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God and Medicine OVERVIEW Recently, the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) had the makers of acetaminophen (Tylenol) place a strong warning (called a black box warning) about the dangers of overdosing on acetaminophen. Doctors have known that if you give a 170 pound man approximately 5000 mg, or 10 tabs of 500mg. of acetaminophen over 24 hours you run the risk of permanently ruining his...

When Does Integrity Die?Eli Lilly & Co. will pay a combined $1.42 billion, that’s “B” as in billion (1000 million) in fines and settlements for their actions in marketing Zyprexa off label for dementia. “Off Label” is term the FDA uses when a medicine is used for some other reason than stated in the literature of the product. The CEO of Eli Lilly, John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D. is not the...

Cargiver Stress and Depression Caregiver Stress and DepressionBy Daniel Wimer, RN, PLCOverviewDepression is normal in life changing moments. Whether trauma is physical or emotional it is normal to have temporary depression during and following trauma in our life. The problem can be grief, losing one’s job, finding out your loved one has Alzheimer’s, a heart attack, cancer, or a stroke, the...

9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established...