vecuronium

Vecuronium is used to relax the muscles. It works by blocking the signals between your nerves and your muscles. Vecuronium is given before general anesthesia in preparing you for surgery. Vecuronium helps to keep your body still during surgery. It also relaxes your throat so a breathing tube can be more easily inserted...

vedolizumab

Vedolizumab is used in adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC), or moderate to severe Crohn's disease. Vedolizumab treats active disease and may help keep UC or Crohn's symptoms under control long term. Vedolizumab may also reduce the need for steroid medicines in helping to control symptoms...

Vegan

A vegan is a person who eats only fruits, grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables, and plant products and consumes no animal or dairy products of any kind. The word vegan on prepared-food labels means that the product doesn't contain any ingredients that come from an animal, including meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, gelatin...

Vegan Diet

What is a vegan diet? A vegan (say "VEE-gun" or "VAY-gun") diet is a type of vegetarian diet. Besides not eating meat, vegans don't eat food that comes from animals in any way. That includes milk products, eggs, honey, and gelatin (which comes from bones and other animal tissue). There are many reasons why some people...

Vegetarian Diets

What is a vegetarian diet? In general, a vegetarian diet is a diet that doesn't include meat. But there are several kinds of vegetarian diets. Lacto-ovo vegetarian. This type of diet includes milk products (such as milk, cheese, and yogurt) and eggs. But it doesn't include meat, poultry, seafood, or fish. "Lacto" means...

Vein Ligation and Stripping

Vein ligation and stripping is a minor surgery. It is used to remove one or more varicose veins. These are twisted, swollen veins near the surface of the skin. They are most common in the legs and ankles. The surgery can also be done to prevent venous skin ulcers from coming back after treatment. You may be asleep...

velaglucerase alfa

Velaglucerase alfa contains an enzyme that occurs naturally in the body in healthy people. Some people lack this enzyme because of a genetic disorder. Velaglucerase alfa helps replace this missing enzyme in people with Type I Gaucher disease. Gaucher disease is a genetic condition in which the body lacks the enzyme...

Velaglucerase Alfa Injection (VELAGLUCERASE ALPHA - INJECTION)

This medicine is given as an IV injection into a vein. This medicine should be given over 60 minutes. Read and make sure you understand the instructions for measuring dose and using syringe. If you have any questions, talk to your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. The medicine needs to be mixed before being injected. Dilute...

vemurafenib

Vemurafenib is used to treat melanoma (skin cancer) that has spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed by surgery. Vemurafenib is also used to treat Erdheim-Chester Disease (a rare blood cancer). . Vemurafenib is used only if your cancer has a specific genetic marker (an abnormal "BRAF" gene)...

Vemurafenib

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Vena cava filter

A vena cava filter is an umbrella-shaped barrier device that is inserted into the large vein that returns blood to the heart from the abdomen and legs (inferior vena cava). This filter may help prevent blood clots that form in the deep veins of the lower limbs from traveling to the lungs, where they may block blood...

venetoclax

Venetoclax is used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia in adults. . Venetoclax is also used in combination with other medicines to treat acute myeloid leukemia in adults who are 75 years or older, or who cannot use standard chemotherapy due to other medical conditions. Venetoclax may also...

Venlafaxine

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venlafaxine

Venlafaxine is used in adults to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety, and panic disorder. Venlafaxine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Venlafaxine Oral Tablet (VENLAFAXINE - ORAL)

This medicine is used for the following purposes: anxiety, depression, menopausal symptoms, muscle weakness, pain, post-traumatic stress disorder. Generic Name: Venlafaxine.

Venous Insufficiency

Learn the basics about venous insufficiency, including what causes it and how it is treated.

Venous insufficiency

Venous insufficiency occurs when the veins in the legs do not return blood to the heart and upper body normally. Causes include long-term high blood pressure inside leg veins and blood clots in leg veins (deep vein thrombosis or thrombophlebitis). The veins in the body have valves that prevent blood from flowing the...

Venous Skin Ulcer

What is a venous skin ulcer? A skin ulcer is a type of wound that develops on the skin. A venous skin ulcer is a shallow wound that occurs when the leg veins don't return blood back toward the heart the way they should. This is called venous insufficiency. These ulcers usually form on the sides of the lower leg, above...

Venous skin ulcer

A venous skin ulcer is a shallow wound caused by venous insufficiency, a condition in which the valves in the blood vessels are damaged and allow some blood to back up in the veins. The slowed circulation causes fluid to seep out of the overfilled veins into surrounding tissues, causing tissue breakdown and ulcers...

Venous Skin Ulcers: Home Treatment

Venous skin ulcers develop when the lower leg veins are weakened and cannot efficiently move the blood back toward the heart. Pooled blood and fluid in the lower legs then leads to tissue breakdown. You can prevent or heal a venous skin ulcer by helping your blood circulate back toward your heart. Elevate your legs...

Venous thrombus and embolus

A venous thrombus is a blood clot that forms in a vein. An embolus is anything that moves through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass. When this happens, the blood flow is stopped by the embolus. An embolus is often a small piece of a blood clot that breaks off (thromboembolus)...

Ventilator

A ventilator is a machine that helps a person breathe or breathes for the person. It controls and monitors the amounts of air and oxygen that flows into the person's lungs. Ventilators may be used for people who have serious breathing conditions. These include conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome...

Ventricular assist device (VAD)

A ventricular assist device (VAD), also known as a heart pump, is a mechanical device that helps pump blood from the heart to the rest of your body. This picture shows one type of a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD). This device pulls blood from the left ventricle and pumps it to the aorta and the rest of the body...

Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure

A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It's used when your heart is not able to pump enough blood on its own. The device consists of a pump, tubes that connect the pump to the heart, a control system, and a power source. A thin cable connects the pump with the...

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