InsuranceFilter: What exactly makes a medication fall into the maintenance medication category in the eyes of insurance companies? Is it the fact that the doctor writes the prescription and allows for refills? Would getting a new prescription with no refills every month circumvent the whole maintenance medication designation? [more inside]
posted by lrkuperman on Oct 3, 2008 - 7 answers

I have two questions related to medications that I take (or should be taking). Question about Acidophilus expiration dates and how to take Synthroid inside. [more inside]
posted by Mael Oui on Aug 5, 2008 - 19 answers

Is it safe to mix 24 hour Loratadine (Claritin) with 25-50 Diphenhydramin HCl (Benadryl)? My allergies are killing me and the loratadine does not seem to be doing the job.
posted by Raichle on May 6, 2008 - 29 answers

How to wean off of tramadol? [more inside]
posted by ohdeanna on Feb 27, 2008 - 8 answers

I want to hear from women who have given birth using narcotics and analgesics via IV as pain relief. [more inside]
posted by FergieBelle on Jan 27, 2008 - 14 answers

Is it possible to buy a box of single-dose OTC medication packets? [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Nov 17, 2007 - 6 answers

Having personally taken most mental health drugs, somebody set up a humorous and serious website to review them. Can you help me find it again? [more inside]
posted by rossmik on Aug 23, 2007 - 5 answers

Is there an easy, inexpensive way to check if the meds I order from overseas by are real? For example, would the solution linked below be something a total novice could do? How could I actually learn the process? (and please, no lectures on whether ordering from overseas is good idea. That's what I'm trying to find out.) thanks.
posted by soulbarn on Mar 2, 2007 - 10 answers

DoctorFilter: Please scare me into being more conscientious, but not to a point where my anxieties go ape. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 12, 2006 - 23 answers

I have a small Staph infection on my arm. My family nurse-practitioner gave me some Cipro. I asked her if I should put some Neosporin (which I already have in my medicine cabinet) on it. She said that Neosporin promotes redness, and Bacitracin would be better. So I get home and look at my Neosporin tube, and in smaller print under the word Neosporin, it says "Bacitracin Zinc - Neomycin Sulfate - Polymyxin B Sulfate." So are Neosporin and Bacitracin brands the same thing? And where does she get that Neosporin promotes redness? I've never heard that.
posted by IndigoRain on May 5, 2005 - 8 answers

Straterra and ADHD. My 13 year old son has just been diagnosed with ADHD and the dr. is recommending Straterra. Does anyone have any experience with young adolescents and Straterra, especially side effects, good, bad experiences? Any helpful hints on young adolescents and ADHD in general? Thanks.
posted by mygothlaundry on Dec 9, 2004 - 15 answers

Does anyone know of an alternative to Effexor (Venlafaxine)? It is not a tricyclic, MAO or a SSRI. (MI) [more inside]
posted by arse_hat on Nov 30, 2004 - 16 answers

In the U.S., some televised prescription drug ads tell you exactly what the drug is for. Others only allude cryptically to the drug's function. Still others just show a middle-aged, sweater-clad couple enjoying a sunset on a beach. Or Mike Ditka. Why?
posted by stonerose on Feb 16, 2004 - 10 answers