In countries where the cost of health care is high and the prices of medications a burden, many people are happy to received free drug samples from their health care providers.
A survey in the US which involved 10,295 children and adolescents (age below 18) gives the following information:
4.9% of all children received at least 1 [...]
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What do all of these conditions have in common? Morning sickness, eclampsia and pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes? They all affect pregnant women, no-one knows what causes them, and medical science has no way to medicate or treat them.
Morning sickness is normal and some doctors believe it is a sign of a healthy pregnancy, it’s [...]
Tags: Drugs, gestational diabeties, medical treatment, pre-eclampsia
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We are all wary of taking drugs during pregnancy and nursing. But there are many among us who – for medical reasons – have to take medications, pregnant or not. I have to take thyroid replacement hormone everyday for the rest of my life. Others take pills for a wide range of pre-existing conditions such [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, Drugs, FDA, medications, Pregnancy, product labeling
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I can’t count the number of times that I have popped a couple of Tylenols while drinking my morning coffee. Sometimes I wake up with a little headache – not surprisingly, this usually happens when the kids wake up crying in the middle of the night repeatedly – and every morning I enjoy a [...]
Tags: caffeine, Drugs, Tylenol
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Researchers are learning that alot of the pharmecutical drugs that we take on a day-to-day basis are not being filtered properly from our water and waste water treatment facilities. Some of the active ingredients in things like cholesterol fighters, tranquilizers and anti-epileptic medications actually resist our current treatment processes. These chemicals are finding their way, [...]
Tags: contaminated water supply, Drugs, pharmacuticals, tap water
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