Archive for June, 2009
All About Question of the Day
Hi all! I was on the phone with my sister earlier today. We were talking about this site and she asked how we decide what to write about.
Our topics come from questions we get from our friends, family, patients and users of this site (through email and comments) and our own interest. We often [...]
Baby Aspirin Decoded
A man, Mr. K, came into the pharmacy over the weekend in desperate search for baby aspirin.
Mr. K told me a very detailed story how his wife went with him to the doctor’s office. The doctor said he should take one baby aspirin every day to help his heart health and have regular aspirin [...]
How Much Water Should I Drink?
Drinking water is soooooo good for your health I can’t stress it enough.
I used to be a lousy water drinker – I could eat meals without drinking a drop of liquid, and I could exercise until there was no tomorrow without thinking about taking a swig of water.
Knowing how bad this habit was for my [...]
Taking Too Many Drugs – Polypharmacy
I have to hit you up with this message, not just because I have an aunt that was a victim of having too many unnecessary drugs as part of her daily medication routine, but because I think it’s becoming a bigger problem for a lot of people.
Polypharmacy is the word used to describe a [...]
Treating Cold Sores
Cold sores (or fever blisters) are itchy, painful and unsightly -3 out of 10 people get them on a regular basis but nobody talks about them!
Cold sores are caused by the herpes virus.
There are two kinds of herpes infection –HSV1 which most often causes cold sores on the lips; HSV2 usually causes infection in [...]
Too Much Demerol
In the midst of Michael Jackson’s terribly sudden death, I have noticed reports claiming that the cause could have been due to an overdose of Demerol. I definitely do not know anything about how the King of Pop died (for obvious reasons), but I wanted to touch on the matter since it seems reporters are [...]
Loss or Change of Taste and Metformin
Hi my peeps, here’s an e-mail we got from a reader….thought we’d share it with you!
Dear Pharmacists:
My 76 year old mom has lost her sense of taste in the last few months after having her metformin doubled to two 500mg tablets a day and adding Furosemide and K-dur 20 meq po tbcr to her [...]
What is the Swine Flu?
The flu is an infection caused by a virus. There are two kinds of flu viruses – type A and type B.
Type A flu infections are more common and severe than the type B ones. You cannot tell if you have the type A flu or the type B flu unless a blood test [...]
Use of Tamiflu for Prevention and Treatment of the Flu
I got this great question from a reader about my “What is Tamiflu?” article:
“It sounds like the main reason for taking Tamiflu is to prevent coming down with the flu. If your cousin does get the flu, what should she do?”
So, here is my answer to her question (and a little extra)!
Tamiflu is used to [...]
What is Tamiflu?
Check this out….
My cousin just started a summer job as a camp counselor and 10 of the people she works with tested positive for the Swine Flu (YIKES)! She did not have the flu, but she was given Tamiflu to keep from getting the viral infection.
Tamiflu is a drug that is used to prevent [...]
