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How To Save Money When Buying Prescription Medicine

Van — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:44 -0500

How To Treat MRSA

bronwyn — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:08:23 -0600

MRSA, or methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, is a rather frightening antibiotic-resistant bacteria. About one-third of the general population are "carriers" - that is, they have MRSA bacteria on or in their body but show no symptoms of the infections.

How To Use Caffeine to Treat Migraines

bronwyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:42:43 -0600

Caffeine gets a bad reputation for causing headaches, and it is true that one of the most common symptoms of caffeine withdrawal is a headache. However, caffeine can also be used to treat certain types of headaches - specifically migraines and tension headaches.

Understand how caffeine affects tension headaches. Tension headaches are the most common type of headache, and are often described as a constant dull pain. During a tension headache episode, blood vessels dilate, or open wider than normal. Caffeine actually helps the blood vessels to constrict, helping the headache subside.In fact, analgesics with caffeine are 40% more effective than those without in treating headaches. This explains why many people treat tension headaches with caffeine.

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How To Get the Most Out of Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Hypothyroidism

JimLow — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:46 -0600

People taking thyroid hormone replacement medication for hypothyroidism need to follow a set routine for taking their medication. Hormone therapy can have a delicate balance; even small variations in the levels created in the body from taking a hormone medication can greatly affect how well a patient feels. The steps below help to insure the best results from thyroid hormone replacement therapy.

How To Manage Your Medications

bronwyn — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:32:02 -0600

It's not just the elderly who have trouble keeping track of their meds. Whether it's vitamins, herbal supplements, or prescription drugs, it can be hard to keep track of medications that you take. It is also extremely important to take your medications at the time your doctor recommends, so try these tips to manage your medications!

How To Treat a Cold

bronwyn — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:05:57 -0600

Having a cold is no fun for anyone. We all know the feeling of waking up with a scratchy throat and spending the rest of the day sneezing and coughing. While there is still no cure for the common cold, there are several ways to relieve the cold symptoms and possibly shorten the duration of the cold.

How To Save Money on Prescriptions

bronwyn — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:32:34 -0500

We all know that health care costs keep going up. Luckily, there are some ways to save money on prescription drugs so that you are not struggling to afford necessary medication! Savings will depend upon your health insurance plan and prescription drug coverage, but there are ways for everyone to save on their prescriptions.

How To Use Children's Cold Medicine

bronwyn — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:30:56 -0500

With new worries about the safety and effectiveness of children's cough and cold medicine surfacing, many parents are finding it very difficult to know what to do when their children are sick. If you are one of those parents, don't worry! There is still plenty that you can do to help your child through a cold.

How To Swallow 30 Pills At One Time Safely

cgghxdxrx — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:57:40 -0500

How many of you have problems even swallowing one pill or capsule? Reasons for that range from fear of choking to dry pills that leave a terrible taste in your mouth. Natural reflex instincts your body uses in an almost unconscious fashion to protect you from swallowing something that might do harm to the body is the trigger for your difficulty.

So it becomes necessary to persuade the body and mind that the particular items you put into your mouth (purposely) are safe to swallow. Call it a training process anyone can easily and quickly do--it takes maybe 30 minutes. Think about it. You can easily swallow a big forkful of prime rib in one easy gulp, yet one tiny little pill half the size of a pea is a threat. Am I right?

Go through these training steps slowly:

How To Stop Taking Sleeping Pills

Staff468 — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:52:00 -0500

How many times have we all heard the promise that sleeping pills are non-narcotic and non-addictive? While these pills may not be addictive, they often become habit-forming. Most people who take sleeping pills admit that their pill-induced sleep is not as satisfying as natural sleep, yet for many people under various circumstances, sleeping pills are the best temporary solution to sleeping difficulty. Here are some tactics that will help you reestablish your independence from sleeping pills.

Start by avoiding sleeping pills on the weekend. That way, if you discover that a good night's sleep is elusive without the pills, your work performance won't suffer for it. And beyond that, sleeping difficulty won't stress you out as much on the weekend as it would during the work week. Which leads us to...

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