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This medicine belongs to a group of medicines called bisphosphonates.

It works by binding to bones and preventing them from being broken down excessively. This reduces the amount of calcium released into the blood. It can also reduce bone pain, prevent fractures (breaks) and reduce

Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.

This medicine is not addictive.

It is available only with a doctor's prescription.

There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine for children.

Marvelon 28 is an oral contraceptive, commonly known as a "Birth Control Pill" or "The Pill" that has been prescribed to prevent you from getting pregnant.

Marvelon 28 prevents pregnancy in several ways:

Marvelon 28 consists of 21 large white tablets, each containing 2 active ingredients: 30 micrograms of ethinylestradiol (an estrogen) and 150 micrograms of desogestrel (a progestogen) and 7 small white inactive tablets (first row of the blister pack).

Because of the small amounts of different female hormones in the active tablets, Marvelon 28 is considered a low-dose combined oral contraceptive.

Oral contraceptives are a very effective method of birth control. When taken correctly (without missing tablets) the chance of becoming pregnant is very low.

The following non-contraceptive health benefits have been associated with the combined Pill:

Marvelon 28 is available only with a doctor's prescription.

MAXALT Wafers are used to relieve the headache pain and other symptoms of migraine attacks. MAXALT Wafers do not work for other types of headaches.

Migraine is an intense, throbbing, typically one-sided headache. It often includes nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, and sensitivity to sound. Some people may have visual symptoms before the headache, called an aura. An aura can include flashing lights or wavy lines.

Migraine attacks last anything from two hours to two days and they can return frequently. The severity and frequency of migraine attacks may vary.

Migraine occurs in about one out of every 10 people. It is three times more common in women than men.

Six out of ten migraine sufferers have their first attack before the age of 20.

There is no single cause of migraine. It tends to run in families. Certain things, singly or in combination, can trigger migraine attacks in some people. Some of these triggers are:

If you understand what triggers your attacks, you may be able to prevent migraine attacks or reduce their frequency. Keeping a headache diary will help you identify and monitor all of the possible migraine triggers you encounter. Once the triggers are identified, you and your doctor can modify your treatment and lifestyle appropriately.

Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why MAXALT has been prescribed for you.

LUKAIR is used to prevent asthma symptoms, including those that occur during the day and at night-time. It also prevents the narrowing of airways triggered by exercise.

If you have seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever), LUKAIR also treats your allergic rhinitis symptoms.

It can be used in children 2 years of age and older, teenagers and adults.

LUKAIR tablets are not used to treat an acute attack of asthma. If an acute attack occurs, follow your doctor's instructions for your reliever medicine, and keep taking your LUKAIR each night or as prescribed.

As a preventive medicine for asthma, LUKAIR can be used alone or in combination with other preventive medicines, such as inhaled corticosteroids. Your doctor may reduce your dose of inhaled corticosteroid while you are taking LUKAIR.

Asthma is a lung disease and has the following characteristics:

Symptoms of asthma include coughing, wheezing and chest tightness. Not all people with asthma wheeze. For some, coughing may be the only symptom of asthma. Symptoms often occur during the night or after exercise.

For further information about asthma, contact the Asthma Foundation in your state on 1800 645 130, or www.asthmaaustralia.org.au

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (also known as hay fever) is an allergic response often caused by airborne pollens from trees, grasses, and weeds. The daytime and night-time symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis typically may include: stuffy, runny, itchy nose; sneezing; watery, swollen, red, itchy eyes.

Livial tablets contain the active ingredient tibolone, which is a synthetic steroid medicine used for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It mimics the activity of the female sex hormones in the body.

Livial contains tibolone, a substance that has favourable effects on different tissues in the body, such as brain, vagina and bone. Livial is used in postmenopausal women at least 12 months since their last natural period.

Livial is used for:

During the menopause, the amount of estrogen produced by a woman's body drops. This can cause symptoms such as hot face, neck and chest ("hot flushes"). Livial alleviates these symptoms after menopause. You will only be prescribed Livial if your symptoms seriously hinder your daily life.

After the menopause some women may develop fragile bones (osteoporosis). You should discuss all available options with your doctor.

If you are at an increased risk of fractures due to osteoporosis and other medicines are not suitable for you, you can take Livial to prevent osteoporosis after menopause.

Livial is not a contraceptive.

Livial has no effect on alertness and concentration as far as is known.

A doctor's prescription is required to obtain this medicine.

NASONEX contains the active ingredient mometasone furoate. This belongs to a family of medicines called corticosteroids, which are used to help reduce inflammation.

NASONEX is sprayed into the nose to help relieve symptoms that may occur with hayfever or other year- round allergies, including stuffiness (congestion) in the nose, discharge, itching and sneezing. Your doctor may also prescribe this medicine to help prevent these symptoms two to four weeks before the beginning of the pollen season.

Swollen tissue in the nose can cause grape-like swellings called 'polyps'. Polyps can cause nasal stuffiness, discomfort and loss of smell.

NASONEX can be used for the treatment of nasal polyps in patients over 18 years of age.

Rhinosinusitis is the swelling of the sinuses resulting in stuffiness of the nose, large quantities of mucus from the nose, cough, face pain and/or fever. These symptoms usually last for less than 4 weeks. NASONEX is used to treat the symptoms of rhinosinusitis in adults and children 12 years of age and older, who do not have the signs or symptoms of a severe bacterial infection.

There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.

This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.

The active ingredient in this medicine is adalimumab, which is a fully human monoclonal antibody. Monoclonal antibodies are proteins made by a type of blood cell to fight a foreign protein in the body.

Adalimumab recognises and binds to a specific protein (tumour necrosis factor or TNF-alpha), which is present at higher levels in some inflammatory diseases.

Hadlima is used for the treatment of a number of inflammatory diseases:

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the joints. Signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include joint pain, tenderness, swelling and stiffness.

Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis, as well as to slow down and protect the joints from further damage to help them move more freely.

Your doctor will decide if Hadlima should be used with another medicine called methotrexate, or on its own.

Hadlima can also be used to treat severe, active and progressive rheumatoid arthritis without previous methotrexate treatment.

pJIA is an inflammatory disease of the joints. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severely active pJIA, in patients 2 years of age and older, when other medicines are not appropriate. Your doctor will decide whether Hadlima should be used with another medicine called methotrexate or used alone.

ERA is an inflammatory disease of the joints and the places where tendons join the bone. Hadlima is used to treat ERA in children.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

PsA is an inflammatory disease of the joints that is usually associated with psoriasis. Signs and symptoms include joint pain, tenderness and swelling. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms, of moderate to severely active PsA, as well as to slow down and protect the joints from further damage, to help them move more freely.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease of the spine. Signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis include back pain and stiffness. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms in patients with active disease.

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe Crohn’s disease, in adults and children aged 6 years and over to reduce the signs and symptoms of the disease and to induce and maintain periods where the symptoms are no longer present (remission).

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you may either have not responded well enough, or you may have lost response or cannot tolerate these medicines.

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease of the large intestine (bowel).

Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis when other medicines are not appropriate.

Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin. Plaque psoriasis, the most common form, is a skin condition that causes red, flaky, crusty patches of the skin covered with silvery scales. Plaque psoriasis can also affect nails, causing them to crumble, thicken and lift away from the nail bed which can be painful. Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe forms of the disease in adults and severe forms in children and adolescents from 4 years of age for whom topical therapy (such as creams, lotions and ointments) and phototherapy (also known as light therapy) have either not worked very well, or are not suitable.

HS (sometimes called acne inversa) is a chronic and often painful inflammatory skin disease.

Symptoms may include tender nodules (lumps) and abscesses (boils) that may leak pus, which can have an unpleasant odour. It most commonly affects specific areas of the skin, such as under the breasts, the armpits, inner thighs, groin and buttocks. Scarring may also occur in affected areas.

Hadlima is used for the treatment of adults and adolescents from 12 years of age with active moderate to severe HS, Hadlima can reduce the number of nodules and abscesses caused by the disease, and the pain that is often associated with it.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

Your doctor will schedule follow-up appointments to check on your progress to determine whether you should continue treatment.

Uveitis is an inflammatory disease affecting certain parts of the eye. This inflammation may lead to a decrease of vision and/or the presence of floaters in the eye (black dots or wispy lines that move across the field of vision). Hadlima is used to treat non-infectious intermediate, posterior and pan-uveitis.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you may either have not responded well enough, or you have lost response or cannot tolerate these medicines.

Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.

This medicine is not addictive.

This medicine is only available with a doctor's prescription.

The long term effects of adalimumab on the growth and development of children are not known.

The active ingredient in this medicine is adalimumab, which is a fully human monoclonal antibody. Monoclonal antibodies are proteins made by a type of blood cell to fight a foreign protein in the body.

Adalimumab recognises and binds to a specific protein (tumour necrosis factor or TNF-alpha), which is present at higher levels in some inflammatory diseases.

Hadlima is used for the treatment of a number of inflammatory diseases:

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the joints. Signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include joint pain, tenderness, swelling and stiffness.

Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis, as well as to slow down and protect the joints from further damage to help them move more freely.

Your doctor will decide if Hadlima should be used with another medicine called methotrexate, or on its own.

Hadlima can also be used to treat severe, active and progressive rheumatoid arthritis without previous methotrexate treatment.

pJIA is an inflammatory disease of the joints. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severely active pJIA, in patients 2 years of age and older, when other medicines are not appropriate. Your doctor will decide whether Hadlima should be used with another medicine called methotrexate or used alone.

ERA is an inflammatory disease of the joints and the places where tendons join the bone. Hadlima is used to treat ERA in children.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

PsA is an inflammatory disease of the joints that is usually associated with psoriasis. Signs and symptoms include joint pain, tenderness and swelling. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms, of moderate to severely active PsA, as well as to slow down and protect the joints from further damage, to help them move more freely.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease of the spine. Signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis include back pain and stiffness. Hadlima is used to reduce the signs and symptoms in patients with active disease.

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe Crohn’s disease, in adults and children aged 6 years and over to reduce the signs and symptoms of the disease and to induce and maintain periods where the symptoms are no longer present (remission).

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you may either have not responded well enough, or you may have lost response or cannot tolerate these medicines.

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease of the large intestine (bowel).

Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis when other medicines are not appropriate.

Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin. Plaque psoriasis, the most common form, is a skin condition that causes red, flaky, crusty patches of the skin covered with silvery scales. Plaque psoriasis can also affect nails, causing them to crumble, thicken and lift away from the nail bed which can be painful. Hadlima is used to treat moderate to severe forms of the disease in adults and severe forms in children and adolescents from 4 years of age for whom topical therapy (such as creams, lotions and ointments) and phototherapy (also known as light therapy) have either not worked very well, or are not suitable.

HS (sometimes called acne inversa) is a chronic and often painful inflammatory skin disease.

Symptoms may include tender nodules (lumps) and abscesses (boils) that may leak pus, which can have an unpleasant odour. It most commonly affects specific areas of the skin, such as under the breasts, the armpits, inner thighs, groin and buttocks. Scarring may also occur in affected areas.

Hadlima is used for the treatment of adults and adolescents from 12 years of age with active moderate to severe HS, Hadlima can reduce the number of nodules and abscesses caused by the disease, and the pain that is often associated with it.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you haven’t responded well enough to these medicines.

Your doctor will schedule follow-up appointments to check on your progress to determine whether you should continue treatment.

Uveitis is an inflammatory disease affecting certain parts of the eye. This inflammation may lead to a decrease of vision and/or the presence of floaters in the eye (black dots or wispy lines that move across the field of vision). Hadlima is used to treat non-infectious intermediate, posterior and pan-uveitis.

You may have already been given other medicines to treat your condition. Your doctor has prescribed Hadlima for you as you may either have not responded well enough, or you have lost response or cannot tolerate these medicines.

Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.

This medicine is not addictive.

This medicine is only available with a doctor's prescription.

The long term effects of adalimumab on the growth and development of children are not known.

LIPEX helps to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

LIPEX is used in people who have coronary heart disease (CHD) or who are at high risk of CHD (for example, if they have diabetes, a history of stroke, or other blood vessel disease).

LIPEX may be used in these people, regardless of their cholesterol level to: