hey bobby --- yes, this is the study which only examined older people. unfortunately - this is a population with decreased calcium absorption already....
hi kitty --- it sounds like your son needs some serious psychiatric intervention. i'm sorry that you're going through all of this. a few things -- - the aspect of your story which disturbs me the...
hey --- unfortunatley, the pharmacist is correct. dilaudid (hydromorphone) is a schedule-II control substance and cannot be refilled. also, at least in the state where i practice, schedule-II drugs...
oakley -- i am an internal medicine physician who has a particular interest in how physical medicine translates into/from psychiatry. It is an area of medicine which, i feel, is completely...
have you had your serum gastrin measured? an easy blood test which any PCP can do. this will easily tell you if you suffer from hypergastrinemia...
If you find the article -- would you mine posting it? I've never seen this as a problem in patients treated with PPI's. The most recent trials that I read with Nexium were confounded by the fact that...
i'm glad that it's working --- meds really do work when people take them consistently....
Hey Zomese -- Quetiapine tends to be dose dependant in terms of sedation and somnolence. Usually patients have some sedation for the first 4 days (that's why I like to start it on a Thursday, by...
Topamax does have a varied plethora of side effects that are experienced with it. I've often found that the old anti-depressants (known as tri-cyclics, such as -- Elavil, espeically) have been really...
Hi Angel --- Welcome! This is a fantastic place where we covet the anonymity of the internet and try to offer help where we can. Can I ask you ---- you mentioned that you are always kind of like a...
Hi Cranky --- One thing that you might consider if that because your anxiety/depression meds aren't working effectively - they may be triggering a higher frequency/duration of headaches. I have seen...
Hey there --- Have you ever tried taking Flexeril?...
hey zomese --- i'm sorry that you're going through such a hard time. i should let you know, however, that Lamictal has demonstrated it's efficacy only in delaying episodes in bipolar disorder (it's...
hey roy --- are you taking Nexium or Zegerid on an empty stomach? This is a critical part of the dosing which many patients overlook. Taking either drug with food decreases the action by almost...
While this was an early concern with the introduction of PPI's. There was a large-scale study examining the effects of vitamin absorption with Prilosec (the parent drug of Nexium) - which...