Category Archives: Prescription Medications

Protected: Recipe for insulin

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

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Making the most of OTC meds – ibuprofen

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Ibuprofen is one of the first prescription drugs that moved to over-the-counter status approximately 25 years ago, the prescription drug being released about 10 years prior to that. In the USA, OTC ibuprofen is most commonly found in the 200 … Continue reading →

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Insulin, thyroxine, and biotech: feasible or fantasy?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Tomorrow’s headline: Hospitals Flooded with Patients Suffering Racing Hearts  – Source Traced to Bioengineered Bacteria. Can Experts Reverse the Epidemic Before More Succumb? * * * Today both KF and JW ask about an online article do-it-yourself biotech. Is it actually feasible to duplicate big … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Non-Compliant Patients

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

I have seen patients die – from uncontrolled hypertension, treatable urinary infections, curable pneumonia. What do many of these patients have in common? Some (though not all) simply did not take their medicine. It’s not that they didn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Who makes the rules?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

A common theme in the comments I receive is frustration over preparing for future medical events when one lacks the license to do so. Why makes the rules, anyway? Is is fair that only doctors can prescribe antibiotics?  Does the … Continue reading →

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Where to begin?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Where to begin? As this blog develops, specific advice on relevant topics will be added on a regular basis.  If you have comments or questions on a particular aspect of health care, please enter them below.              In the meantime, start … Continue reading →

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Dangers of pill splitting?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Craig asks:  A lot of data sheets I have seen for medicines in tablet form say something along the lines of “Do not halve the tablet. Dose equivalence when the tablet is divided has not been established.” How accurate is … Continue reading →

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Kidney stones and the end of the world

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

  A kidney stone:  don’t tell me it’s not the end of the world.  Sure, I’m better today, but yesterday I was dying.  At least it felt like it.  I hadn’t had pain like that since my son was born 17 … Continue reading →

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Should you worry about your blood pressure in 2012?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

D. Brown asks:  From my study and research it looks like blood pressure can be treated with herbs and diet.  Am I correct in this understanding? Generally speaking, high blood pressure falls into two categories: the kind that may kill … Continue reading →

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Nuclear fallout and harvesting thyroid tissue

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

A curious reader asks: Does your book address the possibility of a nuclear fallout situation?  I have Graves disease and very little functioning thyroid left.  How would nuclear fallout affect harvesting supplemental thyroid from exposed animals? The self-study course, HYPOTHYROIDISM … Continue reading →

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