Which career feild is better Dental assistant or pharmacy tech(state of LA)?
im interested in both feilds, i enjoy working independant, reserve personality but enjoy meeting new people, dislike math but want career advancement opportunities and job security. Looking to switch career from nursing assistant but need something i can finish fast. Any experience from those in the feild would be helpful
Kre-Alkalyn: GNC: Arnge Krush. Medical Questions?
I am under the age of 18 and am interested in using Arnge Krush. My parents are not to keen on using different supplements. I am asking doctors whether or not Kre-Alkalyn is safe to take, but I am not getting straight answers. Those who use: Why do labels say, "Do not take for more than 6 months"
Have you heard the rumors about kidney problems? Here is a label.... Individuals sensitive to stimulants should begin use with half the recommended dosage (1-2 scoops) to help assess your tolerance. Never exceed recommended daily intake. Do not use for more than 6 months. Consult a physician or licensed qualified health care professional before using this product if you have or have a family history of (but not limited to): heart disease, thyroid disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, hypotension, recurrent headaches, depression or other psychiatric condition, glaucoma, difficulty in urinating, prostrate enlargement, or seizure disorder, if you are using a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) or any other prescription drug or over-the counter drug containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine (found in certain allergy, cough/cold, and weight control products). Do not use if pregnant or nursing or are contemplating pregnancy. Reduce or discontinue use if excessive sleeplessness, tremors, dizziness, headaches or heart palpitations occur. For use by healthy adults only. Not intended for use by persons under the age of 18. Keep out of the reach of children.
Throbbing pain in the back of the head?
So for the past few days i've had this throbbing pain in the back region of the right side of my head. Initially the pain was very minor and endurable but as of late, the pain almost makes me wince every it occurs (which is about every 5 minutes) and is extremely irritating. I will be visiting a drop in clinic today, but i was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? * I have recently gotten new contacts with one of the lenses having a weaker prescription than my older ones in the right eye. I have also started wearing my retainer during the night again after about a week of not wearing it, and i noticed a pretty big shift in my teeth. starting to get a bit worried, so every opinion helps, thanks in advance.
i need help with a friend of mine?
Ok, i have this friend, he's 17, i'm 18, he takes pills all the time, lortab, xanax, and this round blue headache pills that completely change him. he likes gettin fucked up off of them, and he's basically destroyed his family because of it, his dad died a few months back and his mom and grandparents said that if it wasn't for ME, my friend would've probably killed himself, me and my friend both have a history of cutting ourselves, we've both lived horrible lives basically. but his mom takes up for him no matter what, if he's in the wrong, she'll take up for him, she'll go from yelling at him for takin pills, then give him some of her prescription pills. she does that because she doesn't know what else to do. well, me and this friend kind of got into another arguement (which usually happens on a weekly basis) and he pushed me too far, and before i continue, my friend's dad's last wish was for my friend to stop taking pills. my friend has yet to quit taking any of them, he might stop one for a week or so, but he would be taking the others twice as much. it's so bad that him taking four lortab 10s is nothing for him, he takes 13 of those "headache" pills a day, and the xanax he mixes with his antidepressants, and if not, he trades the xanaxs for more lortabs. well as stated before, he pushed me too far, so i told him "i'm glad your dad is dead for ONE reason, so he wouldn't have to see what you've become, so he wouldn't have to go through what you put your family through, so he wouldn't have to see how much the pills have taken over you" and he starts threatening sayin "if i was fucked up enough i'd come to your house and shoot you with a shotgun, i'd torture you so much" blah blah blah, i cant remember what all else he said. all i know is i'm tired of HIM basically, he's not the same person he was when we became friends 10 years ago, but, no offense to him, he's such a weird person that he really doesn't have any other friends, and the friends he does have, he treats like shit, including me, i'm the only one who's put up with his shit this long. but now i dont know what to do, me and him have the same doctor, so my next appointment i was planning on telling the doc about what my friend is doing with his pills, but that will only help so much, he gets pills elsewhere also. they're too poor of a family to put him through any kind of rehab, and i dont think it would help, because he's taken the pills for so long to such an extent that he's basically became that other person, the one he is when he's fucked up. i dont know what to do, the cops cant do anything because they have to catch someone in the act, and jail wouldn't be good for my friend at all, not juvy, he'd kill himself if he was in any of those systems, he WANTS to kill himself now, he's seeing two "counselors" (school counselors) and it's not doing much of anything, and he only tells the counselors what he wants them to know. my friend aint the smartest but he does have some sense. but he doesn't care how his body takes the pills because when he's fucked up, he only feels pain for about 2 seconds, he's "stronger" (i think its just from the caffeine in those headache pills) faster just because his reaction time is a little better. and he's in to spiderman and all that kind of stuff, so if he thinks it improves his abilities, he's not gunna stop it. he needs help. but what can i do? he's super mad at me right now because of the "glad you dad is dead" comment, so i cant really talk to him about it right now...
Some questions for pharmacists...?
1) I have the opportunity to take some free foreign language college courses this summer (I'm a junior in high school)... Would this be beneficial for the field of pharmacy?
2) I excel at math but my chemistry skills are average at best... do you think this is a big handicap?
3) As far as being in the field would you say you use more math skills or chem. skills on a daily basis?
Any help, advice, or tips would be appreciated! Thanks!
How to effectively study for the SAT?
I'm currently in an SAT Prep course at my school twice a week that runs all the way till the end of April. However, even with that I feel like that isn't enough since my PSAT scores were really low :-\ During the end of the summer my Aunt bought me the Barron's SAT book (2009) yet, I haven't cracked it open until recently ... So, I have a few questions to ask: 1.) How do/did you study for the vocabulary? My SAT book supplies me with an entire word list that contains more than a 1,000 words and I don't know where to start. It provides me with flashcards, but how am I supposed to memorize all those words in preparation for the May SAT this spring? I've told myself that maybe if I memorize 10 words a day, I'd complete the list. However, with my AP exam coming up, my project due soon, the project I'm currently working on now, and my term paper due in weeks, plus other homework on top, it's difficult to fit it in my schedule. So, how did you study/memorize the Vocab? 2.) The critical reading section is a bit difficult to me. I've always wondered which strategy is best when it comes to reading the passages given to you. Do you glance at the questions beforehand and then start reading the passage? Do you skim the paragraph so you can have more time to answer the questions? Do you read the entire thing the whole way through thoroughly and then answer the questions? There's many different ways to tackle the situation, but which way is more helpful? 3.) This isn't a question pertaining to the SATs really, but you know how colleges and universities like people who are unique and are able to stand out from the crowd? Well, what if you're planning to go into pharmacy/medical field but you have a talent in art? If you're able to use your talent and let's say you win some big Art contest, would that be considered unique to the college, even though it has nothing to do with health/med? I'm not exactly sure what unique qualities colleges are looking for :-\ I feel like I'm a plain Jane in this world ... Especially in this day and age where competition is always rising.
I enjoy Botany. I have my Biochemistry Bachelor's degree. What jobs can I get?
I have my bachelor's degree in biochemistry. It is pretty worthless because most jobs are telling me I need my master's degree, but I am tired of school and barely graduated. I originally intended of doing pharmacy but could no get accepted to pharmacy school. I have been working in hospital labs for $15/hour, but I have always been really interested in plants. Can I get a job in this field with only my bachelor's degree, and what jobs? Thank you
My partner and I both have molluscum contagiosum. Is it bad to keep having sex since we both already have it?
My partner and I both have molluscum contagiosum. Is it bad to keep having sex since we both already have it? We have it in our pubic areas and I have it on my legs and my butt a little bit. I have a prescription for Aldara (Imiquimod) which I am going to start using tomorrow and my boyfriend is going to the dermatologist tomorrow. I have already seen a doctor. He told me what it was and I told him that my boyfriend has it too. He didn't say anything about us not being able to have sex anymore. I didn't ask because I had never heard of it before today and I didn't know what questions to ask.
Any creams ect to help heal wounds faster?
kay yes i used to cut myself and i understand it was wrong
but then my mom noticed and wants to send me to the doctor to get them healed because she said they may possibly stay there forever as white marks. and im kkinda scared and maybe she was just trying to scare me but it really worked. so and of these creams or ect that could help heal these wounds with out getting a prescription ? that would be great thank you : ) also its on my inner thigh
Should I wear glasses full time?
My prescription is -2.25 in both eyes with no astigmatism. I wear my glasses or contacts all the time now. Do most people with this eyesight wear them all the time? Is it a very bad prescription? Should I wear them for sports? Is this eyesight normal? Thanks!!!!!
What do You think of HSAs -- Health Savings Accounts?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...470293066.html As Washington prepares to revisit the subject of health-care reform, perhaps some fresh experience from Middle America would be of value. When I was elected governor of Indiana five years ago, I asked that a consumer-directed health insurance option, or Health Savings Account (HSA), be added to the conventional plans then available to state employees. I thought this additional choice might work well for at least a few of my co-workers, and in the first year some 4% of us signed up for it. In Indiana's HSA, the state deposits $2,750 per year into an account controlled by the employee, out of which he pays all his health bills. Indiana covers the premium for the plan. The intent is that participants will become more cost-conscious and careful about overpayment or overutilization. Unused funds in the account—to date some $30 million or about $2,000 per employee and growing fast—are the worker's permanent property. For the very small number of employees (about 6% last year) who use their entire account balance, the state shares further health costs up to an out-of-pocket maximum of $8,000, after which the employee is completely protected. The HSA option has proven highly popular. This year, over 70% of our 30,000 Indiana state workers chose it, by far the highest in public-sector America. Due to the rejection of these plans by government unions, the average use of HSAs in the public sector across the country is just 2%. What we, and independent health-care experts at Mercer Consulting, have found is that individually owned and directed health-care coverage has a startlingly positive effect on costs for both employees and the state. What follows is a summary of our experience: State employees enrolled in the consumer-driven plan will save more than $8 million in 2010 compared to their coworkers in the old-fashioned preferred provider organization (PPO) alternative. In the second straight year in which we've been forced to skip salary increases, workers switching to the HSA are adding thousands of dollars to their take-home pay. (Even if an employee had health issues and incurred the maximum out-of-pocket expenses, he would still be hundreds of dollars ahead.) HSA customers seem highly satisfied; only 3% have opted to switch back to the PPO. The state is saving, too. In a time of severe budgetary stress, Indiana will save at least $20 million in 2010 because of our high HSA enrollment. Mercer calculates the state's total costs are being reduced by 11% solely due to the HSA option. Most important, we are seeing significant changes in behavior, and consequently lower total costs. In 2009, for example, state workers with the HSA visited emergency rooms and physicians 67% less frequently than co-workers with traditional health care. They were much more likely to use generic drugs than those enrolled in the conventional plan, resulting in an average lower cost per prescription of $18. They were admitted to hospitals less than half as frequently as their colleagues. Differences in health status between the groups account for part of this disparity, but consumer decision-making is, we've found, also a major factor. Overall, participants in our new plan ran up only $65 in cost for every $100 incurred by their associates under the old coverage. Are HSA participants denying themselves needed care in order to save money? The answer, as far as the state of Indiana and Mercer Consulting can find, is no. There is no evidence HSA members are more likely to defer needed care or common-sense preventive measures such as routine physicals or mammograms. It turns out that, when someone is spending his own money alone for routine expenses, he is far more likely to ask the questions he would ask if purchasing any other good or service: "Is there a generic version of that drug?" "Didn't I take that same test just recently?" "Where can I get the colonoscopy at the best price?" By contrast, the prevalent model of health plans in this country in effect signals individuals they can buy health care on someone else's credit card. A fast-food meal costs most Americans more out of pocket than a visit to the doctor. What seems free will always be overconsumed, compared to the choices a normal consumer would make. Hence our plan's immense savings. The Indiana experience confirms what common sense already tells us: A system built on "cost-plus" reimbursement (i.e., the more a physician does, the more he or she gets paid) coupled with "free" to the purchaser consumption, is a machine perfectly designed to overconsume and overspend. It will never be controlled by top-down balloon-squeezing by insurance companies or the government. There will be no meaningful cost control until we are all cost controllers in our own right. Americans can make sound, thrifty decisions about their own health. If national policy trusted and encouraged them to do so, ou
Contacts Prescription Question?
I wear glasses, I don't really remember my prescription for them but I have to wear them full-time, from when I wake up to when I sleep.
I really want these contacts: http://www.colorlens4less.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=45&zenid=c1006c6ee7dd378386dc5a48ef8f97f0 (Haha, yes I am a Naruto fan :D) I don't think these are prescription contacts, but could I get them a prescription?
And if I didn't and I just wore these with my glasses, would it mess up my eye sight? Thank you :)
