Happy Holidays …
26 December 2008, by pillgirl
Tis the Season … for a Few Holiday Pill Pointers
4 December 2008, by pillgirl
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 …
The Doctor Is In … the Airport
2 December 2008, by pillgirl
ON A RECENT trip through JFK, I happened upon Harmony Pharmacy & Health Center in JetBlue’s shiny new Terminal 5. The pharmacist was on-duty at 8 p.m., ready to restore harmony to harried holiday travelers — although, none seemed to be seeking it from him …
Cute Pill … but What the *#!@&% Is It?
20 October 2008, by pillgirl
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 …
What’s Ailing Me
12 September 2008, by pillgirl
YOU MAY HAVE noticed that PillGirlReport has been on hiatus. Why, you ask? MDD—a severe case, as is described in the following video (not to mention other work commitments). Gotta get me some Strivor …
The FDA Weighs in on Wellbutrin vs. Budeprion
17 March 2008, by pillgirl
YOU NEVER KNOW what you’ll stumble upon on the Internet. Yesterday, for example, I came across a radio broadcast that had aired in December. To my surprise, the topic-the sometimes problematic differences between generic drugs and their brand counterparts-had been inspired by my LA Times article from the previous day. To my even greater surprise …
60 Minutes Gives 20 Minutes to Trasylol Travesty
17 February 2008, by pillgirl
A TELLING EXCERPT: “Doesn’t a drug have to be proven safe before the FDA allows it on the market?” CBS correspondent Scott Pelley asked medical researcher Dr. Dennis Mangano on 60 Minutes tonight.
“No,” he replied …
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