Sentences with phrase «say about medications»

Not exact matches

«About one - third of medications sold go unused,» Boozman said.

Obviously our goal with experience is to continue to drive that story up about unused medications in cabinets and how do we prevent abuse,» he said.

Flaherty, 63, said while he is reluctant to speak about his health, he wants to assure Canadians that neither the condition nor the medication affects his ability to do his job as federal treasurer.

She said Janssen has acted responsibly regarding its opioid pain medications, which are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and carry FDA - mandated warnings on their labels about the drugs» known risks.

Ten Canadian Catholic bishops have issued guidelines and directions affirming, as Reno says, that «it is permissible, perhaps even desirable, for a priest to anoint a Catholic who is about to receive a deliberate, self - willed, death - dealing dose of medication.»

What I read about Margaret Trudeau is that she says that Marijuana should be «regulated» (I think she means we need good legislation), and that it was her gateway drug to «self - medication» for bipolar / depressive episodes.

How about instead of making ridiculous comments about medication and severe mental illness, you take the time to re read my initial post and realise that what I mean, I have already said.

And when patients followed broader elimination diets — excluding not just artificial colors and preservatives, but other suspected triggers such as eggs — the effect was larger: about one - third to one - sixth the effect of medication, Nigg says.

Ok, I have to say I didn't think about the long time of medication before the child is born and now that you've said it it makes sense that 15 min more will probably not make a difference but that's still no reason to accuse anyone to not care about possible side effects.

Click here to read what Obstetrician / Gynecologist David Barrere says about a few of the medications that might be used, how they're administered, and the reasons for their use.

Robin Kaplan: We had Kathleen Kendall - Tackett on the show about a couple of months, I guess about a month ago talking about this and she's actually returning in a couple weeks to talk more specifically about treatment and she definitely, same thing you're saying Dr. Nice like, having a healthy mom who can take care of her baby is way, outweighs the negatives of not taking the medication and still breastfeeding.

«You can call the InfantRisk Center, experts on medications and breast milk, if you know the name of the contrast that will be used for more specific information about your situation,» says Gourley.

See what our expert has to say about why it's unsafe to take this prescription acne medication when you're pregnant.

I dare say I know MUCH more than you do about the effects of medications on a birthing baby.

«My medication costs me about $ 150 a month or so,» said Catherine Joyner of New Paltz.

«We strongly believe that the decision about the mode of administration of any medication should be left up to doctor and their patients,» he said.

Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo said a state crackdown on unproven compound drugs has saved the state about $ 2 million a month on prescription medications since May.

While Antoon believes the findings, which are published in the Annals of Family Medicine, will help to alleviate some fears health care providers may have about prescribing the medication in healthy children, he says doctors will likely continue to prescribe Tamiflu with caution.

Use of melatonin and other herbal remedies may be perceived as safer, but less is known about their potential side effects and they are not subject to the FDA's approval process for medications, says Malani.

Poison Control staff are trained to get important information from parents about the type of medication their child might have swallowed and direct them on the next steps to take,» says Freed.

Asked about changes in their behaviour between two and six months after receiving the results, 34 per cent of respondents said they were being more careful about their diet, 14 per cent said they were doing more exercise, and 16 per cent had changed their medications or dietary supplements.

«I was particularly alarmed about the overall trend of more imaging tests, medications, and referrals alongside less counseling,» says Mafi.

Mmeje says that in states like Michigan, there are several steps in place to learn about a patient's partner's allergies before prescribing medication.

«Only about 70 percent of patients respond to medication, and only about 10 percent qualify for surgery, which has a high and lasting success rate,» says Chou, who is an associate professor in the U-M Medical School's departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery.

«Without this, it is very difficult to think about how to develop new and better medications,» he said.

Experts say the latest findings could help develop new medications for depression, which affects about one in four people in the UK each year.

«Many parents are concerned that their children may not be gaining as much weight as they should because [ADHD] medications can decrease appetite in the short run, but these results would lead me to be much less worried about that now,» says corresponding author F. Xavier Castellanos of the Phyllis Green and Randolph Cowen Institute of Pediatric Neuroscience at New York University Langone Medical Center.

Nearly half said they had talked with their loved one about the side effects of their medication, and nearly a third said they had talked about problems paying for those medications — both key issues that can cause people with chronic illness to cut back or stop taking important medicines that can ward off problems in the long term.

«These results provide some reassurance to those who are concerned about the overprescribing of psychiatric medications to children and teenagers,» said Dr. Sultan.

Instead, Bourre lapses into unsubstantiated and alarmist claims about the safety of our food supply, saying: «It's extraordinarily good luck, something almost miraculous, that we're been able to survive the toxic substances present in our food as a result of contamination, plant sprays, and medications used on farm animals,» he maintains.

And even though 63 percent said their doctor and pharmacist are equally responsible for spotting and talking about possible drug interactions, only 36 percent said their pharmacist definitely knew about all the medications they're taking when they fill a prescription.

«High rates of psychotropic medication use, polypharmacy and problems in continuity of care have raised alarms about whether youth in the foster care system may be receiving inappropriate treatments for the symptoms they present,» Bertram says.

«This program capitalizes on local resources that can bring about change in behavior and improve blood pressure rates,» said Monique Anderson, M.D., lead researcher of the study and a medical instructor in cardiology at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Duke School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. «As participants became more knowledgeable, they probably started exercising more, taking their medication more, and those who were really engaged showed dramatic responses in blood pressure change.»

Though behavioral parent training is known to have positive results for children with ADHD, fewer parents and mental health and medical practitioners know about it than medication prescribed for ADHD, which can come with side effects and is not recommended as a first - line treatment for preschool - age children, DuPaul said.

«Together, these studies provide accumulating evidence about the possible short - and long - term benefits of ADHD medications,» D'Onofrio said.

Dr. Kurrasch says about a third of all epilepsy patients do not respond to current medications and that hasn't changed in decades.

The shame some people feel about their anxiety and a reluctance to seek help for psychological problems are likely major factors contributing to self - medication, Dr. Bolton says.

It's never anyone's first choice to have surgery to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and indeed, most doctors say you shouldn't even think about GERD surgery unless you have prolonged, persistent heartburn that doesn't respond to medication.

After the phenformin scare, many people were skittish about using a drug in the same class of medications, says Richard Hellman, MD, former president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

«And it's something we never hear said about other medications that pregnant women take all the time for asthma, or heart disease or diabetes.

These companies offer medications at several different price points, but even low - cost, generic options (which run about $ 15 a month) can be prohibitive for low - income women, says Kyl Myers, PhD, a sociologist and research associate in the University of Utah's department of obstetrics and gynecology.

• The bottom line: «The positive news about asthma is that we have multiple very good and very safe medication choices available,» Dr. Calhoun says.»

Overall, if you hear something alarming about your asthma medication, «the first step is to talk to your doctor and say «I am concerned, or «I heard this on radio.

Keeping in mind that doctors of your prominence are always careful about what they say, is it fair to say that when you do unpack some of these things, that some of the practical inflammations that you're seeing in a very quick window of time when someone is emitted into the ICU are things that could actually apply to how the microbiome can be affected in a normal person whose medications deal with inflammation or general, large adjustments to your body?

As I said earlier, type 2 diabetes is virtually 100 percent avoidable and can be effectively treated without medications in about the same percentage of cases by recovering your leptin and insulin sensitivity.

then I take my medication and re do my BP after an hour or 2 then my BP is 140/94 I have asked my doctors about it but they say thats ok just keep an eye on it..

Dr. Greene says that even physicians at Harvard Medical School have used between 1 - 6 grams of tyrosine to effectively treat depression that was medication - resistant, saying, «The minimum daily requirement for adults of tyrosine and its precursor, phenylalanine, is 16 mg / kg a day or about 1000 mg total.

I was talking to Dr. Nicole Beurkens earlier [about zinc and GABA for anxiety] and saying a lot of my clients will say «my anxiety and my depression is so severe I have to have medication, there is no way that diet and nutrients can make a difference».

Hashimoto's the big issue, vex about 30 — or thyroid issues, about 30 million people in this country, uh — I'd say, at least, hmmn — I'd say a quarter of probably undiagnosed, or at least undertreated or undersupported because they're given synthetic thyroid medication.

That said, athletes need to be cautious with those kinds of medications because, without specifying which particular hormone therapy you're talking about, I can tell you that you're already going to be affecting the basal metabolic rate, muscle mass, bone mass, fat versus sugar burning, etc..