Did you know that attached to the bottle of any prescription drug from the manufacturer is an insert with the absorption rate of the drug. It basically tells you how much of the drug is absorbed and how much is excreted out of your system unused. So let’s say your doctor thinks you need 80 mg of drug X and the absorption rate is 66%. He will prescribe you a 120 mg dosage of drug X so you get the desired amount of drug. … [Read more...]
How to Identify Pills
Every person has opened up that brownish prescription container and taken out a pill to treat a symptom. The question that nobody asks is: Did my pharmacist fill the prescription correctly? Think of all the movie scenes where a pill container gets knocked over and the actor quickly tries to put everything back based on what he thought was the correct order. Uh oh, don’t get nervous, but remember pharmacists are people … [Read more...]