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Managing Symptoms of Heart Disease With Prescription Medications: Preventing Misuse

Blood pressure machine used for heart disease

Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC Special Projects Coordinator at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Heart disease or cardiovascular diseases are a group of conditions that affect that heart and/or blood vessels. Some of the conditions that are included in cardiovascular disease include cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, peripheral artery disease, valvular heart disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, venous [...]
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Misuse of Asthma Inhalers – Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment

Misuse of asthma medication can be classified in two ways- improper dosage and administration of the medication, or use by an individual other than the whom the medication has been prescribed to. The focus here will be on the latter; as intentional misuse of asthma inhalers has not been extensively examined. [1] Use of someone [...]
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