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FDA Supplement Label Requirements: 5 Mistakes Brands Make
Five labeling failures cause most supplement misbranding: the disclaimer, the disease line, the Facts panel, the…
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Supplement Facts Panel for Herbs: What Importers Miss
A 2024 warning letter cites three Chinese classic formulas for four labeling violations, all of them…
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Can You Take Allopurinol and Colchicine Together?
Both gout drugs, two different jobs — allopurinol lowers uric acid, colchicine guards the first months.…
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A good pot of tea and a working Wi-Fi connection
Saturday morning, a pot of oolong, and two hours of finding out what happened in the…
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Gout Flare on Warfarin: What Pain Relief Is Safe?
On warfarin and your gout is flaring? NSAIDs can double bleeding risk. What a pharmacist recommends…
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Can You Take Tylenol and Ibuprofen Together? Do the Math
Alternating Tylenol and ibuprofen is fine. Following most printable charts is not — acetaminophen allows 4,000…
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Treat everything like it matters, even the parts nobody checks.
The author, a hospital pharmacist, emphasizes the importance of consistently performing small tasks with care, as…
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Cold Medicine Without Acetaminophen: What to Buy Instead
Brand names won’t tell you this. DayQuil and Alka-Seltzer Plus both come in versions with and…
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I Told My Mother I Failed. I Hadn’t.
I told my mother I failed the exam. I hadn’t. Seventeen years later, that certificate is…
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Why Your Iron Supplement Isn’t Working
Iron supplements usually fail for three reasons: timing, what you take them with, and a cause…
Hospital pharmacist, 17 years in practice — labels, claims, plain drug answers
What’s really in your supplement — read by a pharmacist
17 years in hospital pharmacy. I read the label so you don’t have to.