Slowly people are letting go of their love of NSAIDs (ibuprofen, ADVIL, Naproxen, NAPROSYN, etc). They are far from benign painkillers.
NSAIDs Are Harmful for Athletes and the Rest of Us
Doctors, Drugs, and Conflicts of Interest
Why are ethically tainted guidelines accepted in medicine and why are tainted commentaries published in prestigious medical journals? Why are docs so easily mislead by drug company marketing? How is that drug companies are allowed to continue to operate with civil and criminal misdeeds merely a part of their cost of doing business?
A Burning Question – Harmful GERD Treatment
No health care provider wants any patient to suffer pain, including from GERD. But the truth, dramatically highlighted by this new study, is that treatment has consequences and ignorantly applied treatment is flat out harmful. Instead of merely suppressing a symptom, hiding it away, the point MUST be to fix the problem. As the The Hippocratic Oath states “First, Do no harm”.
Heart Disease Myths
Everybody knows how to prevent heart disease. Not really. Everybody just thinks they know. In truth, just about everybody is pretty much wrong.
Pharmacy Pricing Shenanigans
Prescription drugs are too expensive. You can’t be certain you will get the best price by insisting on generic drugs from big chain pharmacies. With a little bit of research you can save yourself a great deal of money.
Breast Cancer and Medication
Many years ago a study came out linking increased use of antibiotics to an increased rate of breast cancer. That study considered cumulative use of all antibiotics, not one specific antibiotic, thus suggesting a range of possible causes. There was insufficient evidence to prove that the antibiotics caused the breast cancers or even certainly made women […]
Lethal Adverse Effect of Common Antibiotic Discovered
One of the most popular antibiotics, azithromycin, has now been shown to cause fatal heart rhythms in some people. You might have heard of it as ZITHROMAX, or in a conveniently packaged series of doses called Z-PAK. Although rare, the severity certainly grabs our attention and warrants concern. This lethal adverse effect is not a […]