Growing Bolder Community

You have been lying there counting the little holes in your ceiling tiles for days or should I say nights now. Your tired, irritable and just wish you could sleep. Insomnia is one of the biggest issues people seek help for. This is especially true of women. But few bring this issue to their physician because they do not want medications or they are taking over the counter medications....

We see ads on television for medications for restless legs mostly sponsored by drug companies and so we wonder could I possible have this condition? What is this condition? Do I really need another medication? Television gives use a chance to be educated about ideas and conditions that are current. But if you happen to be my mother then every time you see one of these commercials you wonder if...

Whenever I hand a prescribed for pain pills to a patient, I inform them, "Keep in mind not to consume any type of alcohol when taking these medications."For years, we in the medical community thought that easy message was surviving. It appears we were wrong.Every 19 moments somebody passes away because of misuse of prescribed medications. In some cases it is due to the fact that they take too...

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Dear Pharmacist,I read about the tragic death of John Travolta’s son, Jett. It feels senseless to me and other members of my church. I think that it was his Scientology religion that kept him from medicating his child properly. Could you please tell these people to put their children first and follow doctors orders?W.S., Birmingham, AlabamaDear W.S., First of all, “these people” are very...