| People's Pharmacy: Toprol could ease migraines
Toprol (metoprolol) is a beta-blocker. This type of medicine is often used to treat heart problems or high blood pressure. It is also prescribed to prevent migraine headaches. Q: I have seen full-page ads for Fosamax Plus D in my local newspaper. Why is Merck spending so much money advertising this osteoporosis drug? Could it be that the company is worried people will quit this medicine after learning that the benefits persist even after stopping it? I was also intrigued to read that acid-suppressing drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may be linked to hip fractures. Drugs like Fosamax can cause symptoms of heartburn, for which people would take acid suppressors. Could this create a vicious cycle? Answer: Two articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Dec.
Guide to heartburn helps ID types, treatments
According to the British medical journal The Lancet, heartburn is pretty common. In fact, 25 percent of Americans report experiencing heartburn at least once a month, 12 percent at least once per week and 5 percent daily. So what is heart burn? And what about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? Well, here's a guide to provide a bit more understanding of that burning sensation in your chest. .
Heartburn Q & A
According to the British medical journal The Lancet, heartburn is pretty common. Twenty-five percent of Americans report experiencing heartburn at least once a month, 12 percent at least once per week and 5 percent daily. So what is heartburn? And what about gastroesophageal reflux disease? Well, here's a guide to provide a bit more understanding of that burning sensation in your chest.
Why is it called heartburn?
.
Zero tolerance: Bears must win or leave us be
As a guy just out of the hospital, I could try the perspective speech -- what doesn't kill you makes you stronger -- but you've heard that bunk before. Like last year, when Steve Smith slid down the south goalpost like a stripper. And five winters ago, when native son Donovan McNabb dunked the ball over the other crossbar. Truth be told, if the Bears lose today, it just might kill all the hope and emotion you have built up over 21 seasons of acid indigestion since ''The Super Bowl Shuffle'' stopped. There is no consolation this time. You have endured Dave Wannstedt's bad mustache and Dick Jauron's monotone. You have sat through Cade McNown, Henry Burris, Jonathan Quinn and too many other men unfit to be pro quarterbacks. You have smelled Rashaan Salaam's second-hand pot smoke, dealt with Curtis Enis' party-animal-to-Jesus mood swings and wondered if David Terrell would accumulate more parking tickets than drops.
|
