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There is a considerable amount of evidence suggesting that pepsin, a common digestive enzyme, is involved in the pathogenesis/pathophysiology of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) disease. (R) Specifically, it is thought that pepsin ends up refluxed into the laryn…
Read articleResearch by Pratt et al. (2017) suggests that 7.8% of individuals between ages 12 and 19 used antidepressants from 2011-2014. (R) Jack et al. (2020) report a continuous rise in the prescribing of antidepressants to adolescents in England; antidepressant prescr…
Read articleNAC has been suggested as a treatment for OCD. It’s likely that NAC can improve OCD symptoms in a subset of persons with OCD – but not everyone. This is because individuals differ in gene expression, brain morphology, neurochemistry, hormones, and general phys…
Read articleAlprazolam (Xanax) is a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed for the acute treatment of anxiety disorders such as panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. From each year between 2004-2019, the number of annual prescriptions for alprazolam in the U.S. ran…
Read articleWhy am I writing about mixing alprazolam (Xanax) and melatonin? Because I’ve done it a few times – and did it last night. My aim was to research whether the combination is safe and/or more useful in certain ways than each substance used individually. Xanax (al…
Read articleAmoxicillin was discovered in 1958 and used medically in 1972 – and remains among the most commonly prescribed antibiotics due to its low cost and safety profile. It is a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, beta-lactam antibiotic of the aminopenicillin family –…
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