Clear Answers to Your Medication Questions So You Can Take Your Medicine Safely

Welcome to the Medication Insider Library!

Select your topic below. Most are available as both text and audio.

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Supplements/Vitamins

  • B-Complex Vitamins
  • Calcium
  • Cod Liver Oil
  • Enriched and Fortified Foods
  • Glucosamine
  • Green Tea and Diabetes
  • Iron Supplements
  • Folic Acid and Folate
  • Magnesium
  • Medical Foods
  • Niacin (Vitamin B3)
  • Olive Leaf Extract
  • Phytoestrogens
  • Potassium
  • Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • Sugar Substitutes
  • Taking Supplements Successfully
  • Turmeric and Curcumin
  • Vitamin B12
  • Vitamin D
  • Zinc

Remedies

  • Allergies (It’s Ragweed Season Already)
  • Antiperspirants and Deodorants
  • Relief for Year-Round Allergies
  • Relieving Arthritis Pain and Stiffness
  • Counterirritants for Arthritis
  • Treating Athlete’s Foot
  • How Bag Balm Works
  • Beating Vaccine-Related Aches and Pains
  • Boric Acid
  • Choosing A Cough Medicine
  • Epsom Salts
  • Remedies for Flu Season
  • Don’t Leave Home Without This Medicine
  • Relief for Dry Eyes
  • Relieving Itchy Eyes
  • How to Remove Earwax
  • Heat Rash
  • Intestinal Gas
  • Dealing with Lactose Intolerance
  • Mastering Motion Sickness
  • My Favorite Remedies of 2020
  • Getting Ticks Off Your Pet
  • Non-Prescription Analgesics
  • Protecting Your Skin During Radiation Treatment
  • Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
  • Sleep Aids
  • Skin Care in the Age of COVID
  • Skin Tears in the Elderly
  • Getting Rid of Pesky Warts

Medication Safety

  • 3 Tips For Enjoying a Safe Holiday Season
  • Consumer Drug Information Sheets
  • Dealing with Those Annoying Child Resistant Lids
  • Drugs and the Sun
  • Getting Rid of Your Old Medicines
  • How Candy Kills Pets
  • How Desprescribing Can Help You
  • How to Keep Your Medicine From Harming You
  • How to Navigate Transitions of Care
  • Is Tylenol Dangerous?
  • Playing the Medical Version of Telephone
  • The Difference Between Sulfa Drugs, Sulfates and Sulfites
  • The Wrong Stuff -How Being Too Nice Can Kill You
  • What ELSE is in Your Medicine?
  • Dealing With The Side Effects of Medicines
  • Avoiding the Prescribing Cascade
  • The BEST Time to Take Your Medicine
  • How to Use a Pill Box

Miscellaneous

  • Drug Advertising
  • Dyes That Work As Medicines
  • Should You Split Your Pills?
  • Medicated Patches
  • Sweetening Your Iced Tea
  • What Happened to My Medication Refill?
  • Tips on Successfully Poking Your Finger
  • Osteoporosis
  • The Most Common Medication Side Effect
  • Flu Vaccine Update
  • Should You Pre-Medicate?
  • Difference Between Stool Softeners and Laxatives
  • Shingrix: The New Shingles Vaccine
  • My Favorite Healthy Habits
  • Stop Stomach Medicines Successfully
  • Pneumonia Vaccine Update
  • Disinfectants
  • Recipe: Autumn Casserole
  • Recipe: Greek Yogurt in the Instant Pot
  • Recipe: My Gluten-Free Coleslaw
  • Recipe: Chicken Marsala over Rice
  • Recipe: Favorite Fudge
  • Recipe: Tuna Melt Quesadilla

Prescription Medications

  • Anti-Estrogen Medication
  • Arthritis Pain
  • Creams for Arthritis Pain
  • Brand Name Drugs vs. Generics
  • Cortisone Injections
  • Eating Greens While Taking Warfarin/Coumadin
  • Grapefruit and Medicines
  • Taking Thyroid Medicine Successfully

How Medicines Work (Coming Soon!)

  • Which Medicine?
  • How Much Medicine?
  • Medicine Goes IN
  • Medicine Moves AROUND
  • Medicine Goes OUT
  • The 3 D’s of Taking Medicine Safely
  • Be a Squeaky Wheel
  • Keep a List
  • Always Ask
  • Using Pill Boxes/Pill Minders
  • Don’t Share
  • Why Dogs Can’t Eat Chocolate
  • Avoiding Medication Mishaps
ABOUT DR. LOUISE

Dr. Achey graduated from Washington State University’s school of pharmacy in 1979, and completed her Doctor of Pharmacy from Idaho State University in 1994.

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