Alcohol: How to Deal With a Slip-Up
Use what you learn from a slip-up to help prevent a relapse and strengthen your plan to change your habits.
Use what you learn from a slip-up to help prevent a relapse and strengthen your plan to change your habits.
Get help making a plan to change your drinking habits.
Learn the signs of possible risky use of alcohol and think about the role alcohol plays in your life.
Hear how others found the motivation to change their relationship to alcohol.
Learn more about the different treatment options that can help you change your alcohol habits.
Beer, wine, and liquor (distilled spirits) are alcoholic beverages. The following common alcoholic beverages contain equal amounts of alcohol. They are often referred to as a drink or a standard drink. One 12 fl oz (355 mL) beer or wine cooler One 5 fl oz (148 mL) glass of wine One mixed drink containing 1.5 fl oz (44...
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is caused by long-term heavy alcohol use. It is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy. The heart muscle is weakened and cannot pump blood efficiently. If your heart gets weaker, you may develop heart failure. Alcohol in excessive quantities has a directly toxic effect on heart muscle cells. Symptoms...
Botanical names: Rhamnus frangula How It Works Alder buckthorn is high in anthraquinone glycosides. Resins, tannins, and lipids make up the bulk of the bark’s other ingredients. Anthraquinone glycosides have a cathartic action, inducing the large intestine to increase its muscular contraction (peristalsis) and...
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Aldesleukin is used to treat kidney cancer or skin cancer than has spread to other parts of the body. Aldesleukin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
For treating cancer. Brand Name(s): Proleukin. Generic Name: Aldesleukin.
An aldosterone test measures the level of aldosterone (a hormone made by the adrenal glands), in the blood. Aldosterone helps regulate sodium and potassium levels in the body. This helps control blood pressure and the balance of fluids and electrolytes in the blood. The kidney hormone renin normally stimulates the...
An aldosterone test measures the level of aldosterone (a hormone made by the adrenal glands) in the urine. Aldosterone helps regulate sodium and potassium levels in the body. This helps control blood pressure and the balance of fluids and electrolytes in the blood. The kidney hormone renin normally stimulates the...
Alectinib is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body. Alectinib is used to treat a certain type of non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. . Alectinib is used only if your cancer has a specific genetic marker (an abnormal "ALK"...
For treating cancer. Brand Name(s): Alecensa. Generic Name: Alectinib.
Campath is used to treat B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in adults. Lemtrada is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis in people 17 years and older (including active secondary progressive disease), after at least two other medicines did not work or have stopped working. . Lemtrada will not cure MS...
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This medicine is used for the following purposes: multiple sclerosis, cancer. Brand Name(s): Lemtrada. Generic Name: Alemtuzumab.
For treating cancer. Brand Name(s): Campath. Generic Name: Alemtuzumab.
Alendronate is used to treat osteoporosis caused by menopause, steroid use, or gonadal failure. This medicine is for use when you have a high risk of bone fracture due to osteoporosis. . Alendronate is also used to treat Paget's disease of bone. Alendronate may also be used for purposes not listed in this...
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Alendronate is a bisphosphonate (bis FOS fo nayt) medicine that alters bone formation and breakdown in the body. This can slow bone loss and may help prevent bone fractures. Cholecalciferol is a form of vitamin D, and is important for the absorption of calcium from the stomach and for the functioning of calcium in the...
For bone strength. Brand Name(s): Binosto. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid.
For bone strength. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid.
This medicine is used for the following purposes: bone disease, bone strength. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid.
This medicine is used for the following purposes: bone disease, bone strength. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid.
This medicine is used for the following purposes: bone disease, bone strength. Brand Name(s): Fosamax. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid.
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For bone strength. Brand Name(s): Fosamax Plus D. Generic Name: Alendronic Acid/Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Botanical names: Medicago sativa How It Works While the medicinal benefits of alfalfa are poorly understood, the constituents in alfalfa have been extensively studied. The leaves contain approximately 2–3% saponins. 3 Animal studies suggest that these constituents block absorption of cholesterol and prevent the...