Category: Medications - Page 2
How to Protect Your Privacy When Disposing of Medications
Learn how to safely dispose of medications while protecting your personal health information. Follow FDA and HIPAA guidelines to prevent identity theft and ensure your prescription bottles don't become a privacy risk.
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How to Read Prescription Dosage Instructions: Frequency and Timing Explained
Learn how to read prescription dosage labels correctly, understand what "twice daily" really means, avoid dangerous measurement mistakes, and take your medicine safely with clear timing instructions.
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SSRIs with NSAIDs: How to Reduce Your Risk of GI Bleeding
Combining SSRIs and NSAIDs can raise your risk of dangerous GI bleeding by 75%. Learn who’s most at risk, which pain relievers are safer, and how to protect yourself with simple, evidence-based steps.
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Polypharmacy and Side Effects: How Taking Too Many Medications Increases Health Risks
Taking five or more medications increases fall risk, confusion, hospitalizations, and death. Learn how polypharmacy harms seniors, why deprescribing saves lives, and what you can do to reduce dangerous drug combinations.
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Five Medication Safety Tips for Seniors and Caregivers
Five proven medication safety tips for seniors and caregivers to prevent dangerous drug interactions, reduce hospital visits, and improve daily adherence - backed by the latest geriatric guidelines and real-world data.
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Why Brand Companies Launch Authorized Generics: Strategy Explained
Brand companies launch authorized generics to protect revenue when patents expire. These are identical to the original drug but sold at lower prices, helping maintain market share while lowering costs for patients.
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Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions: How Drugs Affect Each Other in the Body
Pharmacodynamic drug interactions occur when drugs affect each other's effects at the receptor level, not by changing blood levels. Learn how common combinations like NSAIDs with blood pressure meds or SSRIs with MAOIs can cause serious harm-or unexpected benefits.
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Ciprofloxacin and Theophylline: Why This Drug Pair Can Be Dangerous
Ciprofloxacin can dangerously increase theophylline levels, leading to seizures, heart problems, and hospitalization. Learn why this interaction is so risky and what safer alternatives exist.
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Antiretroviral Therapy and Common Medications: High-Risk Interactions You Can't Ignore
Antiretroviral therapy can interact dangerously with common medications like statins, painkillers, and herbal supplements. Learn which combinations are life-threatening and how to stay safe with HIV treatment.
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Anticholinergic Burden with Tricyclic Antidepressants: Cognitive and Cardiac Risks
Tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline carry high anticholinergic burden, increasing risks of cognitive decline and dangerous heart rhythms. Learn why they're being phased out and what safer alternatives exist.
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