Nausea and Vomiting
What To Do If You Vomit After Taking Your Medication
Oh boy, you just took your medication, you’re feeling ill (for whatever reason), and then…oh no…you vomit! Now what do you do? Check out my video below to find out! Recap: 1. If you vomit within 15 minutes of taking your medication, take the medication again…no matter what! 2. If it has been 60 minutes [...]
Natural Remedy for Heartburn
Oh the Holiday Season -full of Holiday food -YUM! But sometimes, it can cause the dreaded heartburn -YUCK! Heartburn is that painfully burning feeling you can get in your stomach, throat and chest. There are many issues that can cause heartburn -but if you get heartburn just occasionally, these are some natural remedies you can [...]
Natural/Home Remedies Series
Welcome to our new and exciting series -all about home/natural remedies! This page is here to work as a sort of table of contents. This series will incorporate things such as “mom remedies”, herbs, vitamins, acupuncture, etc. Just a few notes on natural/home remedies… 1. Natural or home remedies often have quite a bit of anecdotal [...]
Corn Allergy
Recently, we had a comment by a GPA family member, Ambar. She wrote, I used to take Zyrtec or Benadryl, but lately am feeling very bad when I do. In fact, when I ate corn chips, I felt just as bad. My twin sister (we are identical) is allergic to corn, and I’m suspecting I [...]
Prevacid OTC
Prevacid (lansoprazole) goes OTC! Prevacid was previously only available with a prescription -On November 12th, you will be able to purchase Prevacid OTC. Prevacid now joins Prilosec (omeprazole) as the only proton pump inhibitors (PPI) available OTC. In the video, I go over some general info on Prevacid OTC, PPIs and PPIs versus H2 blockers -like Zantac [...]
Flagyl and Alcohol -Don’t Mix!
Here is a video about the interaction between Flagyl (metronidazole) and alcohol… Your free video course 90 Ways to Save Money on Your Prescription Drugs is ready!!! Start saving your money now (so you can spend it on something fun! )
Meniere’s Disease Support Groups
Hi everyone! I wanted to check in even though it’s well past my bedtime. I wanted to give you a slice of life here from GetPharmacyAdvice.com by passing on this great e-mail/question I received from a member of our community. The following message pertains to Meniere’s Disease, and I wanted to pass it on in [...]
What to do about Nausea and Vomiting Caused by a Stomach Bug
In my articles “Nausea and Vomiting, it’s the Pits” and “Nausea and Vomiting Caused by a Stomach Bug”, I explained what may cause a “stomach bug” and what OTC medications may help control your symptoms. In this article, I’m going to tell you how to take the OTC medications that might help treat your nausea [...]
Nausea and Vomiting Caused by a Stomach Bug
The “stomach bug” is an infection of the stomach caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasite. The infection can also occur in the intestines (or gut). To make it easier, we will just call the infection a “stomach bug”! Note: If you didn’t get a chance to read my first nausea and vomiting article, [...]
Meniere’s and the Ears!
I know Meniere’s Disease may seem like a pointless topic to write about (what the heck is Meniere’s Disease?), but I’ve had an absurd amount of patients contacting me about it. The most common scenario involves a patient calling on the phone in tears about their new diagnosis and how miserable they feel. [...]
