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Which Form of Magic: Pill or Lifestyle?

September 13, 2015 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

The Magic Is the part equal or greater than the whole?  People often hope so.  Not long ago a patient requested I give her a pill that “makes me feel good, causes weight loss, and doesn’t have any side effects.” No, she wasn’t kidding.  Many others hope for the same.  And they spend lots of […]

Gimme the Pill! Seductions of Supplements (8/22/12)

August 22, 2012 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Every Work Day Just about every day I’m in the office patients come to me clutching a new pill bottle.  Inside will be tablets or capsules purportedly containing anywhere from one to 50 or more ingredients. What Do People Want To Know? Will these pills work to cure their sleep problems/Crohn’s disease/heart disease/cancer/irritable bowel syndrome/memory […]

Are we taking too many pills? (11/21/11)

November 21, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Who’s Using What? Consider these facts: According to the government, 20% of American adults have abused prescription drugs – ingesting drugs for other than therapeutic purposes. Perhaps one in four teenagers are abusing prescription drugs. 30% of adult women are using a sleeping pill at least a few nights a week Eleven percent of Americans […]

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