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I am a practicing pharmacist.On my drug information website, I have answered hundreds of questions to date. The articles posted on my site include Parkinson`s disease. depression, menopause, diabetes, sleep and aging, congestive heart failure, calcium channel blockers, thyroid hormone replacement therapy, ADHD, multiple sclerosis an more.
Experience in the area
I have experience in retail as well as hospital pharmacy pracice. Currently working in a hospital pharmacy. I am experienced in drug information. Over the last 6 years I have developed a successful web site for drug information.
The addressfor my drug information website is http://www.druginformation.bc.caThere you can read articles on varios areas of health interest. You can also leave me questions which I will personally answer. I also have a free health information newsletter called The Caplet. To subscribe send e-mail to
thecaplet-subscribe@topica.com
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Recent Reviews from Users
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| Rhonda | 11/06/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much. I can never ..... |
| Samantha | 11/05/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks for such a quick response! :) |
| Kayla Dufresne | 09/18/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much! You were an ..... |
| William Friedrich | 09/18/09 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | I still see advertising for Armour thyroid ..... |
| judy | 09/16/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from Eric Brandt
2009-11-06 Tramadol HCL/Tramadol APAP:
Hi Rhonda, acetaminophen is the same as Tylenol. Tramadol is not an opioid but behaves like one. The potential for it becoming habit forming is there but much less than the pure opioids. As far as analgesic
2009-11-06 Tramadol HCL/Tramadol APAP:
Hi Rhonda, Tramadaol/APAP contains tramadol 37.5 mg and acetaminophen wheras the first drug Tramadol HCL 50 mg contains only tramadol but 50 mg ersus 37.5 mg that is in the combination drug. Thank you
2009-11-05 bactrim & duromine:
Hi Amy, We do not have Duromine here in Canada so I do not have any experience using it. Differin can be very irritating to the skin but that kind of irritation will not be resolved with Bactrim. Thank
2009-11-04 Allergic to Pain Meds:
Hi Samantha, Tramadol is a newer analgesic that can be used in your case. It is not related to any of the ones you mentioned you were allergic to. It is more related to the opioid analgesics. Thank you
2009-09-19 query:
Hi Gary, I do not have experience in using these supplements for anxiety. When taking niacinamide I recommend avoiding alcohol as the combination is hard on the liver. Too much 5-htp could lead to serotonin
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