Tag: meds

This Could Change Everything: How A New Study Might Overturn Everything We Thought We Knew About Opioids And Pain Management

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This Could Change Everything: How A New Study Might Overturn Everything We Thought We Knew About Opioids And Pain Management
Flipping The Script: How A New Study May Overturn Centuries Of Thought On Opioids And Pain Management Opioids have been used by humans in one form or another since literally the dawn of time, at least the dawn of recorded, human time. The poppy was known as a painkiller in ancient civilizations, with everyone from ancient Sumerians and Assyrians to ancient Egyptians, Romans and eventually Chinese at one time or another taking part in using the opium poppy for recreational as well as pain relief purposes.… Read the rest

Looking For Drugs In All The Wrong Places: Survey Finds 100 Percent Of Streams And Waterways Tested Contain Pharmaceuticals

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Looking For Drugs In All The Wrong Places: Survey Finds 100 Percent Of Streams And Waterways Tested Contain Pharmaceuticals
Hey Drug Warriors, You’re Looking In The Wrong Places: Pharmaceuticals Found In 100 Percent Of US Streams Tested Remember in old cartoons and sitcoms how hapless fishermen would sometimes haul up an old boot from the depths of a stream or lake to symbolize his or her ineptitude and the filthiness of their fishing holes? Always good for a laugh on Saturday morning cartoons.… Read the rest

Big Pharma Gives Docs Big Bucks To Peddle Their Drugs–You Won’t Believe How Rotten This System Really Is

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Big Pharma Gives Docs Big Bucks To Peddle Their Drugs–You Won’t Believe How Rotten This System Really Is
Sickening: Big Pharma’s Big Bribery Scheme Employing Compliant Docs To Peddle Their Poison Will Make You Ill If you’re on a budget like most people these days, and have been prescribed medication by a doctor, you were probably grateful if he or she was able to give a you few starter pills out of the stocks of samples kept in the office drug closet.… Read the rest

The Secret to Fighting Depression May Not Be With Medicine Or Prescriptions: There’s One Type Of Food That Can Really Help

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The Secret to Fighting Depression May Not Be With Medicine Or Prescriptions: There’s One Type Of Food That Can Really Help
Secret Anti-Depression Booster Can Be Found Not At A Pharmacy But In Your Kitchen’s Pantry: How You Can Eat Your Way Out Of Depression We live in truly amazing times when it comes to medical advances. Almost every day you can read about some new cure for some malady or at least a promising study that may one day lead to such a cure.… Read the rest

Alarming New Study Concludes That Antidepressants Are Ineffective For Children And Adolescents, Possibly Even Harmful

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Alarming New Study Concludes That Antidepressants Are Ineffective For Children And Adolescents, Possibly Even Harmful
Depressing News: Antidepressants May Not Be Effective On Children And Teens, Possibly Even Harmful It always seems like these days we have to make horrendous, widespread mistakes affecting millions of people before we wake up and figure out the harm we are doing: fracking, glyphosate, and Iraq are just a few examples. These may seem like diverse and unrelated situations, but the pattern holds true: we are sold a bill of goods by slick marketing people assuring us that they and only they possess the sure-fire, can’t-miss cure-all for what ails us.… Read the rest

Kidney Damage May Be The Resulting From Use Of Commonly Prescribed Reflux And Ulcer Meds

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Kidney Damage May Be The Resulting From Use Of Commonly Prescribed Reflux And Ulcer Meds
Chronic Kidney Disease May Be The Final Result Of Using Commonly Prescribed Ulcer And Reflux Meds New research shows that commonly prescribed drugs that are used to treat ulcers, heartburn and acid reflux may be having a severe and permanent effect on the kidneys of patients using them. The study focused on patients who were using a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors, which reduce the production of gastric acid, and thus reduce symptoms of people who suffer from the aforementioned types of gastric distress.… Read the rest