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High-Altitude Travel and Sedatives: What You Must Know About Respiratory Risks
Sedatives like alcohol, benzodiazepines, and sleeping pills can dangerously suppress breathing at high altitude, worsening altitude sickness. Learn why even one drink can be risky and what safer alternatives actually work.
NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcer Disease: Understanding the Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
NSAIDs relieve pain but carry a serious risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, especially in older adults or those with prior ulcers. Learn how to assess your risk, protect your stomach, and choose safer options.
Stinging Insect Allergy: How Venom Immunotherapy Can Save Your Life
Venom immunotherapy reduces the risk of life-threatening insect sting reactions by 90%. Learn how this proven treatment works, who qualifies, and why it's the only long-term solution for severe allergies to bees, wasps, and fire ants.
Statins and Antifungals: What You Need to Know About This Dangerous Drug Interaction
Statins and antifungals can interact dangerously, raising the risk of severe muscle damage. Learn which combinations to avoid, safer alternatives, and what to do if you're taking both.
Tentative Approval for Generics: Common Reasons for Delays
Tentative approval from the FDA means a generic drug is scientifically ready-but patent lawsuits, manufacturing flaws, and poor economics often block it from ever reaching patients. Here’s why so many approved generics never launch.
Sexual Side Effects from Common Medications: What You Need to Know
Many common medications-including antidepressants, blood pressure pills, and prostate drugs-can cause sexual side effects like low libido, erectile dysfunction, and orgasm problems. Learn which drugs are most likely to cause them and what you can do about it.
Herbal Supplements and Drug Interactions: What You Need to Know for Safety
Herbal supplements can dangerously interfere with prescription drugs like blood thinners, heart meds, and antidepressants. Learn which herbs pose the biggest risks and what you must do to stay safe.
Pharmacist Recommendations: When to Suggest Authorized Generics
Pharmacists should recommend authorized generics for patients with allergies to inactive ingredients, those on narrow therapeutic index drugs, or when regular generics cause unexpected side effects. They’re identical to brand-name drugs but cost significantly less.
Prolactin Disorders: Understanding Galactorrhea, Infertility, and Effective Treatments
Galactorrhea - milky nipple discharge outside of pregnancy - is often caused by high prolactin levels. It can lead to missed periods and infertility, but it’s treatable. Learn how dopamine agonists like cabergoline restore hormone balance and fertility.
Food Allergies: How IgE Reactions Cause Anaphylaxis and How to Prevent Them
Learn how IgE antibodies trigger life-threatening food reactions and what science now says about preventing anaphylaxis-from early peanut introduction to skin care and epinephrine readiness.
Morning Coffee and Levothyroxine: How to Space Them for Best Absorption
Drinking coffee too soon after taking levothyroxine can block up to 57% of the medication's absorption. Learn how to space them correctly, why liquid formulations work better, and what to do if you accidentally mix them.
Diabetes Combination Medications: Generic Options and When Substitution Works
Learn which diabetes combination medications have generic versions, when switching is safe, and why some generics can cause unexpected side effects. Save money without risking your blood sugar control.
