your drugs can be kept and the pharmacist can communicate effectively with your doctor.

OVEROOSAGE & TREATMENT
It is very unlikely that this particular medication would be threatening to your life. Nevertheless, if someone accidentally or purposefully takes an amount greatly exceeding the dosage prescribed, call your doctor or the nearest Poison Control Center or hospital emergency room to request specific instructions. Phone
numbers:

Please post this information sheet in a conspicuous place close to where you store the medicine so you will see it frequently and can refer to it easily. To avoid future confusion with other medicines, discard this sheet when you finish the course of treatment requiring the use of this drug.