Flu season is here. It’s time to check my medicine cabinet. Do I have all my favorite remedies for fever, muscle aches, cough, stuffy nose, sinus pressure, and runny nose? Here are my “Must Have” medicines that I like to keep on hand for coughs, colds, and flu: Delsym® for relief of cough. Delsym® …
Aleve®
Q: I take Tylenol® for fever or headaches because it doesn’t upset my stomach like ibuprofen does, but my sister-in-law insists that Tylenol® is dangerous. There is new evidence that Tylenol® is usually very safe to use but CAN cause severe liver damage if you are not careful. Tylenol® was first used as a pain …
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Last Saturday morning Kathy and her best friend Ann were on a video conference call with me for a Medication Insider personal medication consultation. One of Kathy’s questions was about her first COVID vaccination, which was coming up in 4 days. A couple of her friends had experienced some discomfort and fever the next day …
Two weeks ago, I got my second COVID vaccination. Yaay! My COVID vaccine experience was similar to my Hepatitis B vaccine series that I received 30 years ago. A series of 3 shots, spaced out over 6 months, my first Hepatitis B shot didn’t cause any discomfort. The second one that I received one month …
Since most types of breast cancer are stimulated by estrogen, many women take an anti-estrogen medicine to prevent breast cancer, either to treat it directly or to help prevent it from coming back. There are two types of anti-estrogen medicines: estrogen blocking agents and estrogen production inhibitors. Tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) is an estrogen blocker that works …
A couple of years ago, I spent one long, miserable week in January in bed with influenza. I coughed, I sneezed, my nose ran, and it felt like every cell in my body HURT. And after I used up all of my cough and cold medicines, I felt even WORSE. Ever since, I check my …
