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March 2011
The article details how you should review all of the medications you are using with your doctor. It also provides a drug worksheet for you to fill out with him or her. The worksheet, when shown to your doctors, may save you from being prescribed drugs that interact with each other or have other side effects that you might not have recognized as being drug-related.
December 2009
Many people believe that drinking caffeine with or after drinking alcohol will sober them up, but there is no evidence to support this.
November 2007
Something never mentioned on cigarette warning labels is that smoking can affect the way a number of medications work, in some cases resulting in significant, dangerous adverse outcomes. Smokers should be aware that a number of medications may not work as well because of smoking cigarettes. The article lists 16 drugs whose levels in the blood become lower, making the drugs less effective, if the patient is also smoking.
December 2002
Ephedra, or ma huang, the natural form of the stimulant ephedrine, the most infamous and dangerous drug found in dietary supplements sold for weight loss, is at last beginning to receive the negative notoriety it deserves. Ephedra causes heart attacks and strokes because of its ability to raise blood pressure and heart rate. Article discusses the risk of other dietary supplements.
November 2002
This is the second of a two-part series on drug-induced psychiatric symptoms that began in last month’s Worst Pills, Best Pills News. The information is based on the July 8, 2002 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Article lists drugs and adverse effects.
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