ANTIBIOTICS AND ALCOHOL

I AM OFTEN ASKED AT THE PHARMACY COUNTER CAN I DRINK WHILE I AM ON THIS DRUG AND IN MANY CASES THESE PATIENTS ARE ON ANTIBIOTICS,

NINTY NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME THE DRINKING OF ALCOHOL WITH ANTIBIOTICS DOES HAVE A DIRECT INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOWS THAT YOU NEED A SET LEVEL OF DRUG IN YOUR BODY FOR THE DRUG TO WORK. IT SEEMS THAT DRINKING ALCOHOL WIPES OUT THE LEVEL OF ANITBIOTIC TO ZERO, IT IS AS IF YOU NEVER TOOK THE DRUG. SO WITH NO LEVEL YOU GET NO EFFECT!!!

IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT ALCOHOL IS A DRUG THAT UPSETS STOMACHS AND IN MANY CASES AN ANTIBIOTIC CAN ALSO UPSET YOUR TUMMY, SO TOGETHER YOU MAY GET A BIG TUMMY ACHE!!! IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO AVOID THE DRINKING TILL THE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY IS DONE, SOMETIMES HARD TO DO DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME YOUR QUESTIONS

brucegreenwald@sbcglobal.net

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THE PHARMACIST IS A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION, AND PASSING INFORMATION TO YOU IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

COLD SORES, AND HOW TO TREAT THEM.

COLD SORES ARE CAUSED BY A VIRUS THAT WE ALL HAVE IN OUR BODY AND FOR THE MOST PART DO NOT SHOW THEMSELVES. EITHER DO TO ILLNESS OR IF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM GETS A LITTLE WEAK, THE VIRUS MAY SHOW IT SELF AS A SORE ON YOUR LIP OR IN YOUR MOUTH.

THERE ARE SOME GREAT PRODUCTS LIKE ABREVA OUT THERE TO HELP GET THE COLD SORE TO GO AWAY. BUT I HAVE A CURE THAT COSTS ONLY 2 CENTS AND WORKS BETTER THAN ANYTHING ON THE MARKET. I HAVE USED IT MANY TIMES AND I HAVE TOLD MANY PATIENTS ABOUT THIS CURE AND THEY LOVE IT AND HAVE NEVER COME BACK TO TELL ME IT DID NOT WORK.

TAKE ONE ASPIRIN TABLET AND PLACE IT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND AD ABOUT 5 TO 10 DROPS OF WATER AND CRUSH THE ASPIRIN AND WATER TOGETHER TO MAKE A PASTE. THEN PLACE SOME OF THAT PASTE ON THE COLD SORE WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT. IT WILL BE A LITTLE PAINFUL FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING THE SORE WILL BE GONE!!!

IT WORKS, AND THE REASON IS THAT THE VIRUS GROWS IN A VERY NARROW ph AND THE ASPIRIN IS VERY ACID AND KILLS OFF THE VIRUS. SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO DO THIS FOR TWO EVENINGS IN A ROW BUT IT DOES WORK!!!

E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WILL ANSWER. brucegreenwald@sbcglobal.net. AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON

TODAY IS NOV 12TH, A MONDAY, AND I HAVE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT EYE INFECTIONS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM AND WHEN YOU SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

MOST EYES WILL LOOK WORSE THAN THEY ARE BUT IF IT HURTS OR YOUR VISION IS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE YOU SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT OF WAY.

THE BIGGEST THING WE SEE IS REDNESS AND SWOLLEN AND TEARING. THE FRIST THING ANY EYE DOCTOR WILL TELL YOU IS TO PLACE WARM COMPRESSESS EVERY 15 MINUTES ONTO YOUR EYE, IT IMPROVES CIRCULATION AND IT HELPS YOUR EYE FIGHT OFF ANY INFECTION YOU MAY HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING COMEING OUT OF YOUR EYE THAT HAS COLOR TO IT, YOU NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT OF WAY!!! IF YOU ARE TEARING THE PHARMACY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

WE CAN OFFER YOU TREATMENTS THAT WILL HELP TAKE OUT THE RED AND HELP SLOW DOWN THE TEARING THAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU HAVE ALLERGYS.

FOR DRY EYE, WE CAN OFFER ARTIFICAIL TEARS, AND FOR CONTACT LENSES WE CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU ALL THE VARIOUS PRODUCTS AND ASSIT YOU WITH A CHOICE.

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, YOU SHOULD TO TO THE PHARMACY COUNTER AND ASK FOR HELP, THAT IS WHAT PHARMACISTS ARE THERE FOR!!!

E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WILL ANSWER!!

ADVICE ON PRESCRIPTION AND OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS
FROM PHARMACIST BRUCE GREENWALD