Links: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543289/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/sunburn https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003227.htm https://www.aad.org/public/everyday-care/injured-skin/burns/treat-sunburn https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537164/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sunscreen Treatment of Minor Sunburns Take frequent cool baths or showers to help relieve the pain. As soon as you get out of the bathtub or shower, gently pat yourself dry, but leave a little water on your skin. Then, apply a moisturizer to help trap the water

  Links to Congestive Heart Failure https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/symptoms-causes/syc-20373142 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17069-heart-failure-understanding-heart-failure https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-failure/treatment-options-for-heart-failure/medications-used-to-treat-heart-failure https://medlineplus.gov/heartfailure.html How can I Prevent Heart Failure? Although you can’t control some risk factors like age, family history or race, you can change your lifestyle to give yourself the best chance of preventing heart failure. Things you can do include: Staying at a healthy weight. Eating

  What is Gerd GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease, or chronic acid reflux) is a condition in which acid-containing contents in your stomach persistently leak back up into your esophagus, the tube from your throat to your stomach. happens because a valve at the end of your esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter, doesn’t close properly when food

  Episode # 10 Asthma Show Notes: The links shown below are the basis of the podcast episode information and contain information in the podcast and more. Please talk with your healthcare provider and pharmacist for further information and clarification. Episode Links https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20369653 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6424-asthma https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/asthma Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm10-ExQsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOh0l-PHVM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcBapdEFaU Asthma Asthma is a condition in

  Episode # 9 Anti-Fungal Show Notes: The links shown below are the basis of the podcast episode information and contain information in the podcast and more. Please talk with your healthcare provider and pharmacist for further information and clarification. Episode Links https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antifungal-medicines/ https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/antifungal-resistance.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538168/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/antifungal https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279547/ How do antifungal drugs work? Antifungal medications usually workTrusted

  Episode # 8 Laxatives Show Notes: The links shown below are the basis of the podcast episode information and contain information in the podcast and more. Please talk with your healthcare provider and pharmacist for further information and clarification. Episode Links https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/constipation/in-depth/laxatives/art-20045906 https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/dont-bomb-the-bowel-with-laxatives https://familydoctor.org/laxatives-otc-products-for-constipation/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537246/   Type of laxative (brand examples) How they work

  Episode # 7 Steroids Show Notes: The links shown below are the basis of the podcast episode information and contain information in the podcast and more. Please talk with your healthcare provider and pharmacist for further information and clarification. Episode Links https://medlineplus.gov/steroids.html https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/steroids/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/steroids/art-20045692 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/4812-corticosteroids What are corticosteroids? Corticosteroids are man-made drugs that closely

  Episode #5  Cold Preparations   Show Notes: The links shown below are the basis of the podcast episode information and contain information in the podcast and more. Please talk with your healthcare provider and pharmacist for further information and clarification. Links to Episode 5 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/symptoms-causes/syc-20351605 https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/index.html https://medlineplus.gov/commoncold.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/in-depth/cold-remedies/art-20046403 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351611 https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000466.htm https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0901/p281.html#afp20190901p281-sort5 https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a681004.html#why   How

  It’s happy new year 2022 and like many of us we decided to do some resolutions and get into shape, so we jumped on the bandwagon and joined the local gym and went there worked out on machines we haven’t touched for about 10 years and wake up the next morning and feel pain.

  I’d like to begin this episode with a brief discussion on what are the differences between prescription medications and non-prescription medications or what we call over the counter medications from a standpoint of the FDA. And the reason why I want to go through this is there were going to be episodes, in the

Today we’ll be discussing and talking about, and I’ll be describing three different groups of medications, but before I do that I want to make a clarification about the medications that this podcast will be talking about.  We’ve talked about high blood pressure, and I’ve used high blood pressure as a condition to describe the

Today we’re going to be discussing two of probably the most prescribed medications, the ACE inhibitors ace inhibitors, and the ARB’s. Both of these groups are related but work in different ways. But first let’s talk again about high blood pressure and what we know about it so that we can understand how these medications

Let’s Start today in this podcast discussing one of the most common chronic health care issues in this country that is high blood pressure or hypertension and we’re going to be discussing probably the first medication generally prescribed to treat this condition, those of diuretics or what we call water pills. To really get an