The answer to this question can’t be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”; the circumstances and illnesses of the individual determine whether or not they should travel with all their medications as does the length of time they will be traveling.  One also has to consider that any prescription drug prescribed to that person must be kept in the vial in which it belongs in.    The Hypochondriac The ...

Antibiotics are a category of drugs which are referred to as “antimicrobials,” which means they inhibit the growth of or kills bacteria, without causing significant damage to the person (host).  Traditionally, antibiotics were obtained from natural compounds, however; medical science has developed synthetic forms of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, which are neither natural nor obtained from natural compounds. The food we ...

Colloidal silver has been around for many years and before 1938, the substance was used as both a germicide and disinfectant.  Medical professionals used the solution in eyedrops for ophthalmic issues, various infections and it was sometimes touted as a cure for epilepsy, the common cold, gonorrhea and tropical sprue (malabsorption disorder of tropical origin).  With the revelation of antibiotic medications however, use of colloidal sil ...

At sometime in our lives we may need a little help to feel better from our doctor.  There are so many medications out there from the antibiotic to the medication that helps save lives.  When the doctors prescribe something it may be a brand name medication or a generic name medication.   What is the difference? Brand name medication is what comes first.  This is the medication that is patented by the original pharmaceutic ...

In medical school, there is little or no time spent on vitamins, and thousands of hours of instructions spent on pharmaceuticals (drugs).  As a result, most MD’s are “educationally handicapped” about vitamins. In the days of “wooden ships and iron men”, the most dreaded disease was scurvy.  It was the result of a lack of vitamin C.  Captain Cook and others found that a little bit of lemon or lime j ...