Brain Health Supplements: What Do I Need to Know?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T07:02:04-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
There are many over-the-counter products that contain ingredients advertised to improve memory and cognitive function. Some well-known ingredients include apoaequorin (Prevagen®), omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins B and E, and ginkgo biloba. Over the years, public interest in brain health supplements has become more widespread, which begs the question: Should I [...]
How Can I Prevent and Treat Medication-Overuse Headaches?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T21:29:57-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
When Less is More: Preventing and Treating Medication-Overuse Headaches What are medication overuse headaches? Medication-overuse headaches (MOH), also known as “Rebound headaches”, is defined as when a person with a pre-existing headache disorder (most commonly migraines) experiences headaches on more than 15 days per month while taking at least one [...]
Can you use medications past their expiration date?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T21:32:13-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
How important is the expiration date on your medication bottle? A lot of us will look at expiration dates on food as more of a suggestion than a rule. If it passes the sniff test and there’s no visible mold growing, it’s fine right? Maybe not. But how do expiration [...]
How to Cope with Post-Holiday Blues
Katie Mahan2023-03-31T12:50:20-07:00Ask The Pharmacist, Blog|
How do I cope with post-holiday blues? With the holidays officially over, it’s time to resume everyday life and business. However, coming down from the high of the “most wonderful time of the year” can be difficult for many people. Instead of greeting the New Year with excitement and [...]
I Can Hear You Loud and Clear – A Guide to Safe Ear Wax Removal
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T21:42:26-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
Ear wax is a natural coating produced by glands on the surface of your ear canal. It acts as a helpful sticky coating to protect your ear drum by trapping dust, dead skin, and other foreign particles from reaching deeper into your ear. Sometimes, too much ear wax buildup can [...]
It’s Time to Care for Caregivers
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T21:44:43-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
What is Caregiver Burnout? Caregiver burnout is the mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion you may experience from the overwhelming responsibilities of supporting and caring for another individual. It can happen to anyone providing care for another because it is easy to put your loved one first before your own health [...]
What Lifestyle Modifications Can I Do To Improve My Vision Health?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T22:03:19-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
As we age, vision loss is a common condition that is seen with many people, which can be due to many different reasons such as genetics, environmental and lifestyle factors, and/or other medical conditions. Below will include lifestyle modifications you can do everyday to prevent vision loss and improve [...]
What’s the Deal with Probiotics?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T22:09:51-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
What are probiotics and why does my doctor recommend taking them after antibiotics? The “pro” in “probiotics” means good, so probiotics are the “good bacteria”. Our gut normally contains a population of good bacteria. They help with digestion and help with protecting our gut from the bad bacteria that cause [...]
Penicillin allergy, what’s the big deal?
Katie Mahan2023-02-23T22:11:29-08:00Ask The Pharmacist|
What allergies do you have to medications? You are probably recalling years ago, perhaps even decades ago, of that time your parents told you had a rash to an unnamed medication ending in “-cillin” when you were a child, or that one time you developed a rash after taking something [...]
Reducing Salt Intake for Heart Failure
Erin Williams2023-02-23T22:17:05-08:00Blog|
The Cardiac Diet: You may have read that reducing salt intake from food is important for preventing high blood pressure, and kidney disease, but do you know why it is particularly important for people with heart failure? Heart Failure is a medical condition in which the heart cannot fill [...]