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Save money on diabetes
Looking for an excuse/reason not to pay $100-200/month for diabetic medicine? Among the expensive diabetic medicines is Avandia, or rosiglitazone. This summer FDA hearings determined that, at least for some patients, taking Avandia may increase the risk of heart attack. What? You’re … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Actos, Avandia, Diabetes, Diabetic meds, Heart, Heart attack - MI, chlorpropamide, glimepiride, glyburide, metformin - Glucophage
Tagged Avandia, Blood sugar, Diabetes mellitus, Drug, Food and Drug Administration, heart attack, metformin, Myocardial infarction, Pharmaceutical drug, Rosiglitazone, sulfonylurea
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Save money on bladder infections
Was once enough? No one would voluntarily choose to suffer a second bladder infection. What woman (or man) would want to repeat the burning, the abdominal pain, the frequent urination? Whereas symptoms are reason enough to avoid a recurrence, … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Infection, Medical testing, Urinary conditions, Urinary infection, Urinary tract infection, Urine tests, amoxicillin, cephalexin, ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim-sulfa
Tagged Cystitis, Genitourinary Disorders, Health, Infection, Urinary system, Urinary tract infection, Urine
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Save money on diabetes at Giant Eagle
Image via Wikipedia Great news for diabetics living near a Giant Eagle store: starting July 29th, 2010, five oral medications for diabetes are free! The five drugs are chlorpropamide, glimepiride, glipizide, glyburide, and metformin. These are all generics, meds that normally … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Diabetes, Diabetic meds, chlorpropamide, glimepiride, glyburide, metformin - Glucophage
Tagged diabetes, Giant Eagle, Health, metformin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pharmacy, sulfonylurea, United States, West Virginia
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Save ways to save money on sinusitis
Sinusitis is highly overrated. Picture this scenario. You’re the doctor. Your patient has waited an hour to see you. He complains of congestion, headache, sinus pressure, and post-nasal drainage. Yes, the drainage is yellow. No, he hasn’t missed work. … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Antibiotics, Antihistamine, Benadryl, Claritin, Congestion - chest, Congestion - head, Decongestants, Expectorants, Headache, Mucinex, Phenylephrine, Pseudoephedrine, Runny nose, Sinus infection, Sinus infection (sinusitis), Sinus pressure, Sinusitis, Sudafed - pseudoephedrine, Symptoms, Zyrtec, guaifenesin
Tagged Ear Nose and Throat, Health, Medicine, Nasal douching, Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Sinus infection, Sinusitis, Symptom, Upper respiratory infection, URI
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Eight ways to save money on asthma
Image via Wikipedia Get rid of the guinea pig. My sister, an asthma sufferer, once got a guinea pig for her son. Loving mother that she is, she didn’t complain when, days later, she found she couldn’t breathe. Nor … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Advair, Patient assistance programs, Proventil HFA, Pulmicort, Serevent, Together Rx Access, Uncategorized, Ventolin HFA, Ventolin ReliOn, albuterol HFA
Tagged Advair, Albuterol, Asthma, Combivent, COPD, Flovent, Fluticasone propionate, Guinea pig, Salbutamol, Serevent, Spiriva
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Nine Ways to Save Money on Newborns
Suppose it’s child #1, the most perfect baby in the world. Of course you buy the very best for your newborn – brand name diapers, scientifically designed baby bottles, professionally done pictures. Of course you take your precious bundle of … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Acne, Anti-fungal/yeast, Common cold, Rash, Skin infection, Vaccines
Tagged baby acne, Baby bottle, breast-feeding, Child Health, Childcare, colds, common cold, cradle cap, diaper dermatitis, Diaper rash, Health, WIC
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Save money on asthma inhalers
Image via Wikipedia Every year millions of doses of asthma medication go to waste. Some are lost and others outdated, but one factor which could easiliy be improved would be to add a dose counter to every canister of medication. Why … Continue reading
Save money on pink eye (conjunctivitis)
Image via Wikipedia “Pink Eye” is a pink eye – not a medical crisis. If I were in charge of the world, I wouldn’t send kids home from school for a pink eye. For a goopy eye draining pus down … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Conjunctivitis, Eye infection, Infection, Pink eye
Tagged contact lens, Pink eye
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Save money on ingrown toenails
What would you do if your toenail looked like this? Image via Wikipedia Ouch! If you’re lucky, this would be your first ingrown toenail. You might get by with conservative measures such as soaking the toe in hot, soapy water two or three … Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, Infection, Ingrown toenails, Sinus infection, Skin infection, Toenail infection, Toenails
Tagged Family medicine, Feet, Ingrown nail, Ingrown toenails, Nails, Podiatry, Surgery
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Save money on hypothyroid treatment
How to save money on thyroid testing and treatment. Are generics OK? Why or why not? Continue reading
Posted in $4 list, 101 Ways to Save Money on Health Care, Are generics as good?, Blood tests, Generic medication, Goiter, Hypothyroidism, Synthroid, Thyroid disease, Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Endocrine Disorders, Goitre, Health, Hypothyroidism, Iodine deficiency, Thyroid, Thyroid-stimulating hormone
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