Medicine

Does The Pharmaceutical Industry Stand Up To Scrutiny? Everyone who needs to buy prescription medicines on a regular basis knows that the pharmaceutical industry is robustly healthy when it comes to profits. Pharmaceutical companies often tout the years of research required to bring a product to market as the reason your 10-day supply of antibiotics sets you back a staggering $200. However, common sense

Ambien Addiction Today, you can't watch television for more than an hour without seeing an ad for some new drug you're invited to ask your doctor to prescribe for you. The ads usually show some pastoral or family scene, while an understated, comforting, good bedside manner voice narrates in the background.

Side Affects When you start taking any type of medication, you have to know that you could experience side affects to those drugs. Though many of the over the counter drugs that you buy won’t do much, there are usually some things that happen when you have to take a prescription. In many cases, these drugs are much more powerful than the stuff you buy in the store. When drugs are this powerful, you can expect that they are going to

Attention Deficit Disorder Medication Attention Deficit Disorder medication has been under fire for some time. Since many of the patents who have this disorder are children, many parents and professionals are leery about medicating them. However, if carefully planned and administered, Attention Deficit Disorder medication can work wonders for a young person. The first thing that any parent or adult with ADD wants to do is to express their

Should You Get Flu Shots Every Year? Each year I have neglected to get flu shots, but I have always gotten one for my young daughter. I don’t know why I don’t get one for myself, but I guess it is because I am often the only one within my group of friends that does not catch everything that comes along. I guess it means that I have a good immune system, in general, and I don’t get sick very easily. However, I do realize

Allergy Shots Most people think of allergy shots as a simple convenience or even a luxury, but for me they were practically a lifesaver. Bad allergies can affect everything that you do. Chronic sinusitis,  a depressed immune system, low energy level, aches and pains, and many other problems can be triggered by nothing more exotic than chronic allergies. Once you nasal airways get clogged and you immune system gets triggered

Cough Medicine When we get sick with a nasty cold, one of the first things we want to do is take cough medicine I don’t often get colds, but when I do, that is indeed the first thing that I take out of the cupboard. When my little girl gets sick, I also give her cough medicine, but I make sure there is more time than recommended between doses. There are a few reasons I do this, and I may be out of my mind, but I think there is something to

Anxiety Medicine Treating anxiety and panic disorders can be more difficult than you would think. When I first was diagnosed with chronic anxiety, I figured that I would take anxiety medicine that would be it. In reality, however, it can be a little bit more difficult than that. There are many different kinds of anxiety medications, you see, and not all of them will be right for you. Some anxiety medicines can cause fatigue, while other ones might not be powerful