Kids Who Can’t Wake Up Want to bite into a savory chocolate brownie laced with hormones? “Grab a box today and let your problems melt away,” promises “Lazy Cakes,” a new “relaxation brownie” containing 4 mg of melatonin plus valerian root. One writer for Phoenix News ate the chewy cake and fell asleep for twelve […]
Would you snort sleeping pills to treat your feet? (Silly uses of sleeping pills – 1/27/11)
Steve Tyler Treats His Feet Not everyone snorts prescription sleeping pills to treat their feet. Aerosmith rocker Steve Tyler podiatric self-management included snorting lunesta (eszopiclone.) When he tried it while performing in South Dakota in 2009 he fell off the stage. Please don’t do this when you’re judging American Idol, okay? As fans of the […]
Life is fast; so is cancer (1/18/11)
Living in the Fast Lane Smokers can’t give up cigarettes easily. What they may not realize is how fast cigarettes can get them – and the rest of us. Leonard Bernstein’s West Side gang member Jets sang “from your first cigarette to your last dying day.” Cigarettes are less heroic these days. They produce more […]
Walk, don’t crave (food, tobacco and other things) 1/12/11
Getting Back Control Gained a few pounds over the holidays but still craving those chocolate croissants? Do you want to establish or re-establish control over what you do? One answer for you may be walk, don’t crave. Often I’ve written that what you do is what you become. The body runs on information, using that […]
Provigil – secret uses of stimulants (12/31/10)
Staying Up Humans love to experiment – on ourselves. If a drug works in one arena, it will be tried in another and another. Provigil, (generic – modafinil) is the newest prescription stimulant, even though a version was devised in France in the 1970’s. Okayed by the US FDA for narcolepsy, sleepiness in sleep apnea, […]