Question 1

luxatives are not working on me?

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Need more info: Are you chronically constipated? You may take a fiber laxative like Metamucil and drink enough water daily so that your urine is colorless. For the long term you may try to increase your intake of fiber foods. Consult this site for fiber foods.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/high-fiber-foods/art-20050948
Wish you good health!

Question 2

why isn't my inhaler working?

Accepted Answer

No medicine: No medicine left in, or if new-broken pump.

Question 3

what happens if golitely is not working?

Accepted Answer

Other options: There are other options for a bowel prep including enemas and oral magnesium citrate.

Question 4

what medication is really working for behcet's?

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Behcet's medications: By stopping your immune system from attacking normal, healthy tissues in your body, immunosuppressive drugs reduce the inflammation that your immune system causes. Immunosuppressive drugs that may play a role in controlling behcet's disease include azathioprine (imuran, azasan), Cyclosporine (sandimmune) and Cyclophosphamide (cytoxan).

Question 5

wondering if it's bad for my gallbladder to only be working at 7%?

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Possibly: Anything less than about 30% is considered abnormal.  If you were having symptoms that could be attributed to your gallbladder, it would be recommended to remove the gallbladder.

Question 6

could a delusion be a delusion if the person knows it's a delusion?

Accepted Answer

Delusions: Psychotic symptoms involve a loss of touch with reality. Patients with psychosis have an impaired reality sense/experience, meaning that what they see, hear, or believe is erroneous or false. However, psychotic patients can have good reality testing. That is, some can identify that the delusion (fixed false belief) or hallucination is false even though their is impairment in reality sense.

Question 7

my ears aren't working?

Accepted Answer

See your doctor: You will need some testing to see what is going on.

Question 8

why should a working mom breastfeed?

Accepted Answer

Still best for baby: Breastmilk is absolutely the best food for babies, even if the mother works outside the home.  It takes commitment on the part of the mother, but many working mothers continue to breastfeed, and their babies have fewer health problems and do better than babies who drink formulas.

Question 9

i want to have a baby but it's not working?

Accepted Answer

Fertility testing: If you have been trying for 12 months or more without success then formal fertility testing is needed. Schedule a visit with fertility specialist. There are 3 basic tests -- Progesterone ovulation testing, a semen analysis and an Xray called an HSG to see if the tubes are open.

Question 10

how can you tell if the amoxcilliin is working?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Many people start to see an effect from antibiotics within 24-48 hours.  Obviously, this depends on how bad the infection is to begin with, where the infection is, etc.  And your symptom resolution will be different depending on what type of infection you have.  The doc who prescribed you the amox, is the best person to ask about the timecourse of your particular illness.

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