Drugs & Medications
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UPDATED IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FROM AAFP
For the first time in decades, the American Academy of Family Physicians has published an immunization schedule of its own…
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SLEEPING PILLS DURING PREGNANCY
Women in the first trimester of pregnancy (the first three months after conception) are always advised to take medications, for…
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NEW SIDE EFFECTS OF GLP-1’S
Several months ago I posted an article about “Prescribing GLP-1 Receptor Agonists,” on DrGOpines.com. In it, I reported that along…
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WEIGHT REGAIN WHEN GLP-1’S STOPPED
After months and months of touting the virtues of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists, GLP-1’s, medical researchers have turned their focus…
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COMBINATION DRUGS FOR HIGH BP
I have written this many times before, but policies and protocols in medicine are always changing. After several years of…
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TREATING ACUTE MIGRAINE PAIN
Patients who suffer the misery of migraine headaches are given a special designation that sufferers of other diseases do not…
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OLDER AMERICANS QUITTING GLP-1’S
It was bound to happen, eventually. The 21st century’s wonder drugs, GLP-1 Receptor agonists, have finally developed a chink in…
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NEW NON-OPIOID PAIN MEDICATION
Blowing up drug running boats in the Caribbean is one way to fight the opioid crisis, but developing a safe…
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PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS AND NSAID’S
If you take a non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or diclofenac, you may be aware of…
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PPI’S NOT WITHOUT RISKS
PPI is the acronym for Proton Pump Inhibitors, drugs that reduce stomach acid and are used to treat acid-related disorders…
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