Questions tagged [medications]
Questions related to intake, use, safety, side effects, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drugs, prodrugs and medication.
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Is Moderated Caffeine Good? (if so how much and how often)
I have never engaged in caffeine except in rare circumstance where I take Excedrin due to a headache/migraine. However, after reading about the enhanced mental state from caffeine and trying a cup of ...
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How do mRNA vaccines work and what are their advantages over traditional vaccines?
How do mRNA vaccines work?
To my intuitive understanding, for an mRNA vaccine to work, the mRNAs injected into the patient need to first enter a cell and get translated into proteins. Those proteins ...
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Is Myopia Reversible/Curable?
Myopia, meaning short sightedness is said to develop when eyes are exposed to excessive strain. But what I've failed to understand properly is whether myopia can be reversed or cured in any manner? ...
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Why do doctors prescribe steroid tablets even though they know the side effects?
Sometimes doctors prescribe steroid tablets to suppress pain for diseases, such as arthritis. Why do they prescribe it even though they know the side effects?
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How much food is necessary to buffer the stomach when taking medicine?
Very often, doctors or pharmacists will advise patients to take certain pills with food to "act as a buffer" so the patient is less likely to get a stomach ache from taking the pill.
How much food is ...
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How to get rid of erectile dysfunction?
Erection problems happen mostly with men. What causes it and what is happening in the body?
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Has there been any medical studies as to whether drinking a 'Hot Toddy' can help to ward off or to help heal someone who has COVID-19? [closed]
I am curious to know if there has been any medical studies that have been conducted to ascertain if drinking a 'Hot Toddy' every day will decrease the odds of someone being infected by the COVID-19 ...
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Does keeping different types of medications in one pill bottle affect their quality?
I take a number of different medications and herbal supplements. Because keeping separate containers in my pocketbook is cumbersome, I've been combining them together in the same prescription bottle. ...
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What can you learn from the parts of the name of a drug?
I've noticed that many drugs have names that end in the same syllables:
umab
fenib
tinib
For example, Wikipedia on Dabrafenib lists a number of similar drugs at the bottom of the page that end with ...
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What can the variability of strength be between different brands of supposedly identical medications?
I remember reading that medications are within allowable specs if they contain +/- 30% of the labelled strength. I can't find the source of that information in order to check its validity.
If that is ...
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Do anti-inflammatory painkillers speed up healing?
With a recent case of whiplash as a result of being on the receiving end of a car accident, I'm now wondering whether taking ibuprofen 4-7 times a week will help me heal quicker/more completely?
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How is Lopinavir + Ritonavir expected to stop COVID-19?
There are four drugs being tested for effectiveness against COVID-19 in the SOLIDARITY trial. Three of them have obvious potential mechanisms of action:
Remdesivir is an RNA polymerase inhibitor. ...
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Use of antibiotics and the night gap
I was wondering, if medications such as antibiotics are to be taken 4 times or more a day (so every 6 hours), what happens during the night with such a long gap in between (8 hours). I have heard that ...
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How can I learn to swallow pills without gagging?
Many people have difficulty swallowing pills or even find themselves unable to do so. While some medications are available in other forms, many are not.
Is it possible to learn how to swallow pills? ...
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How much space should be in between taking an antidepressant and drinking coffee?
For stimulants such as Methylphenidate and coffee, it is at least an hour, so I read:
Stimulant + Stimulant = Stimulated. Don't take your Concerta with
coffee in future. Space them out at least ...
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How does immunosuppressant affect immune system?
I'm talking Immuran (azathioprine) and I would like to know what it does to immune system exactly. I'm not a doctor but I'm asking here just to learn.
Does it kill all white cells? Does it reduce the ...
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What are the best ways to increase fertility?
We are newly married couple.
What Food habits we need to take care of and what are the best workout tips for us? If we need to do physical activity - which one is more effective YOGA or Gym Workouts ...
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To what extent does filling more prescriptions increase the number of medication errors?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/10/skin-melts-off-medication-error/315930001/ (mirror) says:
According to the Food and Drug Administration, medication errors jumped from 16,...
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hair repigmentation and growth from secukinumab
I saw this study(link) about a patient who received a drug called secukinumab and experienced hair re-pigmentation from white to black and hair re-growth and as you can see the results are pretty ...
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T2DM medication treatment pathway
I am looking at the T2DM medications specified here and have a few questions about them.
1) Why don't I see drugs like Troglitazone, Tolazamide, Acarbose, Acetohexamide, Chlorpropramide, Miglitol? ...
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What are the special medications to treat Covid-19?
We know there is no cure for Covid-19 (currently) and the
treatment focuses on managing symptoms as the virus runs its course.
The main symptoms of Covid-19 are
-Fever
-Cough
-Shortness of breath
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T2DM diagnosis vs disorder due to T2DM diagnosis?
I have a database of diabetic patients. Mostly 80 % are T2DM patients. Now I would like to identify the T2DM patients based on their conditions reported. I mean when patients visit hospital (diabetic ...
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