Categories: Enrich Your Health, Exercise, Medical Conditions

Drugs that can Influence Athletic Performance   I’m big into bicycling.  Sometimes I will make the mistake of referring to an organized ride as a “race”, but I try to always use “event”. Like many athletes, I’ve found that it is most effective to compete against myself rather than to try to be trying to outdo others.  My goal for most long events is just to survive. Some of my rides can be pretty long [Read More...]

Categories: Drug Card, Enrich Your Health, Medical Conditions, Medications

Back To School Now that you’re ready for your child’s school year by purchasing the necessary pens, pencils, notebooks, backpack, and the exciting new wardrobe, it’s time to consider your child’s health as they head off to school.   Prepare for Proper Sleeping Habits As the summer winds down, so should the routine of late nights and sleeping-in. Your child will be more alert and focused in class if you start getting them ready for [Read More...]

Categories: Exercise, Medical Conditions, Medications

Drugs that can Influence Athletic Performance Statin Drugs and Rhabdomyolysis Crossfit!  Perhaps you’ve heard of it. If you ask Crossfit to define itself, it is an exercise program of constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity.  In my opinion, Crossfit is an elite evangelical exercise religion. Crossfitters are all in for all-out intense exercise, which is celebrated with brutal “WODs” (workout of the day) often named after women, and cartoon characters such as “Pukey” [Read More...]

Categories: Medical Conditions

Anticholinergic Drugs | Drugs that can Influence Athletic Performance I could hardly wait for Spring to arrive this year in Colorado. Our last frost day in Denver is typically in early May, but we’ve had snow into June or July, particularly in our mountains. I began biking to work shortly after I returned from Ireland in late May. It’s about 12 miles each way and it took a few days to get into the routine. [Read More...]

Categories: Drug Card, Health Insurance, Medications

Can You Fill A Prescription Without Insurance? If you find yourself uninsured or underinsured (meaning not all your medications are covered) you can always fill your prescriptions at any pharmacy and pay cash or use a discount drug card to help reduce your prescription medication costs. Although you or your employer pay for insurance through your premiums, you do not need to use your insurance every time you fill your prescriptions. Most insurance these days [Read More...]