Description : Which toothbrush for you......manual or electric?
Last Answer : My sister gave me an electric toothbrush a couple of years ago. There didn’t seem to be any benefit, so I got rid of it. It’s one less item that requires batteries.
Description : Pain medication isn't working, why?
Last Answer : It seems like something is seriously wrong. I would get a second opinion perhaps from a pain clinic.
Description : I've had a fever that comes and goes (I've had it for three days now). A bit of nausea, but, that's it. The flu?
Last Answer : Go to a doctor or clinic and spend the few bucks to get an accurate diagnosis please. It could be anything and only a qualified physician can make this assessment. Your health is too important to trust with strangers or laymen. .
Description : Which letter has innumerable symmetrical lines in the word 'SCHOOL' ?
Last Answer : Answer : SCHOOL has many symmetrical lines in the letter O.
Description : Is there a medication for relief of dizziness?
Last Answer : Yes – if you want an OTC try bonine or dramamine. They are for motion sickness but can help with dizziness. Or call your doctor for meclizine or something stronger.
Description : Any ladies taking the medication "visanne"?
Last Answer : I might be wrong, but I think that drug is not available in America, and the majority of the people on this website are American. We do have users from all over the world here, but you might be better off trying a forum based out of the UK or Australia if English is your only language.
Description : What preemptive medication would you have to take to make it safe to eat the slain animals your cat brings you?
Last Answer : I’d eat the cat. If the animal that it ate didn’t kill the cat, then cat itself is probably edible.
Description : What medication are you on?
Last Answer : Thyroid meds. Vitamin D, B12, and iron.
Description : Has anyone experienced high blood pressure while taking a cholesterol lowering medication?
Last Answer : answer:Assuming your weight is within normal range, the usual suggestion is to exercise regularly to get your heart pumping and possibly to meditate to assuage anxiety. Common-sense stuff. My sister is now walking about 6 ... This is not for the faint-at- heart. She is almost 68, 5'9 and 139 lbs.
Description : "Don't combine alcohol and medication, regardless of who you are, and regardless of what kind of medication"?
Last Answer : It is a game of Russian Roulette.
Description : Have you had memory/concentration problems from medication?
Last Answer : answer:I don't have quite as good concentration as I used to. I don't know for sure that it's because of Celexa, but I think it might be. Even if it is from the medication, I think it may ... to concentrate on work for hours at a time. Overall it's a net gain because the anxiety sucked. Good luck.
Description : What happens to you if you go off of medication (anti-depressants) on your own?
Last Answer : Many antidepressants have a really bad reaction if you quit cold turkey. The one symptom I have heard f is a rebound effect. The way I have heard it described is that when you turn your ... have a better description. I would say that you should work with a doctor to gradually reduce your dosage.
Description : How are hormones taken from pigs and other animals for medication?
Last Answer : The hormones are a byproduct of slaughter houses. The also get heart valves for open heart surgery from them. Had a work associate named June, that raised hogs specifically for heart vales. Another associate had open heart surgery, we always thought Gerry got his valves from June farm.
Description : Have you found the right medication(s)?
Last Answer : answer:Medications and testing has improved over the years. When I first started going to doctors for being tired and irritable all the time, they said I had female problems and suggested Valium. I ... diet and exercise get bad again, and as a result, my hormones are sometimes out of balance.
Description : Can I drink alcohol on my prescription medication?
Last Answer : Read the product info sheet that comes with the Cefadroxil. If you go to the company’s website, I am sure you can find it there in case you don’t have the product info sheet anymore.
Description : Am I able to drink alcohol while on my medication?
Last Answer : There was probably a lot of information given to you with your prescription. Did this information address that question? Your best bet is to ask your doctor that prescribed this drug as he/she will know your medical background. Welcome to Fluther.
Description : If the big pharmas had their way, would every man, woman and child be on some sort of medication for something?
Last Answer : Yeah, money is money.
Description : How does one deal with a spouse who feels that taking an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety medication is unnecessary and equates with drug abuse?
Last Answer : If you were diabetic would he object to insulin? If you had high blood pressure would he object to blood pressure meds? Sometimes medication to balance out the brain chemistry is necessary. Would he believe an explanation to that end from a physician?
Description : Will a primary care physician give additional pain medication?
Last Answer : This is definitely a question for your doctor.
Description : How would you feel if a medical device (or medication) you relied on was recalled for harming patients?
Last Answer : answer:I can tell you exactly how I'd feel, because I've been there! I've had issues with two different drugs in the past. One was a painkiller I had taken twice daily for quite some ... . I hope he learned to pay closer attention to people's medications when they're having an unexplained problem.
Description : Is it legal for Americans to buy prescription medication from Canada so long as they have a valid script?
Last Answer : Try calling Doctorsolve and see if they stock the drug and can fill it with your Dr.‘s Rx. I used it all the time to get drugs that were discontinued or just cheaper. It is legal.
Description : Can taking medication for an illness be considered an addiction?
Last Answer : answer:No, but he/she will return to the symptomatic state that they were in before they started medication. Moat drugs are not addictive in nature.
Description : Are there any programs that help people with their medication costs?
Last Answer : Have you called Medicaid? You can also have her doctor refer a social worker to her case and they can come to the house and tell you all the services in your area that are available to her.
Description : What makes medication work this way?
Last Answer : answer:It sounds like just the way your body is handling it i'm 6'5 and 300 pounds and half a Vicodin is to much for me. Vicodin and similar drugs are essentially heroin only its made in a lab ... a narcotic no way to control how your body will handle it. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted.
Description : What happens when I sign a medication agreement for controlled medications?
Last Answer : Who is testing who? Is this for work? Where do you live?
Description : Does medication you take seep through your pores and leave traces on your skin like salt, garlic etc does?
Last Answer : I would think that if any did, it would be such a tiny amount, it couldn’t hurt your cat. I take Tramadol and morphine too, and my cat licks my fingers. She appears as healthy as can be.
Description : What do you think is a better medication for pain Marijuana or "lourtabs" (hydrocodene/acetametaphine)
Last Answer : I'm not all that familiar with those items, and have never used anything but the usual pain killers for occasional cramps that i get, but, i'll be in favour of whichever one is the friendliest to the body. I'd ... is illegal or not, if it's healthier for the body to use it, i'll find it and use it.
Description : Ouch! Headache. What do you do to treat a headache, aside from medication?
Last Answer : I drink lots of water and sit or lay in a quiet, dark room. I usually end up falling asleep and taking a little nap too. When my husband is home, I get him to give me a neck/shoulder massage because most of my headaches are tension headaches.
Description : Does a cat bite require special medication?
Last Answer : Sometimes. If your lymph nodes enlarge, call your doctor.
Description : Do you think you should be able to sue a drug manufacturer for a complication related to the medication if the possible side effect is already known and printed as a warning?
Last Answer : I think those class action suits are BS. If the side effects are printed and the patient is made aware of them then they take the medication at their own risk and of their own free will. If someone forced the medication down their throat, sue that person.
Description : Is there help for one who cannot afford to go to the doctor or buy medication?
Last Answer : Medicaid. And no, it’s not the doctor’s job. Talk to someone at the receptionist’s desk and they can direct you to someone in billing that will give you info. Also go here: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaideligibility/
Description : How do you cope with decreased libido brought on by medication?
Last Answer : Oysters? :-/ I haven’t had that problem with any medication. Which medication is it that is causing it? An antidepressant?
Description : What's the quickest way to get medication out of your system?
Last Answer : Drink lots of water and work out. Make yourself sweat and urinate it out. Don’t drink too much water, that could be dangerous if you’re high and your throat muscles are too relaxed.
Description : Do you take medication daily? For what? Are medications over-prescribed? Or are they a valuable resource?
Last Answer : I don't take any medications, at all. I used to be on pain killers, and muscle relaxants..after the birth of my son, from pain all the time. Be it uterine spasms, teeth pain, hip ... certain medications can be deadly. I think prescriptions are given in excess, but they are still very much needed.
Description : Medication question about diarrhea...
Last Answer : answer:Call your doctor-Some things shouldn’t be left to mere jellyfish :) I’m sure that the health professionals on this site would recommend the same as we have no idea about your medical history, allergies, or indications concerning your present prescription…good luck
Description : Good ways to get rid of a headache without the help of medication?
Last Answer : coffee usually does it for me.
Description : Could your body accept its old organ without anti-rejection medication after it's been in another body?
Last Answer : answer:Yes, I don't think it would have been changed. It does seem highly unlikely though. Transplant rejection is caused by the body's immune response to foreign material. The ... who receive transplants are given transplant rejection medications that reduce the body's immune response. Source
Description : How did you or a close friend or family member deal with the weird mixed emotions that sometimes happen when they started to recover from a chronic long term illness?
Last Answer : answer:Knowing that you can't get back those 10 years of misdiagnosis and severe lack of cooperation with doctors, etc., etc., being angry now is to much of a waste of engery. I do realize that ... out that you are now on the road to recovery because you found competent treatment (in your opinion).
Description : What are some odd/weird home remedies that you use?
Last Answer : My grandmother swears by a shot of Tobasco for allergy symptoms. I tried it once and have to say that allergies were not my main concern for a while.
Description : Is the reason why pot isn’t viewed the same as other medicine is because it is over prescribed?
Last Answer : Vicodin is overprescribed, and I don’t think anyone is discrediting that as a medication. Perhaps that plays a part, but I think there is a much bigger picture surrounding this debate.
Description : Pound for pound isn't a profession in law miles ahead of one in medicine?
Last Answer : answer:Only if the only factors you're interested are (1) a lack of time in education, (2) money. Personally, I see doctors as a guaranteed good. While some lawyers do good, there also plenty of bad too. So ... a lawyer. I'd like to add this slam poetry. It's a teacher, but it's the same mentality.
Description : Post pregnancy stomach; Isn't there a scientific name for a woman's belly post pregnancy?
Last Answer : Stupid flabby belly-itis? lol. I actually have never heard that it had a specific name. All I can think of is postpartum. Oh, maybe pregnancy pooch? http://www.babycenter.com/0_your-post-baby-belly-why-its-changed-and-how-to-tone-it_1152349.bc
Description : Why isn't there some sort of nationally used pharmacy system?
Last Answer : answer:It also could have serious repercussions for people's privacy, poofandmook. Did you know that many people who have serious diseases such as cancer do not tell their employers for fear of losing their jobs ... like Heath Leger's, the cost is too high in terms of one more loss of liberty.
Description : What's the difference between Prilosec and Nexium for the patient?
Last Answer : http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-questions/acid-reflux/which-is-better-for-acid-reflux-nexium-or-prilosec
Description : Once they are put on a morphine drip, how much longer is a lung cancer patient likely to survive?
Last Answer : answer:I am so sorry. It can be weeks actually, but might be days. If she is going down hill fast I am betting days. Does your aunt want the drip turned up so things maybe can end sooner? She probably has ... ? I'm allergic to morphine, I hope I get hit by a bus on the way to hospice near the end.
Description : Patient or Client?
Last Answer : I gotta agree with you 100%, but if you were a pharmacist, I could see client working for that one.
Description : MDs where do you send a patient that was referred to you?
Last Answer : I send them back to their original doctor who made the referral unless there is a reason to do otherwise.
Description : What happens when a patient is at a smallish regional hospital and needs a specialist surgeon?
Last Answer : Intuition says you bring the surgeon to it if it has all the equipment needed as its easier to move the surgeon than the patient in this case.
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Description : I One Chronic Dysentery Patient. In the village I live. Me A Medicine Says Day.
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