Zyn and Nicotine: What You Don’t Know Might Hurt You
With two young kids at home and a yearning to live healthier, 38-year-old Ian P. decided in January 2025 to kick his long-time smoking and…
Oct 16, 2025
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& Benefits of Medications
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& Benefits of Medications
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Drug Cascades
Also known as “prescribing cascades,” drug cascades occur when a medication is prescribed to treat the side effects of an original drug you are on.…
Oct 8, 2025
INVESTIGATING GENERICS: They Say Their ADHD Meds Aren’t Working. They’re Not Imagining It
The first time Marilynn Monroe took Adderall (a combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine) for her ADHD, she says she cried tears of joy. She was…
May 30, 2025
The PPI Debate: Are Heartburn Drugs Like Prilosec and Nexium Linked to Dementia?
Most of George Grossberg’s patients have lists of medications as long as his arm. So it takes the geriatric psychiatrist no small amount of time to…
May 9, 2025
Digestive Issues: A Guide to Gut Health and Medications
As the engine that turns our food into the fuel we need—and gets rid of what we don’t—our digestive tract is critical to sustaining life.…
Jan 13, 2025
UMARY Hyaluronic Acid Supplement Recalled for Contamination
A company called MXBBB is voluntarily recalling one lot (or batch) of its product, UMARY hyaluronic acid tablets, sold on Amazon. The lot was contaminated with two…
Nov 25, 2024
Understanding Topical Medications: Types, Benefits, and Side Effects for Managing Skin Conditions
Skin conditions can range from a mild annoyance, like an occasional blemish or patch of dry skin, to hives, rashes, and patches of scaly skin…
Feb 5, 2024
Top 5 Natural Remedies For Liver Diseases – Backed by Science
Your body depends largely on the liver for its overall well-being. The liver breaks down nutrients in your foods and flushes out harmful substances.Over time,…
Aug 16, 2023
Meds That Mess With Your Thyroid
About one in eight people in the U.S. will develop some sort of thyroid condition during their lifetimes, according to the American Thyroid Association, so there’s an…
Jul 19, 2023
Heart Disease Prevention, Treatments and Side Effects
Do you ever have acid reflux and wonder if it’s really a heart attack? Do you see headlines every winter warning of the dangers of…
Feb 1, 2023
Could It Be My Medications?
Modern medications can be miracles that save us or our loved ones. But they come with complexities. No medicine goes straight to its desired target…
Jan 23, 2023
8 Drugs That Can Cause Vitamin Deficiencies
A few years ago, my doctor prescribed me high doses of omeprazole (a proton pump inhibitor) to treat acid reflux twice a day. I didn’t…
Nov 16, 2022
5 Meds That Mess With Digestion (Plus 1 Life-Saving Test)
Some of the most common drugs can mess with your digestion, leaving you backed up or making a run for it. Here’s how to cope.…
Mar 22, 2022
Suicidal Ideation: It May be Your Medications
Shortly after she was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, Sarah Lawrence was prescribed Otezla (apremilast). In less than two months after beginning the drug treatment, she…
Dec 30, 2020
The Purple Pill Problem: PPIs, GERD and Serious Side Effects
For the 28 percent of Americans who experience gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acid reflux occurring two or more times per week, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid, reduce the secretion…
Nov 12, 2020
How Herbs Can Help You Get Off PPIs, Acid Reflux Drugs
Prilosec, Acid Reflux Drug When Rocky Angelucci first went on Prilosec for his acid reflux, he considered it “a miracle drug,” wiping out his sore throat…
Sep 30, 2020
4 Drugs That Interact with Anxiety Meds, Benzodiazepines
If you suffer from anxiety, panic disorder, or insomnia, your doctor may have prescribed you what’s known as benzodiazepines (or benzos). This class of drugs contains popular…
Jul 6, 2020
Are GERD Drugs Worth The Risks?
Why take GERD drugs when you can change your diet? Many people would ask the opposite question, why not eat what you like if you…
Mar 16, 2020
Acid Reflux Drugs PPIs Use Raises Stomach Cancer Risk
Long-term use of a class of drugs popularly used to control acid reflux and heartburn can significantly increase one’s risk of developing stomach cancer. Researchers…
Nov 2, 2017
