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RigelOrionBeta t1_jcl8325 wrote

Reply to Study finds patient-friendly prescription labels improve medication adherence: More than 100,000 people die each year from not taking medications as prescribed by universityofga

I have NEVER received a prescription where the label's recommended dosage matched what the doctor recommended.

I have a prescription that says to take it every 8 hours, every day. My doctor said to take it once every day, or when I was feeling symptoms.

I had another medication that said to take it twice a day, before and after bed. My doctor said only take it once, in the morning.

I brought this up with my doctor, and they said to ignore the label. What if I forget? So now I need to note my dosage myself? It's ridiculous.

Why is this so difficult? Why doesn't the pharmacy just know what my dosage should be based on my prescription? Do doctors and pharmacists not communicate at all?

By the way, some of the deaths due to taking wrong dosages are also due to cost. Patients will take less than recommended to cut drug costs.

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DixieCretinSeaman t1_jcl70zh wrote

Reply to comment by ForAFriendAsking in 8 out of 10 preterm babies suffer newborn jaundice. Therapy involves exposing the baby to blue light, however, there are no standard guidelines on the precise color of light, irradiation power and duration. Scientists suggest fluorescence measurement will improve jaundice testing and therapy. by Skoltech_

I believe it does, but the blue light is faster. And not every baby is born someplace sunny!

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DixieCretinSeaman t1_jcl6i5v wrote

Reply to comment by starciv14 in 8 out of 10 preterm babies suffer newborn jaundice. Therapy involves exposing the baby to blue light, however, there are no standard guidelines on the precise color of light, irradiation power and duration. Scientists suggest fluorescence measurement will improve jaundice testing and therapy. by Skoltech_

Yeah, both of my kids were born jaundiced bc of a mismatch in blood types with my wife. They put them under a blue light and in my eldest’s case they had us keep her in a special blue light blanket for a few days. It was very straightforward and the kids were fine!

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Funwithdad22 t1_jcl3qku wrote

Reply to comment by butcher99 in Study of 1.65M COVID Vaccine Doses Finds Rare "Myocarditis" Generally Mild—More Than Half of Patients Didn't Need to be Hospitalized by Voices4Vaccines

I think what they are saying is that the title could have multiple meanings.

1st meaning is accurate to the study. Halfing the patients who had myocarditis 34/77

2nd meaning is Half of the total number of study participate s went to the hospital

not accurate. I don't see how people could believe this. Then again people who don't read the study and are antivaxxers aren't the brightest people so maybe I be do believe it.

I think the title is clear enough and adds vital information.

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Brofydog t1_jcl3jbz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Study of 1.65M COVID Vaccine Doses Finds Rare "Myocarditis" Generally Mild—More Than Half of Patients Didn't Need to be Hospitalized by Voices4Vaccines

So inflammation does not always lead to fibrosis(scarification). If that were the case, inflammation due to exercise or allergies would be more than problematic. And not all people who have myocarditis or pericarditis have scar tissue. Clinicians can detect swelling around the heart, or other abnormal biochemical markers (some of which are markers you would get from exercising particularly hard).

Inflammation is response by the body for some irritant, but it does not have to lead to cell death. I guess you could say that there is a disruption of homeostasis and repair in the localized environment, but most components of cellular division also go into repair of damage from normal cellular responses, so I don’t think it’s a very meaningful distinction.

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FwibbFwibb t1_jcl23ms wrote

Reply to comment by TheWoodConsultant in Study of 1.65M COVID Vaccine Doses Finds Rare "Myocarditis" Generally Mild—More Than Half of Patients Didn't Need to be Hospitalized by Voices4Vaccines

Err... no?

From the article:

>>There were approximately 1.65 million doses of BNT162b2 administered and 77 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis among those aged 12 to 17 years,

That's 77 out of 1.65 million.

Your link shows 78 PER 100,000 people.

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art-man_2018 t1_jcl0dez wrote

Reply to New evidence suggests little deterioration in mental health linked to the COVID-19 pandemic by ashenserena

r/publicfreakout says "nope".

6,817,431 people have died from COVID-19. The amount of grieving relatives and loved ones may far exceed that number. Depression brings on many other emotional and psychological states - then there are the survivors with long COVID-19 symptoms, so this study is far too weak in their results.

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