Sentences with phrase «on less medication»

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Help someone with diabetes have access to medication and health care & they are much less likely to go on disability due to stroke, amputations, or heart attack.

If we can get some relievers into their lives, we may end up with less stressed out teens on medications for mental disorders.

Research has found that women who have continuous one - on - one support during labor tend to use pain medication less often, have slightly shorter labors, and are less likely to have a c - section or a forceps or vacuum - assisted delivery.

The highest amount of this medication that may be present in your breast milk should be at around five hours after you take a dose, but since you will need to be taking frequent doses throughout the time you are on it, you should assume that the amount present in your milk remains more or less the same.

Depending on the type of diabetes you have, you may need less insulin or other medications when breastfeeding.

Some medications you were given during labor, such as Demerol or medicine found in the epidural, can cause your baby to have trouble latching on to your breast, which can in turn cause your body to make less milk.

Physicians receive little education about breast - feeding and even less training on the effects of maternal medications on the nursing infant.

If a cold medication is taken one time, it will also have less effect on baby or mom's milk supply.

What these medications won't tell you is that after repeated use, they become less effective and it takes increased amounts of the medication to work on the gums.

You're less likely to look back with pleasure on the birth, and your risk of needing a host of interventions, from pain medications to vacuum extraction to cesarean, increases.

There are generally a lot more children in an elementary school, multiple classrooms where your child will be, and likely a playground that is much further away from the office (where medications may be kept) and less monitoring on the playground.

While your body is on the mend and breastfeeding is less intense than carrying a child, this doesn't mean you can take just any medication.

Alternatives to prescribed medications may be possible, which have a lesser influence on breast milk levels.

Talk to your doctor and nurses about how to wean off narcotic - based medications when appropriate, and on to medications that are less likely to cause you to feel groggy.

Mothers will be excluded from the study if they are less than 19 years of age; have a history of institutionalization fro psychiatric reasons; didn't complete secondary level schooling; has a current psychiatric diagnosis, and / or is on psychotropic medication; has no partner (married or de facto) and have significant hearing and or visual problems and or are not fluent in English.

If patients are on their medication or enrolled in a care management program, they are less likely to end up abusing drugs or be involved with the criminal justice system, and more likely to remain employed.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

Asthma is considered well - controlled if symptoms occur twice a week or less; rescue bronchodilator medication is used twice a week or less; there is no nocturnal or early morning waking; there are no limitations on activities including work, school and exercise; patient and doctor consider the asthma well - controlled and the patient's peak expiratory flow is normal or personal best FEV1.

After adjusting the data for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, diabetes, high blood pressure medication, cholesterol levels, statin use and body mass index, the researchers found that those people who met both the recommended activity levels and had vitamin D levels above 20 nanograms per milliliter experienced about a 23 percent less chance of having an adverse cardiovascular event than those people with poor physical activity who were deficient for vitamin D. On the other hand, people who had adequate exercise but were vitamin D deficient didn't have a reduced risk of an adverse event.

Lithium treatment was associated with less thinning of gray matter, which suggests a protective effect of this medication on the brain.

All other things being equal, patients with bedside windows looking out on leafy trees healed, on average, a day faster, needed significantly less pain medication and had fewer postsurgical complications than patients who instead saw a brick wall.

On average, Spiegel and Lang found, the hypnotized subjects used less medication, experienced less pain, and felt far less anxiety than the other two groups.

By spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Patients with HbA1C in the prediabetes range, 5.7 - 6.4 percent, were considered to be intensively treated if using two or more medications at the time of the test, or if started on additional medications after the test, because current guidelines consider patients with HbA1C less than 6.5 percent to be optimally controlled already.

Results of the study, which earlier this year won first prize in the inaugural «PAN Challenge» for research on improving access to critical medications for Americans with chronic and rare diseases, showed that patients in the latter, high - cost group were significantly less likely (45.3 percent vs. 66.9 percent) to have a Part D claim for a TKI prescription within six months of their CML diagnosis, compared to the subsidized, low cost - sharing group.

Based on an analysis of Medicaid claims for nearly 150,000 children diagnosed with ADHD in South Carolina between 2003 and 2013, researchers including Princeton University postdoctoral associate Anna Chorniy found treatment with ADHD medication made children less likely to suffer consequences of risky behaviors such as sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse during their teen years and injuries.

Participants who were randomly assigned to the target of less than 120 mm Hg received 3 medications on average, while those whose target was less than 140 mm Hg received about 2.

By spending less than $ 5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could be saved every year, according to a new analysis led by Robert Black, PhD, a professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This symptom could be caused by dehydration or because you «got up too quick,» but if it occurs on a regular basis then talk to your doctor to see if medication side effects, inner ear problems, anemia, or, less commonly, heart issues are to blame.

Foods as medicine are great for people that already are on medications as they are less likely to have negative interactions than herbs and other natural supplements.

I don't know where yours has been or what kind of medications your are on or what kind of diet you are following, but I generally tell patients that if their diabetes is under good control (technically speaking an A1C of less than 7), keep doing what you are doing.

Some clients report that being on insulin lowering medications or supplements make them less hungry and less interested in food.

For individuals on medications, some of these may need to be avoided as they can increase breakdown of certain medications, making them less effective.

Hibiscus tea is much less costly than the vast supply of medications on the market, and marks a great starting point for treating high blood pressure naturally.

People without a thyroid gland may find it easier and faster to get stabilized on a dose of thyroid medication, and may have less dosage fluctuation month - to - month and year - to - year, versus those with a gland.

This study on elderberry and the flu concluded, «Symptoms were relieved on average 4 days earlier and use of rescue medication was significantly less in those receiving elderberry extract compared with placebo.

The strong hormonal medications used for IVF may render stress hormones less potent on fertility since the entire hormonal cycle is being controlled.

Integrative psychiatry is highly individualized and values providing a structure and plan to keep patients on less or no medication.

«How you take hormone medication can have a major effect on how your body reacts to it (for example, for those requiring thyroid hormone, consuming iron, calcium, or soy less than four hours before taking the thyroid medication can mean the thyroid medication won't be absorbed).

Users have reported increased wellness, less chronic physical discomfort, less reliance on coffee and alcohol, an ease in quitting smoking, less need for synthetic medications, and a general move towards a healthier diet and lifestyle.

Dorothy is still less a character than a supporting player to Edgars subplot but the moment where he imposes himself upon her when she asks him if he can just change medications was an upsetting moment for a character typically percieved as the most gentle, good natured of the bunch of assholes on the show.

Its chief side effect is that most cats become less responsive to everything while on the medication.

Some dogs, if they are on thyroid supplement, get the continuous benefit of being less affected by thunderstorms and fireworks because of that medication.

In one study of dogs that had failed on medication, there was complete resolution of incontinence in 53 % with colposuspension An additional 37 % became less incontinent, and 25 % of those without full resolution gained complete continence when therapy with phenylpropanolamine was added.

Novartis suggests it be given on an empty stomach, but some owners find less nausea and vomiting when the medication is given with a small meal.

Keep your outdoor dog inside (so he's out of the sun for long periods of time) while he's on the medication, due to the rare risk of sun sensitivity (thankfully, dogs have fur, so are less likely to develop this side effect as compared to humans!).

Your pet will require oral medication and two or three different kinds of eye drops 3 to 4 times a day for the first few weeks after surgery, and on a lesser frequency for several months post surgery.

Preventative heartworm medications may cost $ 50 to $ 120 on an annual basis for your pet, but that is considerably less than the cost to treat advanced heartworm in a dog ($ 200 - $ 1,000) or the heartbreak of not being able to treat an infected cat at all.

Think about it this way: going to the vet costs quite a bit of money, but if you can eliminate going to see the veterinarian, you can spend a whole lot less on your pets» medications.

Expect your dog to feel better on medication, less coughing, increased energy improved appetite and less likely to have labored breathing or fainting.