Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the “tetracycline” class used to treat a variety of bacterial infections and some parasites. Conditions commonly treated by doxycycline, include: acne; bacterial pneumonia; chlamydia; Lyme disease; cholera; typhus; and syphilis. It is also used to prevent malaria in conjunction with quinine. If you were prescribed doxycycline by a medical …
According to a 2012 survey administered by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), around 1.3% of U.S. adults (3.065M) had taken melatonin within the past 30 days. (R) (This was more than a 2-fold increase from just 0.6% of U.S. adults who admitted to using melatonin within the past 30-days in a 2007 survey.) …
What is high-dose melatonin? There’s no objective scientific/medical consensus for what is “high-dose” melatonin. You might ask several people what they consider to be a high-dose of melatonin – and you might get entirely different answers. The body endogenously produces between 100 and 300 mcg (micrograms) of melatonin per night (according to a medical doctor …
What effect does caffeine have on OCD? It likely depends on the specific person with OCD. Not everyone with OCD or a predisposition to OCD will respond identically to caffeine. This is because individuals differ in gene expression, brain morphology, neurochemistry, hormones, and general physiology (influencing OCD and responses to caffeine). Caffeine-gene interactions: ADORA2A: Adenosine …
Azithromycin (i.e. Zithromax) is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections (gram-positive, gram-negative, and atypical). Azithromycin is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, costs about $4 for a standard course of treatment, and remains one of the most-prescribed antibiotic medications in the United States. Despite the fact that azithromycin is extremely …
Let me preface this article by stating that I do NOT follow a carnivore diet. However, I also have nothing against a carnivore style of eating if it improves one’s health. What is the carnivore diet? (Introduction) The carnivore diet is a diet in which adherents consume only animal products. Examples of foods consumed on …