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Clonidine (Catapres) Side Effects & Complications

The People's Pharmacy

An Unusual Side Effect: Nightmares: A reader shared this terrifying adverse reaction from clonidine: Q. That’s because investigators rarely question subjects about this sort of adverse reaction. It also has the green light from the agency for treating certain kinds of cancer-related pain.

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New Year, New Goals: 2024

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I compare it to two other big years in my journey as a healer: 2013 – When I got myself into remission from Hashimoto’s, published a book on how to do so, and started the thyroidpharmacist.com website to help others do the same. Boulardii , and leaky gut support. Here are some links to a few of my favorites.

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Preventing Deadly Drug Interactions Harder Than You Think

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Over a million people are harmed every year by adverse reactions to prescription drugs. You can learn more about how to protect yourself from such scary interactions through our book, Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them. Interactions between incompatible medications cause many of these. Here’s the link.

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Antidepressants and Suicide: Why Don’t People Think There’s a Link?

The People's Pharmacy

Many years ago, in our book, Graedons’ Best Medicine (1991), we wrote about the evolution of Prozac: “When Prozac (fluoxetine) was introduced in 1987 it barely made a splash. The drug was eventually outlawed, but only after thousands of adverse reactions and over a hundred deaths worldwide.

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The 7 Most Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Most people with Hashimoto’s have deficiencies in these nutrients, and I’ve seen very limited adverse reactions with supplementation (please check the special considerations/cautions sections under each supplement heading to learn about adverse reactions). (12-16). When to Expect to See Benefits: Usually 3 to 5 days.

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The Best Diet For Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Learn more adrenal dysfunction and protocols to support healing in my latest book, Adrenal Transformation Protocol. P.S. You can download a free Thyroid Diet Guide, 10 thyroid-friendly recipes, and the Nutrient Depletions and Digestion chapter of my first book for free by signing up for my newsletter. Published 2015 Sep 16.

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Can Statins Cause Memory Loss and Transient Global Amnesia?

The People's Pharmacy

Over that time he wrote several books including Lipitor, Thief of Memory , and Statin Drug Side Effects. The FDA does require the makers of statin-type drugs to list memory loss, forgetfulness, amnesia, memory impairment and confusion as possible adverse reactions.