Depending on which headlines you’ve seen recently, you may think that some pain relievers are being recalled because they’re dangerous and you might be wondering if you need to clean out the medicine cabinet and throw out any number of these products. I’m going to try to explain this highly complex situation, but the bottom line is that when taken as directed, all of the pain relievers currently on the market, be they prescription or over the counter (OTC), are still considered to be safe and effective and you don’t need to throw them away (and nothing is being recalled at the moment either).
The bottom line problem, however, is that when it comes to pain relievers many people don’t follow directions and wind up taking far more pills than they should. And when those products contain acetaminophen it can lead to toxic levels of that drug, which can and all […]
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There’s important news for people who take digoxin, which is a heart medicine also known as digitalis that is most often prescribed for the heart rhythm disturbances called atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. It is less commonly used to treat heart failure.
A nationwide recall of all lots of certain generic brands of digoxin, was announced on April 25, 2008 by the drug’s manufacturer, a company called Actavis Totowa, which was formerly known as Amide Pharmaceuticals. And to make matters more complex, the product is distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals as Digitek and by UDL Laboratories as Bertek.
The problem is that some digoxin tablets made by Actavis may contain twice the amount of active ingredient as they are supposed to. This is of particular concern because digitalis toxicity is a well-recognized potentially life-threatening complication of digoxin therapy, even in the absence of overly strong pills. Taking double the […]
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Body Cleaning and the Isagenix Skin Renewal System
We live in an incredibly Toxic world. Internal Body Cleansing is one of the best ways to combat these toxins and begin to help your body to become clean, lean and healthy again. Detoxification is perhaps the best tool againat anti aging.
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Detoxifying the body is one of the hottest topics in health and wellness and for good reason. It seems inevitable that the things we come into contact with in our environment are toxic and our exposer is having adverse effects on our cells, internal organs and our […]
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