Drugs & Medications
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MULTIVITAMINS ARE GREAT PLACEBOS
We all know people who spend a ton of money on vitamins—Vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin B, any brand, any…
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MONITOR PATIENTS ON GLP-1’S
Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1RA’s) are drugs you don’t prescribe for a patient and then forget about. They are…
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HOME INR TESTING FOR WARFARIN
Are you one of the 6 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation? If so, do you take a blood thinner…
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BEST AND SAFEST DRUGS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Drugs designed to improve the dementia found in Alzheimer’s sufferers have not lived up to their “billing.” By that, I…
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DOES METFORMIN AFFECT DIABETES?
Metformin is the first drug physicians have prescribed for the treatment of diabetes for several decades. It has been the…
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TREATING FEVER IN CHILDREN
Fever! It’s one of the more common reasons doctors receive calls at 2:00 or 3:00 am. Viral and bacterial infections…
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WHY AVOID ASPIRIN IN CHILDREN?
In a recent blog, I wrote about the use of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children.…
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ARE YOU AT RISK FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION?
At my age, most of my friends and acquaintances have, or have had, Atrial Fibrillation! It is the most common…
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POST MI BETA BLOCKERS QUESTIONED
For many years, doctors have been told that patients who suffered an acute myocardial infarction, a heart attack, were all…
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RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE HAS IMPROVED STATS
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, RSV, as its name implies, is a respiratory virus that causes upper and lower respiratory infections. Upper—cold,…
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