TODAY IS NOV 6TH 2007 AND I PROMISED TO TALK ABOUT MEDICATIONS YOU USE ONCE YOU GET THE FLU.
WHEN YOU START TO FEEL ACHE, TIRED, HAVE A FEVER, UPSET STOMACH, AND YOU WOULD SAY "I HAVE THE FLU" IT MAY BE TIME TO START TO SELF MEDICATE. IF YOU HAVE OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS LIKE HEART OR KIDNEY PROBLEMS OR DIABETES, IT MAY BE TIME TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, HOWEVER , IF YOU ARE OTHERWISE A HEALTHY ADULT YOU MAY WANT TO TRY TO SELF MEDICATE AND DO ABOUT ALL YOU CAN WHICH IS TREAT SYMPTOMS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST STAY AWAY FROM ASPIRIN TO BRING DOWN FEVER, AND STICK WITH TYLENOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN. REYES SYNDROME IS A KNOWN SIDE EFFECT OF USING ASPIRIN WHILE HAVING A VIRAL INFECTIONS SUCH AS THE FLU!!!
THAT COULD BE FATAL, SO NO ASPIRIN.
AS AN ADULT YOU CAN TAKE UP 4000MG OR 4 GRAMS OF TYLENOL A DAY, OR 1000 MG EVERY 6 HOURS OR TWO EXTRA STRENGHT TABLETS EVERY 6 HOURS. NO MORE THAT 4000 MG PER DAY OR YOU BEGIN TO DAMAGE YOU LIVER. BE CAREFUL MANY OTC PRODUCTS SUCH AS COUGH AND COLD PREPARATIONS HAVE TYLENOL IN THEM AND CAN ADD TO YOUR TOTAL DAILY INTAKE!!! READ THE LABEL AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING. IF YOU ARE AT THE DRUG STORE AND YOU ARE NOT SURE, ASK THE PHARMACIST, WE WILL CHECK FOR YOU, THAT IS OUR JOB AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING UPPER RESPITORY SYMPTOMS LIKE RUNNY NOSE OR STUFFY NOSE, THERE ARE SOME GREAT OTC DRUGS THAT CAN HELP. REMEMBER THIS SIMPLE RULE, DECONGESTANTS RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE AND WIND YOU UP AND GIVE YOU ENERGY, ANTIHISTAMINES FOR THE MOST PART MAKE YOU SLEEPY, AND DRY YOU OUT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NON DROWSY ANTIHISTAMINES THAT DO NOT MAKE YOU SLEEPY LIKE CLARITAN OR LORATIDINE. ANTI HISTAMINES DO NOT RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE
OFTEN WE COMBINE THESE DRUGS AS THEY CAN OPEN YOU UP AND DRY YOU OUT, SO YOU GET A LITTLE SLEEPY AND LITTLE EDGY, IT MAKES FOR A BALANCE SO YOU FEEL ALMOST NO SIDE EFFECT.
SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS HAVE TYLENOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN IN THEM AS WELL SO BE CAREFUL YOU DO NOT GET TO MUCH OF THIS.
IF YOU HAVE AN UPSET STOMACH, YOU CAN BUY OTC PEPCID OR TAGAMET, OR GO TO A LIQUID ANTACID. SEPERATE THOSE ANACIDS BY 30 MINUTES FROM ALL OTHER MEDICATIONS, THEY OFTNE ABSORB ANYTHING IN YOUR STOMACH INCLUDING ANY DRUG YOU MAY TAKE!!!
TOMMORROW WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR KIDS GET IT OR AN INFANT OR BABY GETS THE FLU AND THE ISSUE OF THE FDA PULLING SOME OF THESE DRUGS OFF THE MARKET
SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE E-MAIL THEM TO ME AND I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER, SO TO YOUR HEALTH TILL TOMMORROW
WHEN YOU START TO FEEL ACHE, TIRED, HAVE A FEVER, UPSET STOMACH, AND YOU WOULD SAY "I HAVE THE FLU" IT MAY BE TIME TO START TO SELF MEDICATE. IF YOU HAVE OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS LIKE HEART OR KIDNEY PROBLEMS OR DIABETES, IT MAY BE TIME TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, HOWEVER , IF YOU ARE OTHERWISE A HEALTHY ADULT YOU MAY WANT TO TRY TO SELF MEDICATE AND DO ABOUT ALL YOU CAN WHICH IS TREAT SYMPTOMS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST STAY AWAY FROM ASPIRIN TO BRING DOWN FEVER, AND STICK WITH TYLENOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN. REYES SYNDROME IS A KNOWN SIDE EFFECT OF USING ASPIRIN WHILE HAVING A VIRAL INFECTIONS SUCH AS THE FLU!!!
THAT COULD BE FATAL, SO NO ASPIRIN.
AS AN ADULT YOU CAN TAKE UP 4000MG OR 4 GRAMS OF TYLENOL A DAY, OR 1000 MG EVERY 6 HOURS OR TWO EXTRA STRENGHT TABLETS EVERY 6 HOURS. NO MORE THAT 4000 MG PER DAY OR YOU BEGIN TO DAMAGE YOU LIVER. BE CAREFUL MANY OTC PRODUCTS SUCH AS COUGH AND COLD PREPARATIONS HAVE TYLENOL IN THEM AND CAN ADD TO YOUR TOTAL DAILY INTAKE!!! READ THE LABEL AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING. IF YOU ARE AT THE DRUG STORE AND YOU ARE NOT SURE, ASK THE PHARMACIST, WE WILL CHECK FOR YOU, THAT IS OUR JOB AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING UPPER RESPITORY SYMPTOMS LIKE RUNNY NOSE OR STUFFY NOSE, THERE ARE SOME GREAT OTC DRUGS THAT CAN HELP. REMEMBER THIS SIMPLE RULE, DECONGESTANTS RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE AND WIND YOU UP AND GIVE YOU ENERGY, ANTIHISTAMINES FOR THE MOST PART MAKE YOU SLEEPY, AND DRY YOU OUT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NON DROWSY ANTIHISTAMINES THAT DO NOT MAKE YOU SLEEPY LIKE CLARITAN OR LORATIDINE. ANTI HISTAMINES DO NOT RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE
OFTEN WE COMBINE THESE DRUGS AS THEY CAN OPEN YOU UP AND DRY YOU OUT, SO YOU GET A LITTLE SLEEPY AND LITTLE EDGY, IT MAKES FOR A BALANCE SO YOU FEEL ALMOST NO SIDE EFFECT.
SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS HAVE TYLENOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN IN THEM AS WELL SO BE CAREFUL YOU DO NOT GET TO MUCH OF THIS.
IF YOU HAVE AN UPSET STOMACH, YOU CAN BUY OTC PEPCID OR TAGAMET, OR GO TO A LIQUID ANTACID. SEPERATE THOSE ANACIDS BY 30 MINUTES FROM ALL OTHER MEDICATIONS, THEY OFTNE ABSORB ANYTHING IN YOUR STOMACH INCLUDING ANY DRUG YOU MAY TAKE!!!
TOMMORROW WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR KIDS GET IT OR AN INFANT OR BABY GETS THE FLU AND THE ISSUE OF THE FDA PULLING SOME OF THESE DRUGS OFF THE MARKET
SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE E-MAIL THEM TO ME AND I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER, SO TO YOUR HEALTH TILL TOMMORROW
posted by Bruce Greenwald, Pharmacist at
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