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Common Hair Loss Issues, Treatments, and Solutions

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Common Hair Loss Issues, Treatments, and Solutions

Dr. Oz brings together a dynamic group of hair experts to investigate hair loss issues and potential solutions. Guest Janet opens up about the emotional impact of her hair loss, and Nikki Walton, aka ‘Curly Nikki,’ offers a tip for drying your hair.

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Major classes of cardiovascular medications

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A review of common agents with an emphasis on prescription medications. This video is a high yield exploration intended to provide paramedic students with a basic overview of common classes of cardiovascular medications and selected examples of medications from the major classes.
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ADHD Symptoms & Treatments : Medications for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

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ADHD Symptoms & Treatments : Medications for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

Commonly used medications for adult ADD include Adderall, Ritalin, Strattera and Concerta. Find out how certain drugs for ADD will act on the neurotransmitters or chemical levels in the brain with help from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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8 Medications with Surprising Secondary Uses

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8 Medications with Surprising Secondary Uses

Sometimes medications that were developed to treat one condition can end up being useful for seemingly unrelated ailments.

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Memantine
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Naltrexone
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https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/programs_campaigns/medication_assisted/efficacy-naltrexone-treatment-alcohol-dependence.pdf
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Sildenafil
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1994020/

Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors

Spironolactone
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10760075
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Propranolol
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Minoxidil
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Bimatoprost
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NCLEX pharmacology review practice question on beta blocker medications.

On the NCLEX exam, it is inevitable you will receive pharmacology type questions. This NCLEX-style question will test your ability on how to analyze a scenario for a patient taking the beta blocker medication Propranolol.

This video is part of a weekly NCLEX review series where I will be going over NCLEX-style questions with you. I will be helping you analyze and breakdown each question, and walk you through how to select the correct option.

NCLEX questions require critical thinking and you must know how to use your nursing knowledge to gather the facts and analyze what the question is asking.

For this specific NCLEX practice question, you must know the basics about the drug Propranolol and the correct education to provide a patient.

NCLEX Practice Pharmacology Question:

A patient, who has a health history of uncontrolled hypertension, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus, is prescribed to take Propranolol. You have provided the patient with education about this new medication. Which statement by the patient indicates your teaching was effective?

A. “I will take this medication every morning with grapefruit juice.”
B. “If I miss a dose, it is important that I double the next dose to prevent potential side effects.”
C. “It is important that I monitor my blood glucose levels very closely while taking this medication.”
D. “I will immediately stop taking this medication if I experience cold hands or feet.”

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Pharmacist Discusses Medications for Kidney Disease

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In this video, pharmacist Linda Awdishu, PharmD MAS at UC San Diego Health (http://health.ucsd.edu/nephrology) discusses medications used to lower high blood pressure and high cholesterol, as well as medicines used to maintain your kidney health.

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Medication
Your medication makes me high
Just be patient
I’m like a patient trying to find
Levitation
Run your fingers down my spine
Elevation
Your medication makes me high Eh!

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I fell in love with a sativa
Where you been
Nice to meet ya
It took so long for me to meet ya
Obsessed with ya features
You got all different flavors
You got that loud beat speakers
Your best friend Keisha
Know how to knock em out they sneakers
Like that Louis XIII but she nothing like my ex though
She remind me of gelato
Got me drinking out the bottle
She got me swerving on this shorty
Her name was indica
I tried to tell her I was sorry
She said that’s the end of us
But I can’t help but keep on rolling up
Medication keep me going up
Meditation come on breathe wit us
No ventilation keep the windows up

CHORUS 2
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Such a short way up and such a long way down
Chalice it a bubble like we deh a Ray Town
Di way yuh sup’n nuff it haffi way by pound
Inna fields of Marijuana that is my playground
“I love you Mary-Jane”
You’re the prettiest of flowers girl mi can’t complain
When I’m with you I feel so high I rise above the rain
And yuh nuh do people damage like that bitch cocaine
No!
And leave them lonely feeling only pain
Cause
Your D.N.A. is of the highest strain
Your effect is so potent it’s so insane
Yuh so gummy and sticky like a plasticine
When mi grind out yuh body only stems remain
And to love you is so risky I might get detained
You always keep me flying on the highest plain
And anybody know will always proclaim…

CHORUS 3
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You so fire
You so fire
The only thing I think of
When I need to unwind
See I been go crazy
Cause you been on mind
And something is wrong
But to me it’s not a crime
You can take me places
Just look at they faces
Plus you’re so good
That some don’t know what your taste is
Dealing with you complex
Nothing bout you basic
You the real deal
I could never fake it
I fell in love with the indica
Ever since I was young
I been into ya
Even when you’re almost done
Don’t wanna finish ya
It don’t matter where you at
Imma pick you up
Yeah, Imma pick you up
And we in for a good night
Imma wrap you up real tight
And if things get dark
I give you a light
Keep it with me
You been on my mind all night
Cause you my

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Traveling with Prescription Medications

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How can you avoid travel delays upon arrival to, and departure from, the United States? That’s a question patients often ask their local pharmacist or the FDA. FDA Drug Info Rounds pharmacists outline key points pharmacists should counsel their patients on prior to travel.

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High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know About Medications

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Dr. Luke Laffin, staff cardiologist in Preventive Cardiology and Clinical Specialist in Hypertension at Cleveland Clinic answers questions that patients often ask about taking high blood pressure medicines: types of medications, side effects, when to call the doctor, role of self-blood pressure monitoring (including how often), the best time to take blood pressure medications, and if there is a chance that patients can come off medications. He ends the program with three important points for patients with high blood pressure.

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Healthy Food Advice : Foods to Avoid on an Acid Reflux Diet

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Certain foods can trigger acid reflux, so it is important to stay away from these triggers. Avoid acid reflux inducing meals with the help of a licensed dietitian in this free video.

Expert: Charlotte Lawson
Bio: Charlotte Lawson, a licensed and registered dietitian and nutritionist, works with the Florida Department of Health’s nutrition division as a senior public health nutritionist.
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8 Foods to Avoid with IBS

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15 Things You Didn't Know About The Pharmaceutical Industry

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Want to be a drug addict? If you live in the U.S. chances are you probably already are. The U.S. – land of the free, of MTV, and of legal drugs. This might just be what makes America great. A place where our doctors prescribe us pills we don’t need for conditions that don’t exist. It’s a win-win. Big Pharma gets bigger and richer and we get higher or just die.

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The story was different 50 years ago when Jon went down to his dentist’s office to get his wisdom teeth pulled and the doctor gave him aspirin as pain medication. This was a time when young men went to war and women worked their asses off at home to save the country from collapse. Now? We get high, play video games, watch YouTube, and complain when someone doesn’t call us the right gender. And these days if old Jonny boy goes to the dentist and wants some work done it’s dealers choice. Vicodin. Percocet. Codeine. You name it. Whatever company happens to be in bed with your doctor that day. And if you don’t have private insurance that pays for your drugs? No problem. Sign up for Medicaid. You’ll definitely be able to get free drugs through them.

First what exactly is the pharmaceutical industry? To make a long story short it’s a business that creates drugs for use as medications. It’s important to note that it’s not a terrible industry. In fact they have made some very important discoveries like insulin which has saved millions of lives or the countless vaccines that have protected us from at one point, very common diseases like measles and hepatitis.

The problem is not the idea of pharmaceuticals – drugs are neither good nor bad. They can either be helpful or dangerous depending on their use. The problem with big pharma is that it is literally killing people. And it’s making a profit doing so. And our government is basically encouraging it.

You may ask yourself how an industry that it supposed to be providing us medication which is regulated by the Federal Drug Administration – an organization responsible for “protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human…drugs,” is killing us. Let’s first look at the health statistics:

• 99% of hydrocodone worldwide use is in the U.S – we know this drug more colloquially as Vicodin (which is just a company that makes hydrocodone). This is a drug that the FDA rates as less dangerous as marijuana but in 2011 caused nearly 100,000 emergency department visits.
• The U.S. makes up 5% of the world’s population but consumes 80% of its opioid consumption
• On average 40 deaths per day are linked to specifically prescription opioids and over 100,000 deaths per year linked with prescription drugs in general. This is far more deaths than what illegal street drugs cause.
• Prescription drugs are now the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.

Ok. You get the point. Prescription drugs are dangerous and they are killing people. But now the question is why are people taking them if they’re so dangerous? The answer lies in the incredible reach of big Pharma. The pharmaceutical industry spends between 30 and 60 billion dollars a year on advertising their miracle drugs. You’ve all seen their ads – blue skies, beautiful couple, trees – having trouble sleeping? Bad knees? Buy our pill and feel like new. And then the 10 second list of possible side effects which always include “and in extreme cases, death.” The folks that regulate these advertisements have a budget of million dollars. Do you really think a million dollar budget is enough to regulate something that is more than 6,000 times that size. This is not a David vs. Goliath story. This is an ant vs. an elephant.

Big pharma is also notorious for selling drugs that aren’t approved for certain symptoms – a practice called Off-Label Promotion. For example your doctor might prescribe you an antidepressant because she or he believes it will help your migraines. This practice is at times is legal and at others illegal. If illegal you will learn shortly that the fine usually is smaller than the profit these companies make. Big pharma might just consider it another tax of doing business. And yes it has in some cases caused death.

There is also the idea that big Pharma creates new illnesses and solves them with their pills. Sounds like a conspiracy theory, right? But actually it makes a lot of sense and you’ve probably seen an ad that talks about some made up illness and a pill to fix it without thinking twice. For example restless leg syndrome. Is that really an illness?
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