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Are Your Medications Changing Your Personality?
Have you ever felt not quite yourself? Ever say or do something that seemed so completely out of character that even you weren’t sure what happened? A medication could be to blame. It might sound like something out of a science fiction story, but it’s true: What’s in your medicine cabinet could be changing your personality. From aggression to changing the ability to empathize or exacerbating compulsive...
October 27, 2023
Medication Errors: What They Are, How They Happen and How to Avoid Them
According to the US National Library of Medicine, adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors are an underreported burden, -affecting nearly one million people annually. Adverse drug events, which are injuries as a result of medications due to overdose, medication errors, and other drug reactions, are a leading cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Among adults, the -leading causes...
September 9, 2022
Are Your Meds Messing With Your Gut?
Many have started to realize that our guts are complex biological systems filled with trillions of -microscopic residents. This diverse array of bacteria live in cooperation with our bodies, working to keep our systems balanced and functioning—and in return, we offer them a place to live. Experts have warned for some time now that -antibiotics- can have harmful impacts on our gut health, but now they’re...
December 2, 2021
Healthy Living Study Results on Longevity
Taking medication is so common today, it seems like everyone does it. But though meds are important and can help us manage our conditions, when it comes to longevity healthy lifestyle choices — like eating right and exercising — may have much bigger benefits than anything that comes in a bottle. Let’s take a look at the role our lifestyle choices play in lifespan. The Benefit of Medications for Better...
March 17, 2021
The Cardiac Risks of Several Common Medications
We take medications in the hope of improving our lives, and most of us trust that the positive effects usually outweigh the negative ones. Just as importantly, we trust that most of what we’re taking is as safe as it is effective. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes our medications do much more harm than good, including the worst possible outcome. Hydroxychloroquine and Heart Rhythm - Once only...
July 15, 2020
With Blood Pressure, Med Timing Matters
The time of day -blood pressure pills- are taken could determine how effectively they work. In fact, research has found that taking hypertension medication at the proper time could dramatically decrease the risk of death, cardiovascular disease and circulatory issues. That’s right! Something as simple as changing the time of day of medication ingestion could vastly improve health outcomes and reduce...
February 24, 2020
How You Might Be Misusing Prescription Medication
No one wants to suffer any longer than they have to, whether it’s from a nasty flu or a twinging muscle in your back. You might put off a doctor’s visit for a few days, chug some orange juice or swallow some ibuprofen, but there’s a certain point where that doesn’t cut it anymore. You can’t handle the discomfort any longer, and it’s seriously disrupting your life. So you go to the doctor and get a...
November 14, 2017
The Danger of Drug Reactions & Simple Ways to Minimize the Risks
With approximately 13,000 (and counting) prescription drugs on the market, roughly 100,000 over-the-counter (OTC) drug products widely available, and a pharmaceutical industry that seems intent on driving home the “just take a pill and you’ll feel better” mentality for every condition imaginable, medication use is at an all-time high in this country. The problem with this scenario is that each drug...
December 16, 2008