Raising kids is never easy, but just when you feel there is less to worry about as they exit the baby stages and younger years, you find that the opposite spectrum of childhood — the teen years — are just as challenging. We asked Graham Snyder, MD, emergency medicine physician and medical director of WakeMed […]
It’s that time of day again, when you ask yourself: “Did I take my pills?” Even if you’re only taking one or two medications, keeping track of how and when to take them can be a challenge. Many of us use pill organizers to help manage them — or to avoid the daily grind of […]
Cold and flu season sends us running for the drug store seeking miracle cures. Unfortunately, cold and flu are caused by viruses and the best treatments available only make the symptoms a little less intense. Choosing the best medication to address your symptoms can be very confusing because there are a lot of products crowding the […]
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order to withdraw Darvon, Darvocet and generic versions of the drug propoxyphene due to risk of cardiac toxicity. The FDA has concluded that the safety risks of propoxyphene outweigh its benefits for pain relief at recommended doses. Click here to read a press release from the […]
As a follow-up to our recent post by pharmacist Lynn Eschenbacher announcing the recall of Children’s Tylenol products, please make sure you check your medicine cabinet for PediaCare Children’s Products as well. Blacksmith Brands, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is voluntarily recalling all lots of four children’s products in the […]
This week is national poison prevention week, and Safe Kids Wake County has coordinated several events where citizens can safely dispose of their unused or outdated medicines. But, of course, medicine is only one poisoning danger for children. Did you know that each year, more than 1.2 million children ages 5 and under are unintentionally […]
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