Dr. Frank Amico Sr
Primary Care, Addiction Medicine
Plainview, NY
45 years experience male
Locations
Plainview Internal Medicine
Plainview, NY
About
Bio
Dr Amico is it practicing internist of 40 years. He has very busy practice including taking care of those who suffer from addiction. He was chief resident during his training and is Medical Director of Substance Abuse NYU-Winthrop University Hospital.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Addiction Medicine
Internal Medicine
Licenses
United States: Georgia, New York, North Carolina
Doctor Q&A
207 Answers
123 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Frank Amico Sranswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Breadth into a paper: the dizziness is sec to hyperventilation and using a paper bag as a re-breather for C02 will improve the dizzyness
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
see a good podiatrist who can treat this with local medication that will have no effect on your baby.
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Answered Jun 06, 2021
A 23-year-old female asked:
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the 2 kilo weight gain is probably normal and is related to an increase in caloric intake and/or a decrease in physical activity. Malignancies rarely ... Read More
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Reviewed Jun 13, 2021
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Frank Amico Sranswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
no, people with thalassemia present with low Hemagloblin
on a chronic basis. A change from 14 to 13.9 is not significant and is considered normal.
T... Read More
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Answered Oct 17, 2022
A 21-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
if you have removed a mole and now have a residual raised tissue in the same area it is possible that you have not completely removed the mole and thi... Read More
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Answered Mar 30, 2022
A 20-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
when you are aroused enough to have intercourse you penis will be 7 inches or greater . During arousal blood flows into the penis and remains their un... Read More
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Answered Apr 20, 2022
A 26-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
the pulsating you feel when lying down in the middle of your abdomen is probably your abdominal aorta. The aorta is the main artery that comes out of... Read More
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Reviewed Aug 24, 2022
A 22-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
This yellowish discoloration may represent granulation tissue or healing tissue sometimes seen in the incision. As time progresses this area will hea... Read More
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Answered May 03, 2022
A 27-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
If taking Ridellan 30 XL once in the morning helps for the whole day there’s nothing wrong with taking that once a day it all depends on how you respo... Read More
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Answered May 31, 2021
A 29-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
no, with the amount of marijuana use during your pregnancy it will not affect your baby and it will not be in their system.
The amount of marijuana... Read More
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Answered Sep 20, 2022
A 18-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes, that is normal . It is the pe nil vein and is normal anatomy.
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Answered Aug 16, 2022
A 72-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
yes it can be secondary to a hernia, the pain is usually associated with a lump in the groin that usually goes away when lying flat. Other causes of g... Read More
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Reviewed >2 years ago
A 61-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
the answer would depend on whether your rib fractures are displaced which means are the ribs in two pieces allowing them to move or are the fractures ... Read More
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Answered Apr 28, 2021
A 61-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
there are a number of over the counter medicines that will help your sinus drainage. There are the non sedating antihistamines claritin, zyrtec and t... Read More
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Reviewed Jan 21, 2023
A 30-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No: Unless you have a fever, cough, lack of taste or smell, it is unlikely you have Covid-19. Since you responded to a nasal spray you symptoms sound like... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Acute bronchitis : This sounds like it could be like your bronchitis or even pneumonia. Even though you tested negative for corona for an exposure 8 to 10 days ago it is... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No: to my knowledge facial swelling is not a side effect of any of these medications.
After looking up the side effects of all these medications localize... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
yes, condoms are 85% effective, therefore 15% of those using them can get pregnant. Sometimes there can be a small tear in the condom, taking it out o... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
if all your symptoms have resolved, you do not need to see a physician. It sounds like you had the beginning of a urinary tract infection that was se... Read More
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Answered Mar 16, 2022
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Frank Amico Sranswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
ringworm is actually a topical fugal infection. The treatment for ringworm is a topical anti fungal cream such as lotrimin, nizoral or nystatin. Top... Read More
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Answered Mar 16, 2022
A 34-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Cool compressses: right after this type of burn i would apply a cool/cold compress. in the event it develops a blister, leave it alone do not open the blister. Keep the... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Possibly: Lost of taste and smell is one of the symptoms of COVID, however pos not diagnostic. Other symptoms are fever, cough, shortness of breadth, abdominal ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Systematic illness : Your nanny appears to have so systematic illness and it is possible that the rest of her body is swollen as well. The explanation of “not enough oxyg... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Since the seizure would be caused by the excitotoxity phenomenon, it would need to occur before the seizure. So the level of glutamate was most likely... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Repeat test with PCR: Rapid testing has been shown to be in accurate with a high numbers of false negative readings. Clinically it sounds like you have COVID-19 and I would... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
May need more time : you don't mention how long ago the surgery was and if was done laparoscopically. If it wasn't to long ago and it was done laparoscopically (which i... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Submental lymph nod: Sounds like a sub-mental lymph node that usually responds to a local infection such as a skin infection, tooth abscess or an infection under the tongu... Read More
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes : yes, they can be early symptoms of Covid infection or they may be the start of a common URI. either way you should quarantine and get a PCR test for c... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Needs more hx / exam: left sided abdominal pain may be secondary to a number of things. Peptic ulcer disease especially of it is relieved with food and occurs 2 hours l... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
If you are having normal periods and multiple home pregnancy tests are negative it’s not likely you are pregnant, HOWEVER, you should see your GYN to ... Read More
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Answered Apr 28, 2021
A 42-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
yes, all the alcohol will be out of your system. Also alcohol is measured by a breathalyzer not in the urine because it is cleared from the blood stre... Read More
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Reviewed Apr 26, 2021
A 27-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
if there is any question, go to an emergency room. Secondary drowning, is more common in children but can happen at any age under the right circumsta... Read More
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Reviewed Jul 06, 2021
A 22-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
The short answer to this question is to use Motrin 800 mg every six hours to reduce the pain and swelling. However this amount of pain and swelling s... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
anytime there is a non healing wound it should be seen by a dermatologist. The reasons for non healing can be an infection to an early form of skin ca... Read More
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Answered Jun 25, 2021
A 49-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
need more information what does the pain feel like, where does it start, what makes it better and what makes it worse. Is it associated with nausea, v... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Frank Amico Sranswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
vitiligo is not caused by taking medication to my knowledge. It is a genetic disease that my occur on its own, but is also associated with a number of... Read More
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Answered Apr 25, 2021
A 39-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Spinal leak/ : Could be a spinal leak or infection
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A 68-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
there are some studies to show plaque regression these are usually involving Staten doses that are significantly high. As far as an other advantage of... Read More
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Reviewed May 31, 2021
A 28-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Near syncope: Sounds like your blood pressure is dropping causing you to nearly pass out. You are volume depleted , most likely due to dehydration or bleeding from ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Should last any wher: It should last approximately two hours in a non diabetic. If you have diabetes it might last up to four hours
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No the omega-7 sea b: no the omega -7 sea buckthorn oil should not interfere or interact with your BCP.
As far as helping get rid of your hyperpig marks I know of no evi... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No: Due to the recent nature of your tooth extraction I would say you should not be eating anything that you can control I’m going to the side with the ex... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
The care of your penis is not secondary to tight underwear but may be secondary to a disease called Peyronie’s disease which is a black formation in t... Read More
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Answered Jul 09, 2021
A 27-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No, it is not ok to take these two laxatives together. When taken simultaneously the risk of gastrointestinal side effects such as ischemic (lack of... Read More
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Answered Apr 26, 2022
A 19-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
no it is impossible for you to get pregnant for many reasons. First, either amount of clothes you both had on no sperm would be able to travel from yo... Read More
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Answered Jun 25, 2021
A 34-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
condom will not likely cause a yeast infection, what you’re experiencing might be an allergic reaction to the condom or to the lubricant or spermicida... Read More
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Answered May 01, 2021
A 43-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
at this time there is no evidence or study that shows this side effect
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Reviewed May 27, 2021
A 17-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
slim to none with what you described the semen has to go into the vagina up your fallopian tubes to your ovaries it’s unlikely from what you described... Read More
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Answered May 31, 2021
A 47-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
This is unlikely MS, however before getting an extensive neuro work up, if it’s possible I would slowly reduce the klonopine under your physicians rec... Read More
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Answered Sep 20, 2022
A 19-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
No: if she was in the 3rd day of her menses it would be highly unlikely and probably impossible.
As far as your pre-ejaculate on her underwear causing pr... Read More
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Dr. Amico is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Amico is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Very helpful thank you! I need that reminder from a professional.thnks
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Thank you very much for sharing this information for my family member.
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Thanks! That’s what I was thinking. I will go see a rheumatologist.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Col of osteo med & surg
Graduated 1978MD
Residency
WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Completed 1982
Affiliations
American College of Physician
American Osteopathic Association
Fellow of American College of Physicians
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