Posted on 05/02/2022 6:09:08 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
For many Americans managing chronic conditions, taking medications and supplements is an important part of staying healthy. And if you're juggling multiple prescriptions, you may have a special way of storing your meds to keep track of which ones to take, and when. However, a new study published in the journal Health Technology Assessment found that one popular storage method can actually increase your risk of experiencing adverse effects from medications—something researchers found "counterintuitive" given the product's purpose. Read on to find out which storage method could raise the risk of side effects—and why you shouldn't stop using it if you've already started.
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The one that cracks me up is the experts’ rotating infant. Every few years you have to make sure your baby sleeps on his stomach or back or side. I’m waiting for the expert recommendation for the baby to sleep standing on his head.
Reminds me of that movie that came out at at time (IIRC) where there was a spike in the public awareness of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) thing (which is itself nothing to laugh at) but the funny thing in the move “Terms of Endearment” which starred Deborah Winger as the daughter of an overbearing mother (a whack job played by the whack job Shirley MacLaine) who attracted the attention of the aging, past his prime astronaut played by Jack Nicholson.
In the movie (and this is from memory, having seen it some 40 years ago!) Winger’s character talked about how she had poor sleeping habits, and had a flashback to being in her crib, where her mother (a neurotic whack job played by MacLaine) woke her up every few minutes just to see if she was still breathing!
Funny how that one scene stuck with me...
Yeah, the author wrote lots of useless words to get a fatter paycheck.
Deep in the article you learn that 1) when opening pill bottles every day, older people with memory problems people forget if they’ve taken their daily dose and wind up skipping that day’s dose, 2) they complain to their doc the med isn’t working, 3) doc ups the dose, 4) person still takes the higher dose every other day or every third day. THEN, 5) person starts using a pill organizer and reliably takes doses every day, 6) SURPRISE! person is taking too much drug.
It’s actually an interesting finding, but improper use of meds is due to memory problems, not pill organizers.
I’m back! I’m not dead from pillboxitis. Praise be to God!
Ha Ha! Take that, Mr. “Pill Box!’’ Good for you!
I agree.
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