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Need a few days off

In My Tribe • 455 implied HN points • 19 Jan 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. A switch from Benadryl to Flonase led to an unusually strong reaction to the steroid medication.
  2. That reaction produced a big increase in appetite and racing thoughts, making it hard to concentrate.
  3. They plan to take a few days off to recover their focus and expect to resume posting soon.

Alternate Day Iron Dosing: Does It Work?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 519 implied HN points • 12 Jun 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Iron absorption may not significantly increase with alternate-day dosing compared to daily dosing because total iron absorbed per unit time may fall.
  2. Studies comparing daily iron dosing to alternate-day dosing suggest that 30-40 milligrams of iron per day can be safer and as effective as larger doses.
  3. Alternate-day dosing of iron supplements may introduce complications without providing additional benefits compared to a consistent daily dose.

Bell‘s palsy? LIONESS OF JUDAH MINISTRY asks a key question about Dr. Özlem Türeci, a Turkish-German physician, who co-created the first Pfizer COVID mRNA vaccine, who clearly has facial paralysis!

Alexander News Network -Dr. Paul Elias Alexander's substack • 1650 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🏥 Health Politics Side Effects
  1. Dr. Özlem Türeci, co-creator of first Pfizer COVID mRNA vaccine, has facial paralysis.
  2. Question raised about whether her work caused her facial paralysis.
  3. Concern about silence from medical doctors and media regarding facial paralysis.

Zepbound/Mounjaro Tirzepatide for Weight Loss Part 3

Weight and Healthcare • 818 implied HN points • 10 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The study on Tirzepatide showed that weight loss for participants slowed after 36 weeks, with those switching to placebo experiencing weight regain while those continuing the drug had a slight weight reduction in the following 52 weeks.
  2. Side effects of Tirzepatide included gastrointestinal issues like nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting. Close to 82% of participants reported experiencing at least one adverse event during the treatment period.
  3. The study's findings indicate that a significant percentage of participants taking Tirzepatide did not meet the weight reduction thresholds, with a lack of diverse representation among participants and a lack of a weight-neutral comparator group presenting issues in the study design.
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Zepbound/Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for Weight Loss - Part 1

Weight and Healthcare • 818 implied HN points • 03 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Tirzepatide, known as Zepbound for weight loss, was initially a Type 2 diabetes medication by Eli Lilly that got FDA approval for weight loss due to its side effect of weight loss. It works by interfering with normal digestion processes and hunger signals.
  2. There are dosing differences between the diabetes and weight loss applications of Tirzepatide. For weight loss, patients are encouraged to continuously increase the dosage to the highest tolerable level, potentially facing side effects that impact their quality of life.
  3. The side effects of Tirzepatide/Zepbound can range from mild discomfort to serious conditions like thyroid C-Cell tumors, gastrointestinal diseases, and pancreatic issues. Patients need to be aware of potential risks, like drug interactions and impact on pregnancy.

Reader Question – Wegovy’s Side Effects - Part 1

Weight and Healthcare • 798 implied HN points • 01 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Healthcare practitioners should provide informed consent without patients having to ask for it, and dismissing concerns about side effects violates medical ethics.
  2. Wegovy, a weight loss medication, has serious side effects including contraindications for certain medical conditions, fetal harm, and common side effects like nausea and abdominal pain.
  3. The FDA-approved documentation and research show significant adverse events associated with Wegovy, challenging the idea that the drug is safe and raising important questions about long-term use.

Wegovy Side Effects and Informed Consent - Part 2

Weight and Healthcare • 579 implied HN points • 04 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Wegovy is a weight-loss drug that has not been around for a long time, as it is a repurposed version of another drug called semaglutide, with evolving risks and warnings.
  2. Wegovy and Ozempic differ in dosage and treatment purpose, with Wegovy aiming to maximize weight loss side effects at a high dose that exceeds the maximum dose of Ozempic.
  3. Informed consent conversations with healthcare practitioners are essential, especially when considering drugs like Wegovy with significant side effects and dosage differences.

Weight Loss Drugs Part 3 - Wegovy and Tirzepatide

Weight and Healthcare • 738 implied HN points • 17 Aug 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Weight loss drugs often lead to short-term weight loss followed by weight regain, with participants regaining a significant amount of weight and cardiometabolic gains after going off the drug.
  2. Wegovy and Tirzepatide, new weight loss drugs, show a pattern of rapid weight loss at the beginning, then levelling off, and potential weight regain later. Side effects of these drugs are serious.
  3. Pharmaceutical companies aim for profits by keeping patients on expensive weight loss drugs long-term, despite minimal evidence of long-term weight loss benefits and significant harm from side effects.

Remeron

The Frontier Psychiatrists • 117 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Remeron, also known as Mirtazapine, has unique side effects like making you sleepy and increasing appetite due to its histamine effects.
  2. While Remeron may not differ significantly in its antidepressant effects from other drugs, it could work slightly faster and be more favorable in treating depression compared to SSRIs.
  3. A meta-analysis suggests that overall, Remeron might have a slight edge over SSRIs in treating depression, making it potentially a better option for some individuals.

Tranq Dope: The Truth About the "Zombie Drug" (Xylazine)

Tripsitter • 139 implied HN points • 14 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Xylazine, also known as tranq, is a horse tranquilizer that has made its way into illicit drug use by being combined with substances like heroin and fentanyl.
  2. The heavy sedative effects of xylazine can lead to severe skin issues, with users having necrosis and sores that can go down to the bone, contributing to its 'zombie drug' nickname.
  3. Xylazine causes a range of side effects and can increase the risk of opioid overdose, acting as a significant danger when mixed with other substances and having no known safe agents for reversal in humans.

The Mexican Dream Herb: Calea zacatechichi 🌱🌙

Tripsitter • 59 implied HN points • 17 Apr 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The Mexican Dream Herb, Calea zacatechichi, is known for enhancing dream vividness and helping in lucid dreaming.
  2. Traditional shamans use Calea for ceremonial purposes and other benefits like relief from digestive disorders.
  3. Using Calea can lead to hyper-realistic and coherent dreams by affecting sleep stages N1 and REM, which can help in extracting knowledge from dreams.

Bempedoic Acid

The Skeptical Cardiologist • 216 implied HN points • 08 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Bempedoic acid is a new option for lowering lipids in those who can't tolerate statins.
  2. It targets cholesterol synthesis in the liver by inhibiting ATP-citrate lyase.
  3. Patients intolerant to statins might experience side effects with bempedoic acid, but it could still be an option to try.

Weight Loss Research Should Be Five Years Long - At Least

Weight and Healthcare • 479 implied HN points • 22 Oct 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Weight loss research should be at least five years long to capture long-term outcomes accurately.
  2. The weight loss industry often conducts short-term studies that may overlook weight regain and potential harms of interventions.
  3. There is a need for systemic change in how weight loss interventions are researched and marketed to protect patients from ineffective and potentially harmful treatments.

Update on The Flu & Flu Vaccines

Are You Okay? • 139 implied HN points • 20 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The flu is a respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus, with symptoms like cough, sore throat, fever, body aches, and fatigue. It can be severe and even fatal.
  2. Getting a flu vaccine is crucial because it reduces the risk of serious flu-related complications and mortality. Even if its effectiveness varies, it plays a significant role in preventing deaths.
  3. The flu spreads person-to-person and in the air, especially in crowded, poorly ventilated indoor spaces. Effective treatments include prescription antiviral medications and rest.

Inhale Insight: The Transformative Power of Psychedelic Breathwork

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 22 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Breath can shift states and induce different experiences like calmness, energy, or even psychedelic effects.
  2. Psychedelic breathwork involves rhythmic breathing patterns to induce altered states and can have physical sensations, emotional releases, and even visions.
  3. Psychedelic breathwork can be safe for most mentally and physically healthy individuals, but certain conditions should avoid it, and side effects can include dizziness, tingling, cramps, among others.

Morning Glory: The Aztec Vine of Vision

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 14 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Morning glory vine contains psychedelic compounds similar to LSD, with LSA being naturally occurring and less potent than LSD.
  2. Morning glory has been traditionally used in shamanism in Central American cultures for divination and healing purposes.
  3. Morning glory played a significant role in Aztec and Mayan cultures as a divine plant for rituals and ceremonies.

Rolling Safe: Taking MDMA For the First Time

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 14 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Preparation and knowledge are key to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience when taking MDMA.
  2. It's important to test MDMA for purity and avoid pressed pills due to varying dosage and potential contamination issues.
  3. Understanding the risks, dosage guidelines, and effects timeline of MDMA is crucial for harm reduction and safety.

When Life Gives You Lemons... Mix Them With Magic Mushrooms 🍋 (Lemon Tek Guide)

Tripsitter • 79 implied HN points • 17 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The lemon tek method of preparing magic mushrooms can lead to faster onset of effects, stronger psychedelic experiences, improved taste, and reduced nausea.
  2. Lemon tek may increase the potency of magic mushrooms by up to 20%, potentially due to the conversion of psilocybin to psilocin and the protective effects of vitamin C.
  3. Lemon tek can help eliminate common side effects of magic mushrooms like 'gut rot' and can kick in more quickly than consuming raw mushrooms, with effects starting within 20-45 minutes.

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Seeds (HBWR): Naturally-Occurring LSA

Tripsitter • 59 implied HN points • 02 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds contain the highest concentration of LSA, a natural psychedelic compound, found in nature.
  2. LSA in HBWR has different effects than LSD, causing more physical effects and a 'chill' psychedelic experience at standard doses.
  3. Traditional use of HBWR seeds for psychedelics traces back to the 1960s, mainly associated with the New Age religion Huna in Hawaii.

Vaccine injuries become the dominant theme of German reporting on the mRNA jabs, as the Covid vaccinations face unacknowledged yet ever wider cultural and social repudiation

eugyppius: a plague chronicle • 353 implied HN points • 23 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. German reporting is focusing more on vaccine injuries from mRNA jabs.
  2. This shift has been driven by popular interest, contrary to previous enthusiasm for vaccines.
  3. The pharmaceutical industry's profits have not matched the success of their mRNA vaccines.

Booster Mandates May Have Unnecessarily Hurt Millions Of College Students

Unmasked • 88 implied HN points • 06 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Booster mandates in colleges may have harmed millions of students, causing potentially damaging side effects without significant health benefits.
  2. An admission from a former FDA director highlighted flaws in the COVID vaccine approval process, leading to unnecessary mandates for young individuals.
  3. Specific data is being gathered to reveal the harmful impact of these mandates on college students, shedding light on the negative consequences.

If results are too good to be true, you can't exclude harms

Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts • 71 implied HN points • 07 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Results that seem too good to be true may not be accurate and can hide potential harms or biases.
  2. Confounded studies, where data is influenced by other factors, can be misleading and unhelpful in drawing conclusions.
  3. It's important to consider the full data and potential biases in research studies, especially when interpreting studies involving vaccinations during pregnancy.

Jab math for children: Vaccinate almost 38,000 kids (with hundreds of serious side effects), stop one Covid hospitalization

Unreported Truths • 55 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Vaccinating almost 38,000 kids may prevent one COVID hospitalization, but with hundreds of serious side effects.
  2. For people aged 5-15, the mRNA COVID jabs are not very effective, according to a British study.
  3. The study indicates that vaccination effectiveness varies by age group, with the shots being more beneficial for the elderly than for children.

Enter Hatman: Exploring the World of Benadryl-Induced Delirium

Off-Topic • 23 HN points • 23 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The Benadryl Challenge on TikTok has resulted in serious and fatal consequences, prompting calls for age restrictions and social media regulation.
  2. The appeal of consuming Benadryl lies in its hallucinogenic effects, transporting users to a delirious realm where reality blurs with fiction.
  3. Benadryl misuse can lead to severe physical symptoms, hallucinations, and encounters with entities like the Hatman, showcasing the dangerous repercussions of recreational drug use.

CDC releases V-safe free-text data because they want everyone to know just how unsafe the COVID vaccine really is

Steve Kirsch's newsletter • 13 implied HN points • 19 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. The CDC has released V-safe free-text comments to show the serious safety problems associated with the COVID vaccine.
  2. There are nearly 400,000 comments in the release, highlighting a variety of negative symptoms and reactions.
  3. Using testimonials from V-safe comments could be a powerful marketing tool to encourage vaccine uptake.

The Case Against Hydroxychloroquine Grows Stronger

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 15 Apr 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Recent studies show that hydroxychloroquine may not be effective in treating COVID-19, despite initial hype.
  2. Hydroxychloroquine did not impact viral clearance or symptom relief in patients, based on study results.
  3. Potential side effects of hydroxychloroquine, including heart rhythm abnormalities, raise concerns about its safety in severe COVID-19 cases.

Prep for the Vaccine

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 20 Jan 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. More COVID-19 vaccine doses are on the way, including a safe single-dose option from Johnson & Johnson.
  2. Stay patient with booking vaccine appointments, as more doses are being distributed, and federal efforts are underway to speed up the process.
  3. Prepare for your vaccine appointment by ensuring you're well-rested and well-fed, but avoid premedicating with Benadryl if you have allergies.

Understanding Boosters

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 25 Oct 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Boosters are recommended for certain groups like those over 65 or with chronic conditions, and timing varies depending on the initial vaccine received.
  2. It's important to consider the type of booster based on individual health and risks, with options like sticking with the original vaccine or mixing and matching for added protection.
  3. Side effects from booster shots are similar to initial vaccines, so it's advisable to plan for a day or two for potential reactions like fatigue or arm soreness.

Eyes on Israel

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 06 Jan 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Israel's efficient vaccine distribution showcases excellent preparation and organization.
  2. Israel has a unique opportunity to provide insights into the effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19.
  3. Israel's approach to vaccine distribution may offer hope for addressing long-term problems, such as providing vaccines to neighboring territories.

Throop Pharmacy

The False Consensus Effect • 0 implied HN points • 08 Jan 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Taking medication for heart conditions can have various side effects, some possibly worsening the initial issue.
  2. The author questions the conventional medical approach to treating heart diseases, advocating for a more personalized and holistic approach.
  3. The text highlights the importance of individualized care from healthcare professionals rather than a one-size-fits-all treatment approach.

Dosing Ozempic for Weight Loss: A Practical Guide

semaglutide • 0 implied HN points • 22 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. To dose Ozempic for weight loss effectively, start with a low dosage and gradually increase under a doctor's supervision.
  2. Common side effects of Ozempic can include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, so it's important to consult your doctor if any side effects occur.
  3. In addition to medication, successful weight loss may also require lifestyle changes like a balanced diet, increased physical activity, and setting achievable goals.

Decoding Laxatives: Unraveling Their Effects and Interactions( Part 3/5)

Gutsphere - Your Ultimate Guide to Optimal Gut Health • 0 implied HN points • 31 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Side Effects
  1. Laxatives can interact with other medications, affecting their effectiveness and causing side effects.
  2. Long-term laxative use may impact mental health by altering gut microbiota, potentially leading to mood disorders.
  3. Laxatives should be used cautiously in children and the elderly, under healthcare provider supervision, due to potential risks and interactions.