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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (406)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (386)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (327)
  • First Health (197)
  • Cigna (118)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (114)
  • Aetna (101)
  • Curative (76)
  • UnitedHealthCare (66)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (49)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (40)
  • Anthem (24)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (21)
  • Humana (20)
  • HealthPartners (19)
  • MultiPlan (19)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (12)
  • MVP Health Care (11)
  • HAP Insurance (9)
  • Medicare (8)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (7)
  • Coventry Health Care (7)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (6)
  • First Choice Health (5)
  • Medicaid (5)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (4)
  • Health Net (4)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (4)
  • SIHO Insurance Services (4)
  • Amerihealth (3)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
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  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
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  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
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  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (1)
  • Blue Cross of Idaho (1)
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  • Blue Shield of California (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas (1)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
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  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
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  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of Minnesota (1)
  • Delta Dental of New York (1)
  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (1)
  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (1)
  • Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana Veterans (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
  • Medicaid of Alaska (1)
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  • Medicaid of Maine (1)
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  • Medicaid of Minnesota (1)
  • Medicaid of Mississippi (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Montana (1)
  • Medicaid of Nebraska (1)
  • Medicaid of Nevada (1)
  • Medicaid of New Hampshire (1)
  • Medicaid of New Jersey (1)
  • Medicaid of New York (1)
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  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
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  • Medicaid of Rhode Island (1)
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  • Medicaid of South Dakota (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Texas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Washington State (1)
  • Medicaid of West Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Wisconsin (1)
  • Medicaid of Wyoming (1)
  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicare of Texas (1)
  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Regence BlueShield (1)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Truli for Health (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • United Concordia Dental (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (169)
  • Male (406)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Family Medicine (25)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (6)
  • Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (5)
  • Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) (5)
  • Critical Care Anesthesiology (3)
  • Internal Medicine (2)
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (2)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (2)
  • Anesthesiology (1)
  • Women's Health Medicine (1)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (1)
  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine (1)
  • Hospice Care (1)
  • Hospital Medicine (1)
  • Pediatrics (1)
  • Physician Assistant (PA) (1)
  • Psychiatry (1)
  • Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine (1)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (169)
  • 41-50 (130)
  • 51-60 (84)
  • 61-70 (70)
  • Over 70 (99)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (4)
  • Tomorrow (4)
  • Within 2 weeks (4)
  • Accepts new patients (39)
  • Telehealth (14)

Language

Language
  • French (2)
  • Spanish (8)

Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (92)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (109)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (155)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (178)
  • 1 Star And Higher (231)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Iowa Health Care (51)
  • UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital-Cedar Rapids (33)
  • UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center (33)
  • Mercy Iowa City (29)
  • UnityPoint Health-Jones Regional Medical Center (27)
  • Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (26)
  • Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center (26)
  • Grinnell Regional Medical Center (24)
  • Washington County Hospital and Clinics (19)
  • Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center-West Burlington (16)
  • Grundy County Memorial Hospital (14)
  • UnityPoint Health-Trinity Bettendorf (14)
  • Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, East Rusholme Street (14)
  • Trinity Rock Island (12)
  • UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital (11)
  • Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center (11)
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center (10)
  • Winnmed (9)
  • UnityPoint Health-Trinity Regional Medical Center (9)
  • Orange City Area Health System (8)
  • Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center (8)
  • Trinity Muscatine (8)
  • Broadlawns Medical Center (8)
  • Hancock County Health System (7)
  • Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center (7)
  • UnityPoint Health Marshalltown (7)
  • Buchanan County Health Center (6)
  • Saint Lukes Regional Medical Center (6)
  • Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics-Clarion (6)
  • Spencer Municipal Hospital (6)
  • Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center (6)
  • Henry County Health Center (6)
  • Jackson County Regional Health Center (5)
  • Jefferson County Health Center (5)
  • UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital (5)
  • Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center (5)
  • Waverly Health Center (5)
  • Mahaska Health Partnership (4)
  • Cherokee Regional Medical Center (4)
  • Floyd County Medical Center (4)
  • Genesis Medical Center, Dewitt (4)
  • CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs (4)
  • Iowa Specialty Hospital Belmond (4)
  • Cass County Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Mercyone Centerville Medical Center (4)
  • Ottumwa Regional Health Center (3)
  • Boone County Hospital (3)
  • Buena Vista Regional Medical Center (3)
  • North Memorial Health-Robbinsdale Hospital (3)
  • Compass Memorial Healthcare (3)
  • Sanford Sheldon Medical Center (3)
  • CHI Health Lakeside (3)
  • Shenandoah Medical Center (3)
  • Greene County Medical Center (3)
  • Franklin General Hospital (3)
  • CGH Medical Center (3)
  • Pella Regional Health Center (3)
  • Keokuk County Health Center (3)
  • CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice (2)
  • Greater Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Hawarden Regional Healthcare (2)
  • Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics (2)
  • Humboldt County Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Lucas County Health Center (2)
  • Floyd Valley Healthcare (2)
  • Davis County Hospital (2)
  • Sanford Bemidji Medical Center (2)
  • St. Anthony Regional Hospital (2)
  • Palo Alto County Hospital (2)
  • Mercyone Dyersville Medical Center (2)
  • Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (2)
  • Avera Holy Family Hospital (2)
  • Genesis Medical Center, Aledo (2)
  • CHI St. Alexius Health Williston (2)
  • AdventHealth Orlando (2)
  • CHI Health Good Samaritan (2)
  • Poudre Valley Hospital (2)
  • Riverside Medical Center (2)
  • Decatur County Hospital (2)
  • Methodist Jennie Edmundson (2)
  • Lakes Regional Healthcare (2)
  • Mercyone Clinton Medical Center (2)
  • UnityPoint Health-Iowa Lutheran Hospital (2)
  • Horn Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Ringgold County Hospital (2)
  • Mercyone Oelwein Medical Center (2)
  • Genesis Medical Center-Silvis (2)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (1)
  • SSM Health Saint Agnes Hospital-Fond DU Lac (1)
  • Franklin County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville (1)
  • AdventHealth Kissimmee (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato (1)
  • UCHealth Greeley Hospital (1)
  • Eastern New Mexico Medical Center (1)
  • Progress West Hospital (1)
  • Sanford Vermillion Hospital (1)
  • Van Buren County Hospital (1)
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center (1)
  • Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Ashtabula County Medical Center (1)
  • Monroe County Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida West Hospital (1)
  • Atrium Health Navicent Peach (1)
  • St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center (1)
  • Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (1)
  • Decatur Morgan Hospital (1)
  • MedStar St. Mary's Hospital (1)
  • UVA Health Prince William Medical Center (1)
  • Valley Regional Hospital (1)
  • St. Francis-Emory Healthcare (1)
  • Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center (1)
  • St Luke Community Hospital (1)
  • Hegg Memorial Health Center (1)
  • Advocate Christ Medical Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Apopka (1)
  • Parrish Medical Center (1)
  • M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital (1)
  • UVA Health Sciences Center (1)
  • Roseau Area Hospital District (1)
  • CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley (1)
  • West Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Methodist Dallas Medical Center (1)
  • Grand Island Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Gundersen Saint Elizabeth's Hospital and Clinics (1)
  • Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital (1)
  • Coquille Valley Hospital (1)
  • OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (1)
  • Monroe County Hospital (1)
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  • Southwest General Health Center (1)
  • Copley Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (1)
  • Winona Health Services (1)
  • Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services (1)
  • Saint Tammany Parish Hospital (1)
  • Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center (1)
  • Pomerene Hospital (1)
  • Putnam County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (1)
  • Regional West Medical Center (1)
  • Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital (1)
  • Dorminy Medical Center (1)
  • Carle Foundation Hospital (1)
  • Fort Madison Community Hospital (1)
  • Medical Center of the Rockies (1)
  • The Valley Hospital (1)
  • Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center (1)
  • West Hills Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Fish Memorial (1)
  • Hillcrest Medical Center (1)
  • Corewell Health Gerber Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Deaconess Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital (1)
  • Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (1)
  • Paris Community Hospital (1)
  • Door County Medical Center (1)
  • Mercyone Newton Medical Center (1)
  • Southwest Health Center (1)
  • Putnam General Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System In Eau Claire (1)
  • Sanford Usd Medical Center (1)
  • Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Whidbeyhealth Medical Center (1)
  • CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley (1)
  • Cottage Hospital (1)
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  • SSM Health St Mary's Hospital-Madison (1)
  • Lexington Regional Health Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Deland (1)
  • Hansen Family Hospital (1)
  • Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (1)
  • Fort Memorial Hospital (1)
  • HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar (1)
  • Sanford Jackson Medical Center (1)
  • St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • Blessing Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Valley Hospital (1)
  • Bingham Memorial Hospital (1)
  • West Shore Medical Center (1)
  • Essentia Health-Fargo (1)
  • CHI Health Missouri Valley (1)
  • Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (1)
  • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (1)
  • Memorial Hospital Belleville (1)
  • Northwest Florida Community Hospital (1)
  • Franciscan Health Lafayette East (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (1)
  • McLaren Oakland (1)
  • Antelope Valley Hospital (1)
  • CHI Health Mercy Corning (1)
  • CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson (1)
  • Aurora Medical Center Burlington (1)
  • Ridgecrest Regional Hospital (1)
  • M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center (1)
  • Gordon Memorial Hospital District (1)
  • Siloam Springs Regional Hospital (1)
  • Centracare-Redwood Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus (1)
  • Trinity Health Livonia Hospital (1)
  • Loring Hospital (1)
  • Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside (1)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
  • Dallas County Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (1)
  • St. Luke's Boise Medical Center (1)
  • Shamokin Area Community Hospital (1)
  • Adair County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Northwest Health-Starke (1)
  • Stevens Community Medical Center (1)
  • Owatonna Hospital (1)
  • Kaweah Health Medical Center (1)
  • Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center (1)
  • St. Mark's Hospital (1)
  • M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital (1)
  • Berkeley Medical Center (1)
  • OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center (1)
  • Aurora Lakeland Medical Center (1)
  • Olmsted Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (1)
  • Rush Oak Park Hospital (1)
  • Bryan East Campus (1)
  • Henry Community Health (1)
  • Duke University Hospital (1)
  • Alton Memorial Hospital (1)
  • CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy (1)
  • Citizens Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Marietta Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Fairmont (1)
  • Piedmont Macon North Hospital (1)
  • Midwest Medical Center (1)
  • Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester (1)
  • Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center-Walworth (1)
  • North Shore Health (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Aurora (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Southeast (1)
  • Bucktail Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee (1)
  • Decatur Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Piedmont Fayette Hospital (1)
  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake Pointe (1)
  • North Memorial Health-Maple Grove Hospital (1)
  • AdventHealth Daytona Beach (1)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (1)
  • Crawford County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Health Paducah (1)
  • Vernon Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Fairview Park Hospital (1)
  • Alomere Health (1)
  • Wyandot Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Springfield Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Pershing Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Riverwood Healthcare Center (1)
  • Mercyone New Hampton Medical Center (1)
  • Mile Bluff Medical Center (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland In Barron (1)
  • CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg (1)
  • Gallup Indian Medical Center (1)
  • UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center (1)
  • Pocahontas Community Hospital (1)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (1)
  • Troy Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Mercyone Elkader Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Alaska Medical Center (1)
  • Kootenai Health (1)
  • Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics (1)
  • Lakewood Health Center (1)
  • Merit Health River Oaks (1)
  • McDonough District Hospital (1)
  • Union Hospital of Cecil County (1)
  • Van Diest Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (1)
  • Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Hopi Health Care Center (1)
  • Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (1)
  • OSF Holy Family Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (1)
  • Geisinger Medical Center (1)
  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (1)
  • CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute (1)
  • Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center (1)
  • University of MD Capital Region Medical Center (1)
  • Columbus Community Hospital (1)
  • Rainy Lake Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Redding (1)
  • Methodist West Hospital (1)
  • Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital (1)
  • Christiana Hospital (1)
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Affirming Care
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Frequently Asked Questions About Emergency Medicine Specialists in Iowa

You can find top-rated group practices in Iowa using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many emergency medicine specialists within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for emergency medicine specialists in Iowa, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify emergency medicine specialists who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find emergency medicine specialists in Iowa that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for emergency medicine specialists in Iowa and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the emergency medicine specialists near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female emergency medicine specialists in Iowa, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for emergency medicine specialists near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

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