I was given apo-indomethacin to treat pain from gout, and now I have a big headache/diahrrea?
The pain coming from the side effects seem to be harsher than the gout pain itself. I couldn’t sleep all night because of the headache/stomach pains that this drug has given me.
Is this supposed to be normal? Also, I am only 18 and I already have an old man’s condition like gout. Does this mean I am extremely unhealthy?
Though headaches and diarrhea are side effects; apo- indomethacin is not the only drug to treat Gout. You may ask your physician for a substitute. And, gout is mostly caused by excessive intake of meat, which contains cells and the cells contain nucleus. It is protein of the nucleus that is not properly processed or excreted through kidneys. Therefore, it would not be true to say that gout is the disease of an old man or debilitating person. And, hopefully, it is not the disease that is un- curable, if care of diet is exercised i.e taking foods that contain nucleic acids.
How People Buy Antibiotics Without A Prescription?
Believe it or not, our investigators were able to obtain generic Cipro generic, Levaquin and generic Zithromax without a prescription within minutes. Report reveals how and why people disregard prescription regulations.
We wanted to determine if it was possible to obtain antibiotics without a prescription and how people do it.
In the United States, there are 4 ways to obtain antibiotics without a prescription: buy them in a pet store, drive down to Mexico, buy them in an ethnic market/convenience store or buy them on the internet.
Here is a loophole I learned about when I began training as a pharmacist thirty years ago. If you walk into aquarium section of any well stocked pet store and you may be surprised to learn 2 things:
(A) Fish diseases are treated with human antibiotics.
(B) You don’t need a prescription to purchase antibiotics for fish.
We visited 6 pet stores in the New York City Area – 2 national chains, a regional chain and 3 independently owned pet shops.
Both national chain pet stores we visited had antibiotics for sale. Most of the formulations were available as liquid gel drops or powders that are difficult for people to take. However we were able to obtain tablets of triple sulfa (a cocktail of 3 broad spectrum sulfa antibiotics) and tetracycline tablets on the websites of these chains.
The regional chain pet store and all three mom and pop pet stores sold tetracycline, erythromycin and ampicillin in tablet and capsule form.
On the internet, it was easy to find amoxicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline, cephalexin, metronidazole and erythromycin for sale without a prescription by searching Google for the term “fish antibiotics”.
It is a bad idea for people to take veterinary medicines but chemically the drugs are the same as what you find in a human pharmacy.
According to anecdotal reports the fact that one can obtain antibiotics in this manner is common knowledge among branches of the armed forces.
Importing non-prescription antibiotics over the internet into the United States is a low priority for the authorities compared to narcotics and controlled substances. When was the last time you read about someone being arrested for importing Cipro or Augmentin into the USA?
Here’s how it works: As long as the pharmacy is located in a country that does not require a doctor’s prescription for a drug, they are happy to sell you whatever you need (other than controlled substances) without a prescription. You might be bending the law, but the authorities look the other way.
We don’t recommend you do this but if you do, the key is to buy from a trustworthy pharmacy. Word of mouth is the best way to choose one. Otherwise you must screen them carefully.
Many ethnic grocery/convenience stores such as bodegas (small grocery/convenience stores found in Latino neighborhoods), sell antibiotics.
Since I live in New York City, we conducted our experiment in Washington Heights, a vibrant immigrant community with a large Spanish speaking population.
Our undercover investigator (a middle aged woman) went into several bodegas and explained that she had a sore throat and needed antibiotics. Two out of seven stores had antibiotics for sale.
One store had “Gimalxina”, a brand name for amoxicillin. She bought 20 capsules for $10.00. Another store had generic ampicillin and tetracycline for $0.60 per pill. They also had other medicines for sale (such as diuretics and birth control pills but that’s another story).
People who buy medicine from ethnic markets are usually poor and originate from cultures where buying antibiotics over-the-counter is the norm.
A 2002 NY Times article indicated that Chinese and Russian immigrants easily purchase antibiotics and other prescription drugs in small markets.
Selling prescription medicines to Americans is a huge industry in Mexico. The main shopping streets in border towns such as Tijuana and Nagales are lined with pharmacies.
We took a bus from downtown San Diego across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. There, we were able to buy 14 tablets of brand-name Cipro 500 mg (ciprofloxacin) for $35.00 US. 96 capsules of Amoxicillin 500mg went for $18.95. Levaquin was harder to find but we were able to buy 15 tablets of the generic for about $25.00.
South of the border you can walk into any drugstore and buy antibiotics over-the-counter. It’s just like buying keflex antibiotics. No prescriptions are needed and nobody asks any questions. So, if you live within driving distance of the Mexican border (like in San Diego, or El Paso) this is a piece of cake.
Why not do what everyone else does – go to the doctor, get a prescription and take it to the drugstore?
There are many reasons people don’t want to obtain antibiotics online, for example online antibiotics like ceclor, roxithromycin, duricef, rulide, keflex antibiotic the traditional way:
Persistent Infections – such as urinary tract infections. You feel burning discomfort down there with an urgency to urinate and you know right away what you have because you get it all the time. It is a pain in the neck having to run to the doctor for an expensive examination when you know what you have and what you need.
Skin Conditions – People who suffer from acne or rosacea often take antibiotics propholactically to prevent flare-ups. They prefer to buy a large quantity of medicine for a cheap price rather than visiting dermatologist every time they need a refill.
Poverty, Lack of Insurance, Cultural Norms – many people (such as undocumented immigrants) work for small businesses. They get zero benefits. They can’t afford the doctor and they cant afford American drug prices. Often, they come from cultures where prescriptions are not required for antibiotics.
If you get your antibiotics without going to a doctor and getting a prescription, you can get yourself in trouble:
Misdiagnosis
Antibiotics are not a cure-all. They are only effective to against bacterial illnesses. They are not effective against viral illnesses.
Antibiotics are designed to combat specific ailments. For instance, penicillins (a family of drugs with names ending in “-cillin” such as penicillin, amoxicillin, ampicillin) are effective against streptococcal infections, syphilis, and Lyme disease but for community-acquired pneumonia, bacterial diarrhea, mycoplasmal infections or gonorrhea you would be better off using a quinolone (a family of drugs with names ending in “-oxacin such as levofloxacin (Levaquin) or Ciprofloxacin (Cipro).
A doctor is an expert in knowing which antibiotic to use for specific ailments. If an untrained person uses the wrong antibiotic his condition may get worse and he may wind up in the hospital.
Side Effects
Antibiotics can cause side effects. If you take an antibiotic that you are allergic to you could develop an anaphylactic reaction, go into shock and die. Other antibiotic side effects include nausea and diarrhea, abdominal pain, liver toxicity, brain and kidney damage or even pseudomembranous colitis.
Interactions (Drug, Food, Alcohol)
Certain antibiotics should not be mixed with other drugs, foods or alcohol. Mixing cephlosporins (such as cephalexin) with alcohol could cause nausea or abdominal cramps. Drinking grapefruit juice with erythromycins or taking erythromycin with theophylline (a drug used for respiratory ailments) can cause fatal heart arythmias. There are many other interactions that doctors know about but you don’t.
Resistance
No-prescription antibiotics are likely to be misused leading to drug resistance. Drug resistant germs are difficult to treat and have spread into the community wreaking havoc on our healthcare institutions.
Conclusion
Buying antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription is easy. The drugs are inexpensive. This is a potentially dangerous practice but it is unlikely to stop because it is a low priority for law enforcement institutions.
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Any Microbiologists or doctors here? I’m freaking out here…Parasites?
I have been having stomach problems for a while now:
Alternating btw constipation the diarrhea
Blood in stool (this was a month ago, had liver and CBC blood work, both came back normal, ER doc said Gastroenteritis)
Stomach growling
Mucous in stool
Sometimes pass small white stools(size of a dime)
Nausea
Weight Gain
So my GP is having me provide a stool sample and is doing a full abdominal ultra sound this week.
She thinks I may have a parasite.
I am having serious panic attacks over this, I keep picturing worms in my colon.
I did have fleas in my house in the summer, but got my pets and house treated., and no longer have fleas
How long does it take to get the stool sample results back? and how could I have caught this? I am so hygienic.
Please help.
I take it you’re having a stool O&P (ova & parasites) run probably along with a stool analysis and culture. The final O&P results can take anywhere from 8 to 24 hours to be reported to the doctor and a culture takes 2 to 3 days. Fleas can transmit parasites. If you have a parasitic infection then that may have been the source. Of course, the problems you’re having currently may have nothing to do with parasites. Your symptoms fit some other gastrointestinal disorders.
Chronic pancreatitis is difficult to treat by conventional medicine. Most people with chronic pancreatitis can be helped with non drug treatment such as diet, herbs, acupuncture, nutrition supplements, etc. There is another European way for people which suffer from chronic pancreatitis.
This article focuses on healing properties of European Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water made from the Genuine Karlovy Vary Thermal Spring Salt which are totally unknown by American public and most of medical professionals. Used for centuries by generations of Europeans, Karlovy Vary water made from the Genuine Karlovy Vary Thermal Spring Salt has been popular in Europe as a natural approach to Chronic Pancreatitis.
According to legend, one of the first patients, who understood the healing property of this spring water, was the Roman Emperor and Bohemian King Charles IV at the 14th century, whose name the town of Karlovy Vary (Charles Springs – Carlsbad) bears.
Physicians became interested in the springs and their research proved the healing effects of drinking of Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water.
Karlovy Vary water was found to be so beneficial that work was done in 1764 to produce the salt from the evaporated thermal spring water. Dissolving the Genuine Karlovy Vary Thermal Spring Salt in the water at home gave the possibility to distribute this healing mineral water throughout the world. Czech doctors determined that the water manufactured from the genuine Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt had identical healing properties as the spring.
Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water is the oldest researched mineral supplement in the world. The first mention about this water was published in scientific medical book in 1522. Since then, hundreds of clinical texts and articles have been published describing the positive effects of the water on both animals and humans. Unfortunately, most of them were published in Czech, German, Russian thus there are unknown by American medical establishment.
According to research of many European scientists and physicians who practice also alternative medicine, the most important action of the water in chronic pancreatitis is to enhance production and flow of bile and pancreatic juice, open the Sphincter of Oddi and decrease pressure inside the pancreas. Additionally, the Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water supplies the pancreas with minerals and bicarbonates, the main ingredients of the pancreatic juice.
The water promotes also the manufacture and release of digestive hormones in the duodenum and they naturally regulate the digestive process in the whole gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and liver. The digestive hormones signal to the pancreas the amount of enzymes and bicarbonate that will be needed to digest protein, sugars, starches, and lipids arriving from the stomach into the duodenum.
Water simultaneously relieves digestive disorders, strengthens the digestive system, normalizes the acid-alkaline balance and improves the metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
The most important other actions of the healing mineral water manufactured from the genuine Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt for chronic pancreatitis are:
These effects are caused by unique beneficial complex composition of potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, sulfates, bicarbonates, chlorides, and a lot of trace minerals such as zinc, cobalt, selenium, lithium, copper and more in ionic form.
Mineral content of Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water manufactured from the genuine Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt is closed to mineral content of human plasma. What is most important, that this water doesn’t have toxic heavy metals.
Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water manufactured from the genuine Karlovy Vary thermal spring salt is not just something to drink when thirsty or something to drink either as a snack or with meals. This is unique mineral supplement with well scientifically researched healing properties.
To get the positive result in chronic pancreatitis one needs to follow particular regime including temperature, and amount of drinking water, frequency of taking, time of drinking before eating and more.
This healing mineral water can be useful to many different professionals: medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, herbalists, acupuncturists, nutritionists, chiropractors, and colon hydro therapists and for hundred thousands people with the pancreas diseases.
The information on this article is presented for educational, informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for the diagnosis, treatment and advice of a qualified licensed professional.
About the Author
Peter Melamed, LAc, RN, Ph.D. received his medical education first as a registered nurse and was then trained as a medical doctor in Russia. He took specialized training in anesthesiology, intensive care, and internal medicine. He became interested in holistic healing through his clinical experience with herbs, acupuncture, healing mineral water and internal cleansing. He was granted a license to practice acupuncture in Russia in 1978, and from that time he combined conventional Western medical treatment with herbs, acupuncture, and other non-drug healing therapies.
In 1975, Peter Melamed established Biotherapy as a natural holistic approach to healing. Biotherapy combines the wisdom of traditional Russian folk medicine, ancient Oriental medical therapies, and European and American naturopathy with cutting-edge Western technology.
After immigrating to the USA and passing all the exams Peter Melamed succeeded in starting up a private practice in 1996 at the Biotherapy Alternative Medicine Clinic of San Francisco Bay Area. Get more info at http://www.biotherapy-clinic.com/.
What do you think it is? Implatation bleeding or the start of my period? ?
Well I have had a yeast infection, today is my third day with it.The itching has gone away. (No more alcohol for me)
but i dont think that is making me bleed.
But the other options would be would be implantation bleeding ?
I had a tiny streak of blood when i wiped.
I put a pad on, and it’s been 4 hours and nothing is on it.
Or my period? I’m not sure if it might be my period .
I say this because I havent ovulated this month?
When I do ovulate My nipples get really sore
and hurt.
But I get my period on the 20.
Normally when i get my period, I start bleeding a lot and right away. not just a tiny drop of blood.. But it might be? i have a slight right lower back pain.and a little abdominal pain,
My Bf boyfriend had a vasectomy 6 years And he does ejaculate in me everytime we make love. hmm..
Well Hmm..
Is it possible to get youre period with out ovulation?
Or if it might be my period why am i not bleeding alot like normally do.
Eeek!
yes, it is possible to get your period without ovulating.
but i think it could be the start of your period.
just wait a couple of days, if it still doesn’t come out, try a pregnancy test.
