The People's Pharmacy®

Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Washing your hands may be a good way to avoid catching colds, but... (Read More)

This website has become a community where people share their favorite home remedies and natural food therapies. If you would like to keep up with the unusual remedies that other people have found helpful, you might consider subscribing to our... (Read More)

Q. I read in one of your columns that yellow mustard might help relieve heartburn. That article caught my attention. I have found that eating more than one hard-boiled egg produces bloating and gas with an unpleasant sulphurous odor. Adding... (Read More)

Q. I need a past article from you about Celebrex (celicoxib). Someone had complained that it made her nipples hard or something like that. I had a similar problem so I cut my dose from 200 to 100 and my... (Read More)

Q. I was alarmed to read that eating canned soup can raise body levels of BPA. If this is true for canned soups, wouldn't it follow that other canned foods would pose the same problem? A. Bisphenol A (BPA) is... (Read More)

The modern pharmacy is big and busy. Hundreds of prescriptions are filled daily in a typical chain drugstore. Everyone is in a hurry. Pharmacists and technicians work at maximum speed with limited time for lunch or bathroom breaks. Drive-through windows... (Read More)

Q. I have a question about natural herbal supplements to help me sleep. I am in law enforcement and work shifts, so I don't have a regular pattern of sleep. Is there anything that can help me get better sleep... (Read More)

Q. My skin turns to sandpaper in the winter. I get all sorts of cracks, just like a paper cut, and they can be incredibly painful. They are worst on my fingertips, knuckles and thumbs. The heels of my feet... (Read More)

Q. I am 70 years old and have been taking lecithin for over 35 years. When the doctor viewed images of my arteries, he was amazed to find no plaque or calcification deposits of any kind. He said I had... (Read More)

Q. I am an international flight attendant. I was pleased to read in your column that coffee might be used for asthma in an emergency. I think we have some kind of asthma medication in our enhanced medical kit, but... (Read More)

Q. My niece has Crohn's disease and has suffered from unremitting diarrhea for months. She started eating homemade macaroon cookies (1 per day, 12.5 grams of dried coconut per macaroon). As a result, she had a dramatic improvement in her... (Read More)

Q. My father has atrial fibrillation and is treated with a pacemaker and digoxin. His heart doctor ordered amitriptyline because of a burning sensation in his feet. He had fainting spells within two weeks of starting on the amitriptyline. With... (Read More)

Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: The Veterans Health Administration is an enormous bureaucracy, but it is striving to... (Read More)

Q. This time of year, when the weather is bad and there isn't much sunlight, I get really down in the dumps. I have found that St. John's wort can help me out of my funk and it doesn't ruin... (Read More)

Q. I have had irritable bowel syndrome for more than 25 years. I've tried all sorts of remedies including coconut macaroon cookies. I ate so many I can't stand even looking at them! Then I remembered you had mentioned special... (Read More)