Side Effects

The older we get, the more likely we are to be taking some kind of medicine or another and the more likely we are to being subject to drug side effects and interactions.


When prescribed a medicine,

• ask the doctor what the side effects and possible drug interactions are.


• When you pick it up ask the pharmacist about side effects and drug interactions.


• If possible, get all your drugs at the same place so that they can tell you about possible interactions.


• Ask for the complete set of notes that comes with the medicine and hope that the printer wasn't using the latest in nano-typesetting.


• Then get a magnifier so that you can read the tiny tiny print, or look it up on the internet and set the print size on "gigantic" again so that you can read it.

There are so many things about medicines, herbs, spices, etc. that no one ever thinks to tell people that can mess things up.


For example, I just read today that garlic might be really good for circulation, cholesterol, and blood pressure (the scientific jury is still out and the anecdotal evidence depends on who you're talking to), but that it should be stopped before surgery and dental procedures as it can make blood clotting slower. Wow! I've had surgery and I've had teeth pulled and I've never had anyone ask about my garlic intake.


Maybe it isn't a big factor, maybe it is, I don't know. But, I do know that it is easy enough to lay off the garlic for a few days just in case. I'd like to decide something like that for myself. Can't hurt. Might be unnecessary. Might really help, especially if I am taking other things that thin blood or something like that.


I guess that the more we know, the better we can take care of ourselves.

Stressed Out? Need A Mind-Body Tune Up?

Feeling stressed out and wondering if somehow your mind and body have forgotten how to work together? There are as many symptoms and signs of this going on as there are people and lines of text to describe them. It's real stuff.

True, there are some pretty neat tricks out there for turning this around, but of course the question quickly becomes one of whether the particular approach fits you and you are able to follow it.

For the committed (or desperate?) you can find things that really do have to capacity to give you positive results whether you are stressed out by:



anxiety/panic/nerves -->>Click Here! If you're in hurry, short on time, or just want to get on with it, these guys have pulled together a tremendous amount of information that can be extremely helpful.


high blood pressure-->>Click Here! This fellow's creating a CD that can use the same scietific principles used in the fancy biofeedback instruments that cost hundreds of dollars is pretty cool in and of itself. Very interesting information on his page.

or relationships -->> Click Here! The information here takes off from the observations of J. Gottman, PhD and George Pransky, PhD on what really makes marriages work and what makes marriage counseling work. HINT: It is NOT communicating better.


Also, I picked these three because their their sales pages are educational and helpful whether you decide to buy their products or not.


It isn't really an issue of whether the program works or not, but rather one of can you and I work the program. The big secret, if there is one, lies in that. How do we do what we can and find some peace with what we can't? Hmmmm.

Any thoughts? stories? successes? ideas of what's really needed here?