Natural Health Remedies
For Your Body and Mind
Margie Garrison
"The Arthritis Lady"
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Life Saving List for any hospital visit!
Personal comment from Margie.
I am writing this because of my recent hospital stay. My doctor wanted me to have a Cardiac catheterization done. I checked into the hospital at 6 am. For the out patient procedure which took over 2 hours, and then went to recovery room where I had to lay flat and keep my right leg flat for at least 3 hours. He put the opening in the top of my right thigh into the femoral artery.
Everything went fine. They gave me morphine and something else to keep pain down but keep me be half way alert so he could talk to me while doing the procedure.
In recovery a nurse came to put a catheter in. I was sort of bleary eyed and half awake. She
was very rough and it really hurt.
My daughter Susan was there the whole day. She told the nurse that I was in pain and if she could give me something for it.
When the nurse came in she asked me how much I wanted 2 or 4 she was indignant. My daughter said... "Wait, 2 or 4 what? Why would you ask a woman who is under the influence of drugs from a procedure, can't stay awake and barely knows her own name such a question". With my daughters help we found out it was morphine sulfate she was giving me and decided 2 mg would be plenty. But isn't it the doctors responsibility to prescribe dosage? Not the patients.
I was finally sent home late that afternoon.
After a few days noticed I had some burning in the vaginal area and discomfort. I drank a lot of water. Also I noticed redness in that area. It has not cleared up completely and until I read this article I was not aware of why it was happening.
Not only did she not follow the directions below, except she did put on rubber gloves, but she make no apology for hurting me.
One of the reasons I had my daughter, Susan at the hospital with me was to make sure they gave me no drugs before explaining what they were and why they are needed. Also, I have found if you don't have a family member with you, you needs are not always attended to very well and you may not able or willing to ask the questions that might make you very sorry for later.
Life Saving List
No Brainer Breakthrough
Working in the trenches of the intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins, Peter Pronovost, MD, noticed something. Often, amid the chaos and stress of the busy ICU, his colleagues would fail to follow basic guidelines for preventing bacteria from invading the tubes, or lines that deliver medicine and fluids directly to major blood vessels.
Each year, hospitals see roughly 80,000 cases of line infections, which cause longer stain in the hospital, spiraling costs and sometimes DEATH.
Figuring these complications could be avoided, Dr. Pronovost instituted something so simple, his colleagues initially found it insulting. HE devised a concise checklist for all doctors and nurses must follow when inserting central lines.
Should any doctor fail to complete the instructions, a nurse would be nearby to correct the physician,
From 2001 to 2002, the hospital's rate of line infections dropped from 11 a day to zero. And saved an estimated $1.8 million.
Soon after, Michigan adopted the same check list and saw infection rate slashed 60% within 3 months.
After 2 years the Michigan Health and Hospital Ass. estimates that the project has saved 1,600 lives and $165 Million.
Why isn't this done hospital wide? If it were nationwide it would save 18,000 lives and $2 Billion Dollars.
He recommends you ask your local health care association and ask for your hospital's infection rates and then find out what has done to eliminate them.
Here is the check list
1. Wash your hands.
2. Clean the patients skin with cholohexidine antiseptic.
3. Place sterile drapes over the patient's entire body.
4. Wear a sterile gown, hat, mask and gloves.
5. Put a sterile dressing over the catheter site once the line is inserted.
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Articles For July 2008
July 31, 2008
- New Rules For Living Longer
- High Blood Pressure - Is this medication for you? Caduet, read before taking!
- Life Saving List for any hospital visit!
July 24, 2008
- Sleep Drug - Rozerem & Side Effects
- Alternative, i.e., natural, health care is illegal in Tennessee
- You Can Prevent and Reverse Memory Loss
July 17, 2008
- Lead Found in Some Lipsticks. Beware this can lead to Alzheimer's disease
- How to Handle Pain Yourself Without Drugs
- Lyrica for Fibromyalgia - Should You Take it or Not
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Sleep Drug Rozerem & Side Effects
Taken from a major magazine. Word for word.
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Your dreams miss you. When you can't sleep you can't dream. But now there is Rozerem, a sleep aid like no other. Rozerem is approved for adults having trouble falling asleep. In fact, it's the first and only prescription sleep aid that in clinical studies shows no potential for abuse or dependence... Take it when you need it, stop when you don't.
Your doctor can explain why Rozerem is so different. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: Don't take if you're taking Luvox or have severe liver problems. Avoid taking it with alcohol.
Don't drive or operate machinery until you know how you will react to Rozerem. Rozerem may affect some hormones.
Consult your doctor about how this may affect you, of if your insomnia doesn't improve.
Take Rozerem right before bed. Side effect may include drowsiness, fatigue and dizziness.
Ask your doctor if Rozerem is right for you. Your dreams miss you.
Margie's note... Then in teeny tiny print I had to use a magnifying glass to read it went on...
WARNINGS (their large print not mine) since sleep disturbances may be the presenting manifestation of a physical and/or psychiatric disorder, symptomatic treatment of insomnia should be initiated only after a careful evaluation of the patient.
The failure of insomnia to remit after a reasonable period of treatment may indicate the presence of a primary psychiatric and/or a medical illness that should be evaluated. Worsening of insomnia, or the emergence of new cognitive or behavioral abnormalities, may be the result of an unrecognized underlying psychiatric or physical disorder and requires further evaluation of the patient.
As with other hypnotics, exacerbation of insomnia and emergence of cognitive and behavioral abnormalities were seen with Rozerem during the clinical development stage.
Rozerem should not be used by patients with severe hepatic impairment. It should not be used in combination with fluvoxamine.
A variety of cognitive and behavior changes have been reported to occur in association with the use of hypnotics. In primarily depressed patients, worsening of depression, including suicidal, ideation, has been reported.
Patients should avoid engaging in hazardous activities that require operating a motor vehicles or heavy machinery after taking it.
It has been associated with an effect on reproductive hormones in adults, decreased testosterone levels and increased prolatin levels...
Patients should be advised they should not take Rozerem with or immediately after a high-fat meal.
Contact your doctor if this product results in cessation of menses or galactorrhea in females, decreased libido or problems with fertility.
Pregnant women or those who might become pregnant should not take this product. Don't use unless the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
Rozerem is secreted into the test animals but no tests have been done to see if this does the same thing to human a fetus.
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Personal opinion from Margie. I am forever and sadly astounded at the number of people who will take any prescription the doctor gives them and NEVER reads the small print.
Since you rarely see you doctor for more than 3 or 4 minutes (that is the time allotted to you) do not blame him for not telling you all this. He only knows what the company reps tell him who are selling him on pushing their drugs.
If after reading the side effects you still take it do not blame anyone but yourself when these side effects hit you.
One doctor commented to me that the odds are so high that it would affect you, than why not take it. Well if I am one of those it effects the odds were 100%.
Again I tell about my son's ex wife, (we remained friendly) who let her baby get the shots the doctor and the government said he had to take and he had an allergic reaction and went into a coma. Died within months. It was and still is a travesty of what is happening today to over 410,934 people in the United State who die each year due to the wrong prescription, or the wrong dose of medications given to them by the hospitals and their doctors.
Just read the small print. Your life may depend on it.
Alternative, i.e., natural, health care is illegal in Tennessee
Pharmacist fined for natural therapies (1 million dollars!)
The OUTLAWING of Nature and Health! This is an outrage - and shows clearly the stranglehold control that Big-Pharma has over the health/lives of citizens- via the dictatorial, legalistic Criminalization and Elimination of Nature and the wisdom of millennia - in a "supposedly" free country - that now insists on "exporting/ inflicting" this Dictatorial-Corporate/Big-Brother-Government Control on the rest of the planet via the regulations of CODEX - all in the NAME of "Protecting us!".
We truly live in an era of unprecedented "official" fraud, criminality and insanity.
A vehement and immediate response to this injustice and outrage is absolutely essential.
Inge Hanle
Please e-mail [email protected] and/or phone the state Commissioner of the Department of Health, Susan Cooper at 615-741-3111 or the Board of Medical Examiners at 615-532-3202.
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Please pass this info on.
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The Board of Medical Examiners with a corrupt judge as usual are squandering their resources, or should I say doing their real job, by unlawfully and abusively interfering with our rights to choose nutrition as a therapy. Could the phenomenal success, safety and use of nutrients be a factor? Who exactly are they protecting? It sure is not the consumer!
The absurdity of their excuse that "alternative therapies are harmful" and prevent the use of "proper medical care" is the height of arrogance given the death and carnage from "proper medical care". Why should people, at their own expense, turn to other non medical solutions if the essentially free "proper medical care" worked in the first place?
It does not take rocket science to understand that nutrient and not drug deficiency causes disease. With so many safe non drug solutions available. that, in the main, can get to the roots of disease, why then are the generally harmful disease masking and often disease causing drugs foisted on the unsuspecting? Could it be "proper medical care" can't compete?
Chris Gupta
Published: Sept. 14, 2007 at 12:16 AM
NASHVILLE, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Tennessee pharmacist has received a $1 million fine for treating customers at his health food store with juices and dietary supplements.
The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners ruled in May that Larry Rawdon's practice of treating ailments such as cancer with alternative therapies is harmful, The Nashville Tennessean reported Thursday.
The $1 million fine is the largest the board has ever handed out, the newspaper said.
A former patient of the Hohenwald, Tenn., pharmacist has created the group MyHealthMyChoice to raise money for Rawdon's fine and petition to make alternative health care legal in Tennessee, the newspaper reported.
He is not alone. People all over the United States have been arrested, fined, jailed and lost their business because they were telling people how to get the proper nutrition from their food so their immune system could repair any damage to their bodies.
It brings back the McCarthy era when people from Hollywood to stock brokers to farmers etc where blacklisted for something they said or a meeting they might have attended.
And now the lawmakers in Washington are trying to pass a law to take the picture of the cross off anything that belongs to the government.
How do you think they are going to remove the thousands of crosses from the graves or our soldiers at Arlington Cemetery?
Would you allow that?"
I have a picture of the cemetery that is awesome and heart breaking.
If you would like it just email me at [email protected]
I lost a step-brother in WWII. My father fought in WWI, My first husband spent his time in submarines in the South Pacific, My eldest son, Tom, became a Green Beret in the Special Forces and spent 1 ½ tours in Thailand and Laos with top secret clearance and lost 5 of his buddies on a secret mission.
He came home and was so damaged that to this day he has to be in assisted living. He spent over 26 years in government hospitals. So I guess I just get stirred up to think they are such stupid people in Washington who haven't enough brains that they would spend their time even thinking about doing something like this.
Tom's best friend Ernie, was caught in a raid and they used flame throwers on them in the jungle of Nam. He was medi-vaced home and he lost his ears and was burned to the point they thought he would die. His wife spent day and night at his side and he recovered to be able to return to Michigan to his farm. Neither Tom nor Ernie have ever said in any way that they wished they had not served their country.
Both men were spit at when they came home. It was not a time that I am proud of for our country.
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Personal note from Margie, after writing the above article I sometimes wish my memory was not so good. I still live knowing that our President knew weeks before Pearl Harbor that the Japanese were planning a full strike to either Pearl Harbor or the Philippines.
He knew hours before 12-7-41 it was Pearl Harbor. Yet instead of warning the heads of the Navy and Army Forces there by telephone decided to send a telegram instead. It did not read it's destination until after the attack.
Sometimes I also regret that I have read over 15,000 books and love history.
To find out what was closest to the truth in history you have to read about it when it is written 50 years latter so writers have access to so called secret documents.
Didn't mean to get off on a tangent.
But it feels good.
You Can Prevent and Reverse Memory Loss
Personal note from Margie, after writing this article I sometimes wish my memory was not so good. I still live knowing that our President knew weeks before Pearl Harbor that the Japanese were planning a full strike to either Pearl Harbor or the Philippines.
He knew hours before 12-7-41 it was Pearl Harbor. Yet instead of warning the heads of the Navy and Army Forces there by telephone decided to send a telegram instead. It did not read it's destination until after the attack.
Sometimes I also regret that I have read over 15,000 books and love history.
To find out what was closest to the truth in history you have to read about it when it is written 50 years latter so writers have access to so called secret documents.
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Source Vernon H Mark, MD, clinical affiliate in the department of neuron-surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital...
We all worry about losing our memory, but it can be reversed.
First, don't worry about it. Avoid brain toxins… Alcohol… Chronic Stress… relax you cortex… get treatment for depression if you have it… take liquid vitamin supplements… prevent arterial disease… protect your heard (think of boxers and how the blows to the head had affected them such as Mohammad Ali).
One hidden cause of memory loss that doctors often miss is a "mini stroke". Each adult has about 100 billion brain cells(neurons). Following a brain injury a group of brain cells, sometimes as few as three, can generate an abnormal discharge of electrical activity called a "seizure". More than one seizure is said to be epilepsy.
This is hard to diagnose.
The popular allergy and insomnia drug "diphenhydramine" or "Benadryl" can cause confusion and memory loss..
Hospital patients age 70 and older were given diphenydramine, 42% suffered from memory lapses, altered speech, disorientation or impaired alertness.
Nuetrceuticals are for memory problems.
Herbs, vitamins and minerals that can be used to relieve or prevent many health conditions. These products may reduce the oxidative damage by free radicals. This damage can lead to arthritis, heart disease and other chronic conditions… they have no side effects and cost less...
3 grams (g) to 6 (g) of DHA or docosahexanoic acid is the most abundant fatty acid in the brain. Foods rich in this include eggs, organ meats, cold-water fish and wild game.
Folat 800 (meg) micrograms lowers levels of the blood protein homocysteine, reducing the risk for stroke and other vascular events that can lead to dementia.
Ginko 60 (mg) milligrams twice daily. It increases blood glow to parts of the brain that lack sufficient circulation. However do not take if taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as aspirin, ibuprofen etc. or prescription blood thinners, such as warafarin, (Coumadin)
Vitamin E. this antioxidant blocks the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol and may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Lead Found in Some Lipsticks. Beware, this can lead to Alzheimer's disease.
Alert your friends!
Something to consider next time you go shopping for lipstick......
This comes from someone who works in the breast cancer unit at Mt. Sinai Hospital, in Toronto. From: Dr. Nahid Neman
If there is a female you care anything about, share this with her. I did!!!!! I am also sharing this with you because you need to tell everyone and the people THEY care about as well!
Recently a lipstick brand called "Red Earth" decreased their prices from $67 to $9.90. It contained lead. Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.
The lipstick Brands that contain lead are:
1. CHRISTIAN DIOR
2. LANCOME
3. CLINIQUE
4. Y.S.L
5. ESTEE LAUDER
6. SHISEIDO
7. RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
8. CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
9. MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.
The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing cancer. After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick contained the most amount of lead.
Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to
stay longer. If your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.
Here is the test you can do yourself:
1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black, then you know the lipstick contains lead.
Please send this information to all your girlfriends, wives and female family members. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer.
How to Handle Pain Yourself Without Drugs
Pain is both an emotion and a sensation. Learn how you can help ease this.
Here are some tips in handling your pain level.
1. Think of ways you can reduce your discomfort.
2. Stop using the term (pain) use discomfort or disease.
3. Focus on a part of the body that does not hurt.
4. Expectations about pain can be self-fulfilling. If you think it will be bad, it will be and you might even feel worse than you should.
5. Keep a 2 week diary. Put down your pain level with 10 the worse and 1 nothing. Put down what you ate each day. You will be able to see which days were worse than others and what did you eat and drink. What we eat and drink affects how we hurt.
6. Do not dwell on your pain. By dwelling on the pain your brain must devote itself to it and the longer you will hurt.
7. Control your thoughts. When a negative thought comes in, squash it down and put it in a mental box and lock it with a mental key. Think of a time when you are happy.
8. Play a video game, read a book, take a walk, take a hot bath or shower.
9. Enjoy some music. Sing to yourself or out loud. But be careful with this. I used to do this when my kids would be playing outside and they would rush in to see what the matter with their mother.
10. Don't be a drama King or Queen. Like saying maybe I have cancer. This pain will never get better etc. This magnifies your discomfort and leads to greater disability.
11. Change your focus to something other than your own self. There is always some one worse off than you.
12. Stress is the greatest cause of pain. Learn to turn stress into something relaxing.
13. Stop being stressed out. Practice any form of relaxation.
14. Listen to tapes or CD's. You will find you need less and less pain drugs.
Lyrica for Fibromyalgia - Should you Take it or Not
Patient Information Overview
Pronounced: LEER- i- kah
Generic name: Pregabalin capsules
Category: Fibromyalgia Medication
Read the Patient Information that comes with LYRICA before you start taking it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your condition or treatment. If you have any questions about LYRICA, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?
1. LYRICA may cause serious allergic reactions. Call your doctor right away if you think you have any of the following
symptoms of a serious allergic reaction:
* swelling of the face, mouth, lips, gums, tongue or neck
* have any trouble breathing
* Other allergic reactions may include rash, hives and blisters.
2. LYRICA may cause dizziness and sleepiness.
* Do not drive a car, work with machines, or do other dangerous activities until you know how LYRICA affects how alert you are. Ask your doctor when it is okay to do these activities.
3. LYRICA may cause problems with your eyesight, including blurry vision.
* Call your doctor if you have any changes in your eyesight.
What is LYRICA?
LYRICA is a prescription medicine used in adults, 18 years and older, to treat:
* pain from damaged nerves (neuropathic pain) that happens with diabetes
* pain from damaged nerves (neuropathic pain) that follows healing of shingles (a painful rash that comes after a herpes zoster infection)
* partial seizures when taken together with other seizure medicines
* fibromyalgia
LYRICA has not been studied in children under 18 years of age.
Pain from Damaged Nerves (neuropathic pain) Diabetes and shingles can damage your nerves. Pain from damaged nerves may feel sharp, burning, tingling, shooting, or numb. If you have diabetes, the pain can be in your arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, or toes. If you have shingles, the pain is in the area of your rash. You may experience this kind of pain even with a very light touch. LYRICA can help relieve the pain. Some people taking LYRICA had less pain by the end of the first week of LYRICA therapy. LYRICA may not work for everyone.
Partial Seizures
Partial seizures start in one part of the brain. A seizure can make you fearful, confused, or just feel "funny". You may smell strange smells. A seizure may cause your arm or leg to jerk or shake. It can spread to other parts of your brain, make you pass out, and cause your whole body to start jerking. LYRICA can lower the number of seizures for people who are already
taking seizure medicine.
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a condition which includes widespread muscle pain and difficulty performing daily activities. LYRICA can help relieve the pain and improve function. Some people taking LYRICA had less pain by the end of the first week of LYRICA therapy.
LYRICA may not work for everyone.
Who Should Not Take LYRICA?
Do not take LYRICA if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is pregabalin. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in LYRICA.
What should I tell my doctor before taking LYRICA?
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you:
* have any kidney problems or get kidney dialysis
* have heart problems including heart failure
* have a bleeding problem or a low blood platelet count
* are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if LYRICA may harm your unborn baby. You and your doctor will have to decide if LYRICA is right for you while you are pregnant.
* are breastfeeding. It is not known if LYRICA passes into breast milk and if it can harm your baby. You and your doctor should decide whether you should take LYRICA or breastfeed, but not both.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take including prescription or non- prescription medicines, vitamins or herbal supplements. LYRICA and other medicines may affect each other. Especially tell your doctor if you take:
* angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. You may have a higher chance for swelling and hives if these medicines are taken with LYRICA. See "What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* Avandia® (rosiglitazone) or Actos® (pioglitazone) for diabetes. You may have a higher chance of weight gain or swelling if these medicines are taken with LYRICA. See "What are the possible side effects of LYRICA."
* any narcotic pain medicine (such as oxycodone), tranquilizers or medicines for anxiety (such as lorazepam). You may have a higher chance for dizziness and sleepiness if these medicines are taken with LYRICA. See "What is the
most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* any medicines that make you sleepy
Know all the medicines you take. Keep a list of them with you to show your doctor and pharmacist each time you get a new medicine.
Tell your doctor if you plan to father a child. Animal studies showed that pregabalin, the active ingredient in LYRICA, made male animals less fertile and caused sperm abnormalities. Also, in animal studies, birth defects occurred in the offspring of male animals who were treated with pregabalin. It is not known if these effects would happen in people.
How should I take LYRICA?
* Take LYRICA exactly as prescribed. Your doctor may adjust your dose during treatment. Do not change your dose without talking to your doctor.
* Do not stop taking LYRICA suddenly without talking to your doctor. If you stop taking LYRICA suddenly, you may have headaches, nausea, diarrhea or trouble sleeping. Talk with your doctor about how to slowly stop LYRICA.
* LYRICA is usually taken 2 or 3 times a day, depending on your medical condition. Your doctor will tell you how much LYRICA to take and when to take it. Take LYRICA at the same times each day.
* LYRICA may be taken with or without food.
* If you miss a dose by a few hours, take it as soon as you remember. If it is close to your next dose, just take LYRICA at your next regular time. Do not take two doses at the same time.
* If you take too much LYRICA, call your doctor or poison control center or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
What Should I Avoid While Taking LYRICA?
* . Do not drive a car, work with machines, or do other dangerous activities until you know how LYRICA affects how alert you are. See "What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* . Do not drink alcohol while taking LYRICA. LYRICA and alcohol can affect each other and increase side effects such as sleepiness and dizziness. This can be dangerous.
Do not take other medicines without talking to your doctor. Other medicines include prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. LYRICA and other medicines may affect each other and increase the side effects of swelling, sleepiness and dizziness. Be especially careful about medicines that make you sleepy (such as sleeping pills, anxiety medicines, tranquilizers and some antihistamines, pain relievers and seizure medicines).
What are the possible side effects of LYRICA?
LYRICA may cause side effects including:
* allergic reactions. See "What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* weight gain and swelling of the hands and feet (edema). Weight gain may affect the management of diabetes. Weight gain and swelling can also be a serious problem for people with heart problems.
* dizziness and sleepiness. See "What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* eyesight problems. See "What is the most important information I should know about LYRICA?"
* unexplained muscle problems, such as muscle pain, soreness, or weakness. If you develop these symptoms, especially if you also feel sick and have a fever, tell your doctor right away.
The most common side effects of LYRICA are:
* dizziness
* blurry vision
* weight gain
* sleepiness
* trouble concentrating
* swelling of hands and feet
* dry mouth
LYRICA caused skin sores in animals. Although skin sores were not seen in studies in people, if you have diabetes, you should pay extra attention to your skin while taking LYRICA and tell your doctor of any sores or skin problems.
LYRICA may cause some people to feel "high." Tell your doctor, if you have abused prescription medicines, street drugs, or alcohol in the past.
Tell your doctor about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the side effects of LYRICA. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
How should I store LYRICA?
* Store LYRICA at room temperature, 59 to 86° F (15 to 30° C) in its original package.
* Safely throw away LYRICA that is out of date or no longer needed.
* Keep LYRICA and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about LYRICA
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions other than those listed in patient information leaflets. Do not use LYRICA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give LYRICA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
This leaflet summarizes the most important information about LYRICA. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for information about LYRICA that is written for health professionals. You can also visit the LYRICA website at www.LYRICA.com or call 1- 866- 4LYRICA.
What are the ingredients In LYRICA?
Active ingredient: pregabalin
Inactive ingredients: lactose mono hydrate, cornstarch, talc;
Capsule shell: gelatin and titanium dioxide; Orange capsule shell: red iron oxide; White capsule shell: sodium lauryl sulfate, colloidal silicon dioxide. Colloidal silicon dioxide is a manufacturing aid that may or may not be present in the capsule shells.
Imprinting ink: shellac, black iron oxide, propylene glycol, potassium hydroxide.
Manufactured by:
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC
New Rules For Living Longer
There have been lots of myths over the years about our health. But some rules never change.
Were you told that thinner people live longer? Well, obesity IS a killer. But anyone over 55 tends to live longer and have fewer illnesses are pounds or so overweight. Usually 10. After age 70 those who are 5% to 10% overweight are more likely to live longer.
Yo-yo dieting is worse for your health than carrying around more pounds than you should. People have a lower risk of having a hip fracture, which can be extremely painful and dangerous.
We were told that as we age we need more sleep. However, I have found this false. I used to need 8 hours and could not really function on less. Not so now. At 81, almost 82, I get on average 7 hours and at least once a month I don't sleep at all.
It does not bother me as I know that the next night I will sleep just fine.
I do find also that taking that nap just does not make me a happy camper. Of course that could have something to do with the liquid drink I take. Endorsed by Deepak Chopra's Wellness Center, I have been on it for 7 months and it is better than anything I have endorsed over the past 27 years.
If you do nap over 20 minutes it seems to upset our body's biological clock and than that night we don't have the refreshing sleep we deserve.
Talking on a cell phone before going to bed can change your brain waves during sleep. The electrical signals in our brains during sleep are exposed to the magnetic radiation coming from our cell phones.
If you lose just a little sleep one night you can recoup the next. If we go many nights with bad sleeping we cannot make it up in one night. Maybe we did at 21, not after 55.
It can take weeks to repay your sleep debt.
If you have chronic sleep apnea, consult an accredited sleep center by a sleep-disorder specialist.
Have a thorough throat exam by an ear, nose and throat specialist. If you feel the problem is due to stress or anxiety discuss with your. Apnea my not be the main cause of your problem
High Blood Pressure - Is this medication for you? Caduet, read before taking!
This is taken word for word from their hand out information.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Caduet is a prescription drug that combines two medicines. Norvasc and Lipitor.
Norvasc is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), chest pain (angina) or blocked arteries of the heart (coronary artery disease)
Lipitor is used along with diet and exercise to lower high cholesterol. It is also used to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with multiple risk factors for heart disease. Such as family history, high blood pressure, age, low HDL-C, or smoking.
Caduet is not for everyone. It is not for those with liver problems. It is not for women who are nursing, are pregnant, or may become pregnant. If you
take Caduet, tell your doctor if you feel any new muscle pain or weakness. This could be a sign of rare but serious muscle side effects. Tell your doctor about all the meds you take. This may help avoid serious drug interactions.
Your doctor should do blood test to check your liver function before and during treatment and may adjust your dose. If you have any heart problems, be sure to tell your doctor.
The most common side effects are edema, headaches and dizziness. They tend to be mild and often go away.
Caduet is one of many options for treating high blood pressure and high cholesterol, in addition to diet and exercise, that you and your doctor can consider.
The health information contained herein is provided for educations purposes only and is not intended to replace your health care provider.
Comment from Margie. It also does not list all the other side effects so please always read all the small print that comes with all prescriptions. You might then re-consider getting help through alternative medicine.
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