Indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control when treatment with both rosiglitazone and metformin is appropriate in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. AVANDAMET is generally given in divided doses with meals.
Indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. ACTOS should be taken once daily and can be taken without regard to meals.
Glass vial with paper label that reads in part “0.3 Gram / Lot No. / Neosalvarsan / Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / BRAND OF NEOSALVARSAN / H. A. Metz Laboratories / New York, N.Y.” Neosalvarsan is a synthetic chemotherapeutic that became available in 1912 and superseded the more toxic and less water-soluble salvarsan as an effective treatment for syphilis. Both of compounds carried considerable risk of side effects, and were replaced by penicillin in the 1940s.
Herman August Metz (1867-1934) was a New Yorker of German descent who worked for several firms that manufactured and imported German dyestuffs, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. In 1903 he established his own firm, H. A. Metz & Co.
Ref: “Neo-Salvarsan,” New York Times (May 20, 1912), p. 12.
Burroughs Wellcome and Company of North Carolina produced this Zovirax brand medication for treating genital herpes around 1994. This white and blue box contains five blistercards with two tablets each. Each pill contains 400 milligrams of acyclovir, the active ingredient in the medication.