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Will an Rx ‘blunder’ land you in the hospital?

August 28, 2018 Who can you rely on to protect you from being prescribed a potentially devastating or even deadly drug combo? You would hope that it would be your trusted doctor. Then, of course, there’s your pharmacist, whose computerized system supposedly has built-in safeguards against such errors. But the truth of the... Read More >

Categories: ACE drugs ARB drugs Cipro fluoroquinolones and steroids fluoroquinolones and tendon damage kidney damage from drugs Prescription mistakes Rx blunders

“Smart weed” fights—even reverses!—Alzheimer’s disease and wakes up your brain

August 28, 2018 by Michele Cagan Alzheimer’s disease can follow different paths to attack your mind. Once it starts, this terrifying disease triggers a progressive loss of brainpower that ends in your death. Along the way, Alzheimer’s disease steals your most treasured memories... destroys your ability to think and reason... and strips away... Read More >

Categories: nl-2018-09
Newsletter Issue: September 2018

What’s in a name? Plenty… if it’s ‘cancer’

August 24, 2018 Once you get a cancer diagnosis, it’s hard to go back to the way things were before. But what if not all so-called “cancers” were given that “Big C” label? What if certain low-risk tumors — say, ones that really don’t put your life in danger, like breast, prostate, or... Read More >

Categories: active surveillance prostate cancer breast cancer Cancer low-risk tumors prostate cancer thyroid cancer

Good news, men: Docs can stop doing ‘that thing’

August 22, 2018 Let’s face it — it’s the most awkward part of your physical. You already know what I’m talking about, right? You turn around... you hear the rubber glove go on with a SNAP... and out of the corner of your eye, you see the doc reach into his drawer. No,... Read More >

Categories: prostate cancer

This new ADHD med is the last thing any child needs

August 20, 2018 Even if your kids or grandkids are too old for the bedtime routines of the past, I’m sure you still remember reading stories and singing songs... checking under the bed for monsters... and finding just the right fuzzy friend to tuck under the covers! Ah, the good old days. Well,... Read More >

Categories: ADHD ADHD diet bedtime drug for ADHD Feingold diet for ADHD Jornay PM success of Feingold diet

The most crucial thing you need to know before you fill that Rx

August 9, 2018 Dear Reader, There aren’t too many things you can buy that don’t come with complete instructions — usually in five different languages! A friend, for example, ordered a bird feeder to attach to her window with suction cups... something that’s pretty intuitive, don’t you think? Not according to the manufacturer... Read More >

Categories: alternatives to opioid drugs Medicare and opioids Opioid drugs opioids and seniors study on opioids and seniors

Don’t be ‘nudged’ into this debilitating illness!

August 6, 2018 At Penn Medicine, it’s called the “nudge unit” – and it’s where researchers are assigned with coming up with innovative ways to “steer medical decision-making.” When it comes to statins, however, it’s less like a gentle push... and more like a shove off a cliff! The whole idea of how... Read More >

Categories: Crestor inflammatory myositis Lipitor myositis and statins Penn Medicine nudge unit statins statins and muscle pain

Secret documents reveal the seeds of the opioid crisis

August 3, 2018 It reads like a script for a Hollywood thriller. A story of unbridled greed that allowed a killer to roam across the U.S. – all detailed in concealed documents locked away from prying eyes. Only... this isn’t fiction. It’s the true account of how a pharmaceutical firm was willing to... Read More >

Categories: opioid crisis OxyContin Purdue marketing of opioids Purdue Pharma Tennessee sues Purdue Pharma unsealed Purdue documents

What they WON’T tell you about back pain

August 2, 2018 Lidocaine. The name alone sounds like candy-coated pain relief – a magic patch that’ll soothe the agonies of a day-to-day battle with chronic pain, especially back pain. Well, my friend, you can skip the drug and just stick to the candy coating. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands...... Read More >

Categories: back pain

Just 20 minutes to arthritis pain relief with nature’s wonder drug

August 1, 2018 by Michele Cagan Arthritis pain never stops, and it steals more from you every day, making it feel impossible to do the things you need to get through your day—from uncapping the toothpaste to making a sandwich for lunch to walking your dog. As much as you want that pain... Read More >

Categories: nl-2018-08
Newsletter Issue: August 2018

The simple way to keep a deadly infection at bay

July 30, 2018 Right now, the main treatment for the persistent bacterial infection known as C. diff oddly consists of taking the king of drug that often causes the condition in the first place: an antibiotic. It’s sort of like fighting fire with fire. Often, however, that method gets out of control, and... Read More >

Categories: antibiotics C-diff deadly diarrhea how to avoid a c. diff infection probiotics taking probiotics with antibiotics
Allan Spreen, M.D.
Dr. Allan Spreen, Chief Medical Advisor

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