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Pills, Pills, Pills
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Dr. Matthew M.
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A few studies and media stories that have come out recently may helpt to shed some light on medications and how we use them. First, the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC and others have reported on an interesting study from MIT published in this week's JAMA that showed a placebo pill was more effective when patients thought it cost more money. Briefly, ...
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Pills, Pills, Pills
by
Dr. Matthew M.
A few studies and media stories that have come out recently may helpt to shed some light on medications and how we use them.First, theWall Street Journal,MSNBCand others have reported on an interesting study from MIT published in this week'sJAMAthat showed a placebo pill was more effective when patients thought it cost more money. Briefly, 82 hea ...
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The Pill
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Dani ..
The Pill - The pill aka birth control pill is an oralcontraceptive. It comes in many doses. The lowerdose variety is often preferred often because offewer side effects. To be considered "low dose" ithas to contain 35 mcg's or less of estrogen. Someexamples are Allesse, Yasmin,Nordette, Ortho-Cept,Mircette, LoOvral. There's even Seasonale ...
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Pills
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stipeygirl75
OK I just need to vent about one of my pet peeves. It's people telling me which pills I should and should not take. When I first started this whole mess, I had a heart surgery to fix my tachycardia (fast heartbeat) so that I wouldn't have to take pills anymore! HA! At that time I was only taking one pill! Now nine years later I'm on more like eigh ...
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Pills, Pills and more Pills..........
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imicsome
I've been on steroids continuously since April 26th. I think I've tolerated them fairly well. Minimal mood swings and no feeding frenzy's. Of course I've gained a terrible amount of weight that will take me year to get off, if ever. (I've tried not to focus on the weight gain. I can't control it so there is no need to make myself crazy over it).Bet ...
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Diet Pills
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Weight Master E.
I honestly believe the best and safest way to lose weight is proper diet and exercise; however, some people need diet pills in order to lose the first bit of weight. I know several people who have done this. They will take diet pill in order to lose 20 to 40lbs, and then they will quit the pill and just go strictly to exercise and proper diet. Even ...
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The Exercise Pill?
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Stephanie C.
Have you hear they made a new pill that substitutes for exercise?Now don't get too excited. The pill -- actually, two different pills -- have only been tested on mice and are not yet available for humans.Here's what people are saying about it.The New York Timespoints out the difference between the two pills and discusses alternate uses for the drug ...
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Thinking Outside of the Pill
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TheHolisticOption
By Carol Harblin (CHHC) Ever look at a pill? Why do we think that Tylenol or a prescription medication is going to solve all our problems with one swallow? Why do we blindly take that pill and not even have concern about the dangers of it? If it's given to you by a doctor on his little pad, then it has to be safe. This is the common thought of ...
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Diet Pill
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Weight Master E.
Those of you that are my regular readers know that I think the best way to lose weight is with an all natural method of exercise and healthy eating habits. However, I am aware that some people feel that they need a little help to get started or to boost their weight loss, and they use diet pills. One of the most popular diet pills that I have hea ...
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A Pill for Alcoholism?
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
NPR reported this weekend that the University of Virginia is conducting a study on a new drug to help alcoholics who are trying to quit drinking. The drug called topiramate (Topamax®) has shown some remarkable successes, but has not yet been approved by the FDA to treat alcoholics. To date, three medications-- disulfiram (Antabuse®), naltre ...
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