The Complexity of Medication Reactions When starting a new medication, it’s natural to wonder what to expect in terms of side effects. The truth is, medications don’t have a universal impact on everyone; reactions can range from mild discomforts to severe, life-altering symptoms. But why...
During the next two weeks, the patient continued to have dry cough and mild pleuritic chest pain but no systemic symptoms. He continued to work full time as a truck driver. The sedimentation rate increased to 68 mm. Repeat ANA was negative. A repeat chest roentgenogram revealed an enlarging effusion...
Adam’s jerking has increased as it was a few years ago… when we did the EEG and they said he had no seizure activity. My own anxiety feels seismic, and I wonder when all of this can explode, get worse, or if all my calming strategies for Adam...
Scheduling and medication errors plague patients with Parkinson's in the hospital, experts say. Read More...
New blood-thinners will provide much-needed alternatives to warfarin, experts say -- but at a price. Read More...
A simplified dosing schedule -- a "ridiculously simple" idea -- could help reduce medication errors for elderly patients, researchers say. Read More...
I’d like to offer a tribute and thanks to Gianna Kali for the incredible work she has done at Beyond Meds over the last four years. She has not only created a major resource on recovery but has done so during a difficult and often debilitating withdrawal...
Indiscriminate use of acid-reducing drugs can be hazardous to older people, experts say. Read More...
William Harryman (writer/editor, fitness trainer, integral coach, and a graduate counseling psychology student) says, However, one risk factor is that MDMA can deplete serotonin levels in the brain (neurotoxicity), leading to depression, but the administration of alpha lipoic acid and other antioxidants...
Can Marijuana Ease PTSD? A Debate Brews (Jeff Brady at Vermont Public Radio, division of NPR), Meanwhile, policymakers in states with medical marijuana programs have to make decisions now, and they're reaching different conclusions. While New Mexico found there's enough evidence to approve marijuana...
Have you ever felt so sad, that sad where zoning out can mask momentarily? Where a laugh can give you a spritzer of joy, but falls flat into felling of sorrow? I do not want to take my medications anymore, they make me feel less of a man. I want to feel my virility as I effortlessly strum her passion...
A new brochure helps family members home for holiday visits talk to their parents about their multiple medications. Read More...
This drug has made a world of difference to me in treating my PTSD. It helps with the major symptoms during the day and affords me a more restful sleep at night. I have been taking Prazosin for about six months now and have had my dosage raised to 6mg, 2mg in the day and up to 4mg at night. Depending...