If you have been reading my blogs you know that I prefer prescription drugs over supplements because prescription drugs are standardized and tested to be safe and effective. Supplements are not. The downside to prescription weight loss drugs is that you need permission from your doctor and your insurance may or may not pay for …
Diet Pills In a previous blog, you might recall me saying that a feel bad for people who have given up on trying to lose weight and be healthy, but there are pills to help and encourage them. This blog is about those pills. There are so many, where shall I start. I’ll divide them …
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Testosterone and New Link to Cardiovascular Risks: If there is one thing I have learned in my 20 years as a pharmacist it is that all drugs are both good and bad. That is proving true with Testosterone. It’s good because it keeps men vigorous and strong, but the downside it can possibly increase the …
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Drugs that reverse hair loss and drugs that cause hair loss I don’t have to tell you that your hair is a big part of your appearance and hair can be a tell-tell sign of age. As we age it can become thin, frizzy, brittle, and gray. This is a particularly important subject for me …
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Skin whitening, skin lightening, and skin bleaching Skin that is a consistent color is definitely more harmonious, but is lighter always better? (I believe that the old fashion idea that lighter skin is better will soon be obsolete. In the future no one will care. But if people want to lighten their skin, I don’t …
Did you know there is a drug in the form of a cream that actually makes your skin thicker, smoother, plumper, and radiant? Tretinoin/Retin A is a cream that is proven to do that. It is also known as trans-retinoic acid, retinA, Avita, Renova, and requires a doctor’s prescription. It stimulates the skin by causing …
Most primary care doctors usually don’t concern themselves with cosmetic drugs, so if you want one, you need to do your homework and bring up the subject. The best place to get information is the website MedlinePlus. It’s a government service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health and has no …