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This handout lists the common medications prescribed for patients after surgery at the Hand Center: oxycodone, morphine sulfate, hydromorphone, naproxen, colace, scopolamine patch, and meclizine. Included are common doses and schedules, how to use the medicine, and common side effects of narcotic pain medicines, anti-inflammatory medicines, stool softeners, and anti-nausea treatments.

This handout for kidney/pancreas transplant patients gives instructions for getting started with medicines - from organization to making arrangements for refills. It covers issues while at the hospital and after discharge and gives guidelines for taking medicines. This document is also a chapter in "Your Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Guide," which is available from Materials Management #171915.

This handout explains the types of medicines that will be taken by lung transplant patients after their surgery. It includes tips on organizing medicines, deciding on a pharmacy, guidelines for taking medicines, what to avoid when taking immunosuppressive drugs, and information about specific immunosuppressants such as basiliximab, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, prednisone, cyclosporine, sirolimus, and others.

This handout gives basic information about how the liver works and what happens during liver failure. It describes medicines that are often used to reduce the complications caused by liver disease.

This appendix to the Heart Transplant Manual explains medicines prescribed for heart transplant patients.

This handout lists the medicines most often used to help keep blood glucose at healthy levels when a patient has type 2 diabetes. Included are drug names, primary site of action, drug class, how they work, whether it is given by mouth or by injection, and possible side effects.

This handout describes and shows several products that can help patients organize their medications and remember to take them.

This handout provides driving directions and parking information for UWMC's Men's Health Center in Seattle. It includes directions from Interstate 5 and Interstate 405.

This handout describes menopause symptoms and how to deal with them. It includes tips for handling hot flashes, insomnia, sexuality changes, vaginal dryness, stress, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular (heart) disease.

This CareMap provides a timeline for patients having metastatic whole brain treatments. Sections include Before Treatment, Treatment Day 1, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Home Care, 1 Month After, and Every 2 to 3 Months.

This handout describes a methacholine challenge test and how to prepare for it. This test is done to diagnose asthma.

This handout describes MRSA and who is at risk for getting it. It also explains how this disease can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting it.

This handout discusses the medicine methotrexate, which is used for many skin disorders such as psoriasis. It includes doses, monitoring, side effects, and drug interactions.

This handout explains how to prepare for middle ear surgery, which is done to repair the eardrum (tympanic membrane) or small hearing bones (ossicles) in the middle ear. These may be repaired using either man-made or natural tissues. This surgery is done to restore hearing.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when scheduled for Middle Fossa (MCF) or Translabyrinthine (TL) procedure at University of Washington Medical Center. It covers how to get ready for the surgery, what to expect on the day of surgery and during the hospital stay, and self-care during recovery at home.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when admitted to UW Medicine for minimally invasive (MIS) hysterectomy surgery. It includes how to prepare for the surgery, what happens during the hospital stay, and basic instructions to follow at home after discharge.

This handout explains what a miscarriage is, the possible causes, and choices for treatment, including "watch and wait" (expectant management), using the medication misoprostol, and vacuum aspiration.

This handout describes mitral regurgitation, a disease of the mitral valve in the heart. It explains how this disease is diagnosed and assessed, treatment options, and how your doctor will decide what treatment is best for you.

This handout is for patients who are having a modified Ravitch procedure to repair a deformity of the chest wall called pectus excavatum.

This handout for Plastic Surgery patients at Harborview Medical Center explains how to choose a moisturizer and how to apply it to a skin graft and skin graft donor site.

This handout explains the changes in oral health that occur during radiation therapy for head and/or neck cancer. Included are short-term and long-term changes, and how to apply fluoride.