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How to Win the Take-Your-Medicine Battle!
Weve all been a part of moments like this, some of us more often than others: Your child sits on one side of the table, eyeing you with suspicion. More specifically, eyeing what is in your hands. You are shielding your hands with little success, hoping that the popsicle you just gave your child a few minutes prior was a satisfactory peace offering. Your child backs away as you lean in.
Over-the-Counter Medicine for Menopause
Hot flashes, vaginal atrophy, relaxation of the pelvic muscles and hair growth where you don’t want it and hair thinning where you do. If that litany doesn’t make you want to scream, it will surely have you running to your nearest pharmacy for some help. Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are available for menopausal women. Just make sure you know what’s what.
Prince, Heroin and Your Medicine Cabinet
The news that the artist and musician Prince died from an accidental fentanyl and heroin overdose is tragic. But the fact that a lethal ingredient commonly mixed with heroin killed Prince should scare, as well as sadden, parents. Any of our kids could die this way. The dangers lurk in an innocent place – our…
How to Treat Your Child’s Fever With OTC Medicine
The following is a guest post byGloria Verret, RN, RN Remedies blogger and pediatric nurse in the Liver and Kidney Transplant Unit at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Have you heard the term fever phobia?
Medicine Bottle Storage Containers
Locker Brand has recalled 59,600 Rx Lockers due to a design flaw that can allow “unauthorized access” to medicine containers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced. Product: Rx Locker medicine bottle storage containers