The contradictions of our pill-popping ways…
Posted in What Are You On? on 4 December 2008
IN THE CURRENT economy, with airlines struggling to stay afloat, every ounce of luggage counts. Thus, PillGirl’s Pill Tip #1: Don’t let multiple pill vials tip your suitcase over the weight limit. Instead, combine your meds in one or two bottles. It’s perfectly safe … As long as your pills aren’t crumbly … And as long as they’re distinct from one another … And as long as you look before you take …
Posted in What Are You On? on 20 October 2008
PillGirl Test Drives the Top Pill I.D. Web Sites in Pursuit of an Answer
IT’S BEEN SITTING in the bowl where I toss stray stuff that I’ll figure out what to do with later. But this indistinctive yellow pill—round, scored, and faintly marked—well, I can’t remember what it does. I think it got separated from its bottle when I was packing for a trip and threw it into a container of just-in-case pills. At the time, I was familiar enough with them to identify them by sight, but now, over a year later, I realize I should have sorted them back into their labeled bottles when I got home.
But why let a silly little mystery render a potentially palliative (and probably expensive) pill useless? Especially when there’s a World Wide Web of drug data begging to be explored …
Posted in What Are You On? on 8 January 2008
DID I MENTION that I’m not a doctor? No? Well, then let me say it now: I’m not a doctor. PillGirlReport arises out of my personal experience and the research it motivates me to do. I’m a journalist. I write about health, medicine, science, and lots of other things. I care deeply about accuracy …
Posted in What Are You On? on 7 January 2008
MORE THAN 50% of prescriptions in the U.S. are filled with generic drugs. This figure is expected to rise considerably in the coming years. So there’s a good chance that sooner or later you’ll find yourself with a generic prescription. Fortunately, the majority of generics seem to be as safe and effective as their brand counterparts, but …
