The Plain Dealer Monday, PEOPLE'S PHARMACY Common pain JOE GRAEDON AND TERESA GRAEDON For about six months, I took ibuprofen on a regular basis to prevent muscle aches from my exercise program. During this time, I had many blank thoughts and feared I might be in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease. Then I checked my nurses' drug manual and found that ibuprofen can have cognitive effects. Stopping the medication improved my mental status. I know the medication is effective for many people, but I would like to alert others to this possibility.
Millions take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB), naproxen (Aleve) or prescription pain relivers with no problems. In fact, there is some data to suggest that such drugs might help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, some people are very sensitive to digestive tract irritation. It is estimated HEALTH CALENDAR Health screenings Depression. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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To make room for the primetime grid, Dear Abby will move to Page 2 of the section. You'll notice that page looks a bit different to give Abby space. The comic panels "Real Life Adventures," "Family Circus," "Ziggy" and "Marmaduke" have CARRADINE FROM D1 'Kung Fu' star has come full circle "Caine was really an invented character," says Carradine. "I came up with that funny walk of his, and I had to invent an accent for him. If I would've tried to talk Chinese, it would've seemed ridiculous." In the documentary that accompanies the recently released DVD boxed set, "Kung Fu: The Complete First Season," the makers of the show describe his demeanor at an audition as "between uncommunicative and belligerent." Perfect for Caine and the warrior code he embodied.
"Kung fu guys have always believed in a code, 'Give no quarter and take no says Carradine. "Or as I put it, 'Don't with me and I won't with "That's why I told Hollywood to off," he adds. "After 'Kung I walked away and started financing my own movies, even if I didn't have the money to really do it." But Carradine never left kung fu. He not only penned books on Eastern philosophy and Shaolin codes, he also made a kung fu workout video. "I kept on practicing kung April 19, 2004 reliever caused that more than 100,000 people are hospitalized each year as a consequence of NSAID-induced ulcers.
More than 15,000 die from complications. Psychiatric reactions are much less common, but there are reports of dizziness, drowsiness, headache and confusion brought on by NSAIDs. Why some are vulnerable to this effect and others appear resistant remains mysterious. My wife has just been placed on Coumadin for atrial fibrillation. Could you tell us what foods affect Coumadin? Do you have any information about potential interactions with overthe-counter medicines? She has been told to avoid aspirin.
Coumadin (warfarin) prevents dangerous blood clots by countering vitamin K. In general, people on Coumadin do best if they get roughly the same amount of vitamin daily so the drug dose can be adjusted accordingly. This vitamin is found in dark green vegetables such as spinach and broccoli. Many medicines, including aspirin, ibuprofen and Center, 451 Front St. Free.
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Wednesday, will move to Thursday's Inside Out section; the EarthWeek feature still will run on Saturday, but on fu," he says. "One time, I was doing it while doing a film with Ingmar Bergman and Bergman just stared at me. He had no idea what I was doing." Tarantino, on the other hand, got it. "He's a big kung fu fan and he has great respect for me," says Carradine. "He let me go out there and be myself.
This is the first time I've been given the chance to just be a movie star and just do my thing." His Bill "thing" comes off as a cross between folksy wise code-obsessed killer and fairytale romantic. It also pits him against his one-time lover and would-be assassin played by Uma Thurman, also a devotee of Eastern philosophy. HEUBOY A YOU TON PG 13. PICTURES NOW PLAYING REGAL CINEMAS MAGIC JOHNSON CLEVELAND CINEMAS COBBLESTONE SO RANDALL PARK MALL TOWER CITY STADIUM 20 Northfield Rd. CINEMAS 190-Ext 148-Avon Tower City Center 800-FANDANGO LOEWS THEATRES 440-717-4697 ATLAS CINEMAS RICHMOND TOWN CINEMARK LAKESHORE 1 SQUARE VALLEY VIEW E.
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Even regular use of acetaminophen (Tylenol) might pose problems. We would like to send you our Guides to Food, Drug and Coumadin Interactions, with lists of food sources of vitamin and medicines that might interact with Coumadin. Anyone who would like copies, please send $3 in check or money order with a long (No. 10), stamped (60 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. FD-195, Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.
British experts warn patients on Coumadin to avoid cranberry juice, since the combination might lead to excessive bleeding. In their column, Joe and Teresa Graedon answer letters from readers. Write to them in care of King Features Syndicate, 888 New York, NY 10019, or e-mail them via their Website: www.peoplespharmacy.org. KING FEATURES SYNDICATE heart and soul. p.m.
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