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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
From other food: You can get them from regular meals as well.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Never heard of people being allergic to nicotine because human body produces it endogeneously. But people might be allergic to other ingredients from... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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28 years experience
Please standardize: Who subscribed the Prilosec for 14 days. If you self medicated it, please go to your family doctor to have a standard triple medication for h pylori.... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Yes...: Yes you can take it in order to get yourself ready for a pregnancy, in other words, you can start it out from pre-pregnancy to postpartum. But other t... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No: No tricyclen is not fda approved for emergency contraception.
Use Plan B please.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Watch: If you took 2 of 180mg tab, please have someone watch for you the following signs: headache, vomiting, dizziness (2%), fever, pain, drowsiness etc, a... Read More
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A 41-year-old male asked:
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28 years experience
C and e: Vit c deficiency results in scurvy that leads to brown spots on the skin, spongy gums etc. Vitamin e has many biological functions, the antioxidant fu... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No: No usually not. It is the other way around. It will distress your GI tone and you lose digestion, absorption, and eventually nutrition.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Dicyclomine: Dicyclomine is fda approved, but the other one isn't. If i were you, i go with what ever is approved first.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No interaction: No interaction bwtn metformin and birth control pills.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Sorry: Based on a study conducted at thomas jefferson university, short-term exposure to ssris was sufficient to change structures of nerve fibers, and thes... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Specify the problem: See your doctor and have a full evaluation done. There are thousands of skin diseases.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No interaction: I don't understand you q, but there is no interaction between metformin and yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol).
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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28 years experience
Most common side eff: The most common side effects of the birth control pills include nausea, headache, breast tenderness, weight gain, irregular bleeding, and mood changes... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Depends: Depends on what laxative you are taking, if you are on docusate, it might cause irritation to your stomach and it feels like heart burn by acid.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Regular side effect: Irregular men'strual bleeding is a regular adverse reaction of birth control pill.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No interaction: Drug wise, there is no interaction among three. But your medical condition, which i don't know the details of, might need you to limit alcohol use.
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
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Hard to say: Hard to say because of lacking info. Did the first antibiotics give you any relief, or not at all, how was the 2nd abx? I need to know their names be... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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28 years experience
Yes and no: Yes this is a common side effect, but say "no" to it if you can't tolerate, and you 'd better consult your physician to either adjust the dose, add a ... Read More
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A 63-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Yes: Yes it is, if it turns intolerable, please ask your pcp to have it changed to other antidepressants.
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Dr. G. Wenanswered
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No: I assume your toddler took some suppository for fever. It would not effect so quickly so i will give another 20 minutes before i take the temp/onset ... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No: No, there are two diff categories, and Soma (carisoprodol) will never show up in your urein test as a benzo.
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Taking metronidazole and ciprofloxacin 1/12/14. 2days now , morning pee red in color is this normal?
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Immediate attention: You need to see your doc right away, red urine has nothing to do with those antibiotics. Metronidazole can turn urine black, but not red.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Depigmentation: This is called depigmentation, which is the loss of pigments in skin. It is a common side effect of corticosteroid such as Hydrocortisone cream etc. ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Try some otc: Try some otc med first (nevanac eye drops/claritin tab), if it does not give you any relief in a half week, please see your pcp.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
AFRIN (oxymetazoline): The preventive method has been elaborated by other doc already, i just want to add one thing: bring afrin (oxymetazoline) with you, when nose bleedin... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Should be all gone: If you meant nicotine gum when you said mentol cigarette, it should be all gone after 28 days.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
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Low chance but still: Nordette (ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel) lowers the chance of pregnancy, but even if it works perfectly /it reduces the probability by 90%, y... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Yes, but no: There are the latest ssris which came to the market right about same time. In terms of their effectiveness, it really counts on how patient, as an in... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Interaction: Cipralex may enhance the antiplatelet property of ginkgo biloba. Monitor any bleeding signs, if there is, please stop ginkgo biloba and consult profe... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Agreed, in additiona: In addition to what the previous doc had in the answer, if you want to have anaerobic bacteria covered, Flagyl will be the choice.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Otc bacitracin will: Otc Bacitracin cream/oitment will help kill the germs that emerged and infected when you were on steroid. Just alternate two creams and it will solve ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Maybe: I don't have specialty training on the question you asked, but by my general medical knowledge, some sudden changes in your life, extreme high/low emo... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
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Yes: After searching latest data upon seeing dr chiu's answer, I do agree old antihistamines do cause weight gain.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Not sure: See if it goes away. If it reoccurs next time you take Prilosec again, it will be more reasonable to conclude it is drug related side effect.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Taper: Taper: decrease the dose by 5mg over at least a period of 1 week, this will prevent the withdrawal symptom of escitalopram.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Wean off: Wean off vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) by 10 mg every third day until the dose goes down the lowest (20mg?). This will prevent the withdrawal.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
No interaction: No interaction in between.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
Some suggestions: With the approval of a health-care professional, reduce your dose, change to er metformin, and/or take it with Imodium (loperamide) otc. Other things... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
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In order to confirm: A normal sign of pregnancy is for the area around the nipple, the color change can start as early as a week or two after conception. But still you ne... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
40 first: Try 40 first and see. Or even 50mg (20mg + 30mg). Tapering should be gradual in order to have a better efficacy.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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28 years experience
If it comes back: Again and again, a few things you can do: 1) follow and finish the prescription- make sure you have 100% compliance to the medical order. 2) buy som... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Moderate interaction: Consider therapy modification, prozac, (fluoxetine) cyp2d6 inhibitors (strong) may diminish the therapeutic effect of codeine. These cyp2d6 inhibitor... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
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Low: Chances getting pregnant are very low. You don't need to worry about any unprotected sex before the period. However, you have to make sure the previo... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. G. Wenanswered
28 years experience
If it is meloxicam: Not sure about moxen, but if it is meloxicam, you can definitely change it to some short acting ones and have it work around your peak time of pain oc... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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28 years experience
Overall okay: It is okay in general, but if you use Amitriptyline for either seizure or migraine, Motrin will trigger.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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28 years experience
Ok in general: Ok but monitor patients for renal function.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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GI: Constipation, dark stools, GI discomforts are most commonly seen.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Mostly okay: There is interaction between Accutane and tetracycline antibacterials and alike, other than that mostly fine.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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One is enough: One is enough to make it positive.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Wen is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Wen is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you. I don't I can tolerate, so will return to GP :)
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you! I Really appreciate your explanation.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! It did end up being the allegra. Thanks!
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