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Q. Milk of magnesia is great for blemishes. I started using it six months ago, and it really helped clear up my skin. It was better than the things my dermatologist prescribed. I got lazy and stopped using it, and...
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Q. I am an anxious person and find that I don't handle stressful situations very well. My doctor prescribed Lexapro but it made me very nauseated. I woke up in a deep sweat with my heart racing. I know there...
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Q. My husband has high cholesterol, despite a very healthy lifestyle and weight. His doctor put him on Lipitor. After the dosage was increased, I started noticing that he wasn't as enthusiastic about our previously very active sex life. He...
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Q. When I picked up a prescription from the pharmacy, the pharmacy label had a "use before" date of 09/04/10. The manufacturer's label, under the pharmacy label, had an "expiration" date of Dec 2012. Why is this? A. It is...
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Q. Shortly after moving to Charleston, SC, in 1988 I developed very uncomfortable itching over much of my body, including my armpits, groin and chest. A physician diagnosed it as "Charleston Crud" and recommended Zeasorb-AF, an antifungal body powder. The...
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Q. I have been washing my hands so many times a day to avoid colds and flu that they are incredibly red and rough. My fingertips are cracked and split and it hurts to type on the computer. My hands...
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Q. I am a research scientist so I like evidence. My husband is an architect who is a critical thinker and not about to fall prey to nonsense. He came down with a terrible cold that led to pneumonia. The...
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Q. I have had headaches for as long as I can remember. Some were debilitating, and some I just had to soldier through. Recently they were becoming more frequent, with the most common being a sharp sensation on one side...
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Q. I broke out with eczema in May. Not knowing what it was initially, I tried topical treatments that might dry it, from oatmeal baths to sea salt in my bath water. Finally I tried Noxzema. It seemed to start...
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Q. How effective is Tamiflu against this H1N1 influenza bug? Are there any risks to taking this drug preventively? I am thinking of asking my doctor for a prescription since I will soon have to take a couple of airplane...
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Q. I am 55 and suffering with vaginal dryness that makes intercourse very painful. I rarely have any more hot flashes, just once in a while. I have tried prescriptions and herbs with no relief. So far, bio-identical creams haven't...
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Q. When directions for medicine say take with food, do I take it before I eat anything, or at mid-meal or following the meal? A. Unless there are instructions to the contrary (such as "take 30 minutes before eating") a...
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Q. I have suffered with "The Monster" for more than 20 years. That's what I call my headaches. It took 5 years and trips to 5 different teaching hospitals to get a decent diagnosis. These are the most excruciating pains...
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Q. As a doctor who treats heart patients, I am frustrated by your unbalanced reporting about cholesterol-lowering drugs. In your column you repeatedly emphasize the negative perceptions people have of statins rather than highlighting the benefits. These medications have a...
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Q. You wrote recently about using milk of magnesia as an underarm deodorant. My husband uses the antimicrobial skin cleanser, Hibiclens. He puts it on his armpits for 10 minutes each morning, then washes it off. This has solved his...
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Q. One thing that I have not seen in the discussions of vitamin D relates to sun exposure. You have said that people who get 10 to 15 minutes of sun exposure at one time can make enough vitamin D...
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Q. I was very concerned to hear on television that you should not eat peppermints while taking a cholesterol-lowering medication. I am on Crestor, and I eat peppermints when I have an upset stomach. I called my pharmacist to ask...
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Q. I am taking strong pain medicine after knee surgery. The result is unbearable constipation. Please send me recipes for the dynamite pumpkin bran muffins and "Power Pudding." I need relief! A. Narcotic pain medications like hydrocodone, oxycodone, OxyContin, Percocet,...
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Q. I am one of those old-fashioned men who was brought up believing sex was for after you got married. I never thought about the possibility my wife would have no sex drive at all. After 21 years of little...
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Q. I always thought jock itch was a locker room contagion. I don't go to a gym, so I was surprised when my dermatologist told me what I had. He prescribed antifungal drugs. About three months before the diagnosis, I'd...
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Q. A dear friend was put on Reglan for acid stomach and left on the drug for 9 years. The therapy is only supposed to last a few weeks. She now has tardive dyskinesia. Her tongue is enlarged and she...
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Q. I had a heart transplant and now I can't afford the medicines because I am in the doughnut hole. If I stop taking the drugs my transplant will most likely fail. I fall in the cracks because I get...
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Q. I am bone-tired all of the time. I also have really dry skin, dry brittle hair and nails that break easily. (Even my toenails are brittle). I take vitamins and fish oil every day as well as red yeast...
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Q. I wanted to share a method that I have used several times for killing warts, and am curious if you have any insight that differs from mine. My doctor gives me a recurring prescription for the antiviral drug amantadine....
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Q. I enjoyed reading your article about using old-fashioned Listerine for smelly armpits. Another approach is for men to shave their armpits. Q. I am a very active male and, especially in the summer, my armpits smell bad even after...
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Q. Is it true that gold shots work for arthritis? A. Injected gold salts are an old-fashioned treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. This approach goes back more than 70 years and can be quite effective in reducing inflammation. Oral gold (such...
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Q. Would taking an iron supplement ease RLS (restless legs syndrome) symptoms? I was part of a blinded study at Johns-Hopkins where I either had an iron infusion or a placebo. I was "cured" for over a year, but the...
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Q. My husband started on lovastatin for high cholesterol and soon began to notice weakness in his right arm. This weakness progressed so he saw his doctor, thinking he had a pinched nerve. He was referred to a neurologist who...
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Q. I have been taking Effexor XR for two years. At first I was pleased that it relieved the anxiety, depression and excessive worrying I had been suffering. Then I began experiencing insomnia and night sweats and decided to taper...
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Q. A gentleman wrote you that he had been taking a prescription heartburn pill for years. Through his own research he learned that he might have a B12 deficiency due to his use of the drug over an extended...
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