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 ...

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 ...

It is common to discover the dangers of prescription drugs after they have been marketed to the medical community and public. A statistical study of hospital deaths in the U.S. conducted at the University of Toronto revealed that prescription drugs kill more people every year than are killed in traffic accidents.Studies have shown that mistakes in drug prescribing and side effects from prescription drugs cost at least $76 billion a year (and co ...

As the name suggests, stimulants are medications whose main purpose is to increase alertness, attention, and energy by stimulating the individual. By doing this, they also work as blood pressure elevators and well as the stimulants of the heart rate and respiration frequency. Historically, stimulants have been used  to treat several different conditions such as asthma and other respiratory problems, obesity, neurological disorders, and a var ...

It may come as a surprise to many of you that our health care system is appalling. We spend more money per capita on health care than any other country in the world. We produce over half the world's drugs and consume just as much. Isn't it funny then that we rank 37th in the world for health care (World Health Organization) and 70th in the world for overall health.  So if western medicine has all the answers, and drugs are the key, then w ...