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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

For the sake of your liver, ditch these meds now

August 21, 2018 The study is new... but the sobering facts aren’t. Recent research out of several UK universities, along with Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, has found a “consistent association” between taking acid-suppressing PPI drugs and developing liver cancer. This finding comes at the same time the CDC is reporting that... Read More >

Categories: FDA how to reduce stomach acid liver cancer Nexium PPI drugs PPIs and liver cancer Prevacid Prilosec proton pump inhibitors

How soon will that Rx be as easy to buy as chewing gum?

July 24, 2018 Over-the-counter Lipitor... diabetes drugs... maybe one of those bone-destroying osteoporosis meds? It looks like Big Pharma’s dream of selling practically anything and everything OTC, in essence removing the “middleman” known as your doctor, may soon be coming true. It’s called the “Rx-to-OTC switch,” and it’s already proven to be one... Read More >

Categories: FDA flonase Lipitor OTC OTC proton pump inhibitors over the counter drugs Pfizer Rx to OTC switch

How did a rocket-fuel chemical end up in BP meds?

July 20, 2018 You’ve heard of cars being recalled... even toys and toasters... and this year, lots of romaine lettuce. But drugs? It actually happens all the time — for reasons such as wrong dosages or a mix-up of ingredients. Only... we seldom learn about it when it does. In the latest such... Read More >

Categories: cancer causing chemical in blood pressure drug Diovan drugs made in China NDMA recalled blood pressure drug valsartan

The Rx for sweating that dries you up from head to toe!

July 5, 2018 “Don’t sweat it,” “blood, sweat, and tears,” “by the sweat of your brow,” “no sweat.” We’ve sure got a lot of ways to talk about perspiration! But here’s one you never want to say (even if you could figure out how to pronounce it): Qbrexza. It’s the newest drug approved... Read More >

Categories: anti-perspirant Dermira excessive sweating FDA prescription for heavy sweating Qbrexza side effects of Qbrexza

Down in the dumps? Check your meds

June 22, 2018 A little over a week ago, shortly after the deaths of renowned chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade, I shared with you how the list of meds that are linked to depression and suicidal behavior is as long as your arm. And knowing the danger of... Read More >

Categories: Anthony Bourdain Drug induced depression drugs that can lead to suicide Kate Spade study on depression and drugs suicide

Are you unknowingly being used to test a new drug?

June 21, 2018 That rubber “approved” stamp is clearly getting quite the workout this year — because so far, the busy bees at the FDA have used it to allow 20 new drugs on the market! One is Ilumya, which is for psoriasis. Another is Aimovig, approved to treat migraines, and then there’s... Read More >

Categories: Aimovig FDA FDA approved drugs FDA post-marketing studies Ilumya Jynarque new drug approvals

The big fat hoax known as the heart-risk calculator

June 14, 2018 News flash! Big Pharma’s pride and joy, what’s known as the heart-risk calculator, is broken! Researchers from Stanford University are sounding the alarm about a tool used by doctors everywhere to determine your risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. But actually, this so-called calculator is doing the exact... Read More >

Categories: American College of Cardiology American Heart Association Crestor dangers of statins heart risk calculator Lipitor statins

How to take a nasty illness and make it much worse

June 13, 2018 It’s a case of the treatment being worse than the illness. Shigellosis is an unpleasant intestinal infection that hits around half a million people in the U.S. each year. Its main features are frequent (sometimes bloody) diarrhea, pain, and fever. So, if it seems far-fetched to you that a pill... Read More >

Categories: CDC Cipro drugs to treat shigellosis FDA how to avoid a shigella infection Shigella shigellosis

The last thing you want to do for ulcerative colitis

June 5, 2018 If you’re suffering from the pain of ulcerative colitis, I’ll bet that the last thing you want to do is pile on more health problems. Yet that’s exactly what the FDA is asking you to risk. Last week, it gave the OK for the arthritis drug Xeljanz to be used... Read More >

Categories: Carrageenan IBD irritable bowel disease natural methods to treat ulcerative colitis side effects of Xeljanz ulcerative colitis Xeljanz

The DIY plan to stay safe from killer superbugs

June 5, 2018 Just a tad over a year ago, it was “hip, hip, hooray” for the FDA! The agency appeared to have finally put on its big-boy pants and moved to hit the brakes on the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals. Only... it didn’t. All of that fanfare turned out to... Read More >

Categories: antibiotic resistant bacteria antibiotics given to farm animals FDA overuse of farm antibiotics superbugs
Allan Spreen, M.D.
Dr. Allan Spreen, Chief Medical Advisor

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