Author: Ian Glover - Page 2
Fiber Supplements and Medications: When to Take Them to Avoid Absorption Problems
Fiber supplements can block the absorption of key medications like thyroid pills, blood thinners, and antibiotics. Learn the safe timing rules to avoid dangerous interactions and keep your meds working properly.
Statins and Pregnancy: What You Need to Know About Risks and Planning
Statins were once strictly avoided in pregnancy due to fears of birth defects. New data shows they're unlikely to cause harm-except in rare cases. Learn who should keep taking them, when to stop, and what the latest research says.
How Family History and Genetics Affect Your Response to Generic Drugs
Your family’s drug reactions may be written in your genes. Learn how genetic variations affect your response to generic medications-and what steps you can take to avoid dangerous side effects or ineffective treatment.
Prepaid Drug Mail-Back Envelopes for Medication Disposal: How They Work and Where to Get Them
Prepaid drug mail-back envelopes let you safely dispose of expired or unused medications by mail-no trips to a pharmacy needed. Learn how they work, what you can send, and where to get them for free.
Antibiotic Shortages: How Drug Shortages Are Putting Infection Treatment at Risk
Antibiotic shortages are now a global health emergency, forcing doctors to use riskier treatments and leaving patients without care. Rising resistance, weak manufacturing, and poor incentives are making simple infections deadly again.
Medications Never to Put in Household Trash: A Safety List
Certain powerful medications like fentanyl and methadone must be flushed down the toilet-not thrown in the trash-to prevent deadly misuse. Here’s the full FDA flush list and safe disposal rules.
Diabetes and Weight Loss: Proven Strategies to Manage Blood Sugar and Lose Weight Safely
Losing 5-7% of your body weight can dramatically improve blood sugar control and even reverse type 2 diabetes. Learn science-backed strategies for safe, sustainable weight loss that work with diabetes-not against it.
Ginkgo Biloba and Blood Thinners: What You Need to Know About Bleeding Risk
Ginkgo biloba may seem harmless, but when mixed with blood thinners like aspirin or warfarin, it can cause dangerous bleeding. Learn who's at risk, which meds to avoid, and what to do before surgery.
Medications and Athletes: How Common Drugs Affect Performance and Health
Performance-enhancing drugs may boost strength and recovery, but they come with severe, often irreversible health risks-including heart damage, infertility, and mental health collapse. Most users are not elite athletes-they’re everyday gym-goers unaware of the dangers.
Military Deployment and Medication Safety: How Heat, Storage, and Access Impact Soldier Health
Military deployment exposes medications to extreme heat, storage failures, and access delays that can reduce vaccine potency by 50% and delay life-saving treatments. Learn how the military fights to keep meds effective-and what’s coming next.