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Digoxin and Amiodarone: How to Safely Manage Their Dangerous Drug Interaction
Digoxin and amiodarone together can cause deadly toxicity. Learn why a 50% digoxin dose reduction is mandatory, how to monitor levels, and who's at highest risk for life-threatening side effects.
Soy Products and Levothyroxine: What You Need to Know About Absorption Interference
Soy products can reduce levothyroxine absorption by up to 40%, leading to uncontrolled hypothyroidism. Learn how to time your meals and medication to avoid this common, often overlooked interaction.
Stroke Types: Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic and How to Prevent Them
Learn the difference between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, their symptoms, treatments, and proven prevention strategies to reduce your risk. Know what to do when seconds count.
How to Subscribe to FDA Drug Safety Alerts and Updates
Learn how to subscribe to free FDA drug safety alerts for recalls, medication risks, and medical device warnings. Get timely updates directly to your email and protect yourself from dangerous drug issues.
Grapefruit Juice Interactions: Why Some Medications Are Affected
Grapefruit juice can dangerously increase blood levels of many common medications by blocking a key liver enzyme. Over 85 drugs, including statins and blood pressure pills, are affected. Avoid grapefruit entirely if you take any prescription medication unless cleared by your pharmacist.
Meniere’s Disease: How Inner Ear Fluid Causes Vertigo and How to Manage Symptoms
Meniere’s disease causes vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus due to inner ear fluid buildup. Learn how sodium, diuretics, and new immune therapies can manage symptoms and slow progression.
How to Wear a Medical Alert Bracelet for Severe Drug Allergies
Wearing a medical alert bracelet for severe drug allergies can prevent deadly mistakes in emergencies. Learn what to engrave, where to wear it, and why digital alternatives aren't enough.
Color Blindness: Understanding Red-Green Defects and How They're Passed Down
Red-green color blindness affects 8% of men and 0.5% of women worldwide due to X-linked genetic inheritance. Learn how it works, how it's passed down, and what tools help people live with it.
Medical Tourism and Medication Safety: What You Must Know Before You Travel
Medical tourism saves money but comes with serious medication risks. Learn how to avoid dangerous drug interactions, counterfeit pills, and post-travel treatment gaps when getting care overseas.
Type 1 Diabetes: Managing Autoimmune Destruction of the Pancreas
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Learn how immune attacks start, why early detection matters, and how new therapies like teplizumab and CGMs are changing outcomes.
Corticosteroid-Induced Hyperglycemia and Diabetes: How to Monitor and Manage It
Corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia can turn healthy people diabetic overnight. Learn how to monitor blood sugar, when to use insulin, and why standard diabetes care often fails with steroid use.
Autoimmune Hepatitis: What It Is, How It’s Diagnosed, and How It’s Treated
Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic condition where the immune system attacks the liver, causing inflammation and damage. Early diagnosis and treatment with immunosuppressants can prevent cirrhosis and allow normal life expectancy.