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  2. Rifaximin - Wikipedia

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    Rifaximin, is a non-absorbable, broad spectrum antibiotic mainly used to treat travelers' diarrhea.It is based on the rifamycin antibiotics family. Since its approval in Italy in 1987, it has been licensed in over more than 30 countries for the treatment of a variety of gastrointestinal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome, and hepatic encephalopathy.

  3. Hepatic encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    When rifaximin is added to lactulose, the combination of the two may be more effective than each component separately. [4] Rifaximin is more expensive than lactulose, but the cost may be offset by fewer hospital admissions for encephalopathy. [19] The antibiotics neomycin and metronidazole are other antibiotics used to treat hepatic ...

  4. Rifamycin - Wikipedia

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    Rifaximin is an oral rifamycin marketed in the US by Salix Pharmaceuticals that is poorly absorbed from the intestine. It has been used to treat hepatic encephalopathy and traveler's diarrhea . [ 19 ]

  5. Does Medicare Cover Rifaximin (Xifaxan)? - AOL

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    Most Medicare Part D plans and Part C plans that include drug coverage cover rifaximin (Xifaxan) for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) and overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE). According ...

  6. Acute liver failure - Wikipedia

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    In ALF, hepatic encephalopathy leads to cerebral edema, coma, brain herniation, and eventually death. Detection of encephalopathy is central to the diagnosis of ALF. It may vary from subtle deficit in higher brain function (e.g. mood, concentration in grade I) to deep coma (grade IV). Patients presenting as acute and hyperacute liver failure ...

  7. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth - Wikipedia

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    Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome is treated with an elemental diet or antibiotics, which may be given in a cyclic fashion to prevent tolerance to the antibiotics, sometimes followed by prokinetic drugs to prevent recurrence if dysmotility is a suspected cause.

  8. Worrying About This Common Concern Can Accelerate Cognitive ...

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    As far as exercise, that might look like resistance training (the best workout for dementia prevention, according to a neurophysiologist) or walking for just 15 minutes a day (researchers say that ...

  9. Encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (acquired or congenital abnormal cortical development). Early myoclonic epileptic encephalopathy (possibly due to metabolic disorders). Gluten encephalopathy: Focal abnormalities of the white matter (generally area of low perfusion) are appreciated through magnetic resonance. Migraine is the most common ...