Trazodone…a painful sleep
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
I am regularly assessing my client’s prescription medications for side effects that may be contributing to or confounding their chief complaint. A client recently came in to the clinic complaining of unrelenting back pain, not improved with OTC pain relievers. Trazodone is a commonly used medication for sleep. It’s protracted list of side effects include
Statins…hard to swallow
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
In the last two decades, statin use in the U.S. has increased nearly 80%. I like to have the conversation about cholesterol and liver health with my clients before they begin taking a statin, seeing as how high cholesterol alone, without other cardiovascular risk factors like high triglycerides and homocysteine levels, is not associated