From time to time, a customer comes into SIMI PHARMACY and asks for a heavy-duty painkiller … “something stronger than naproxen or ibuprofen”. To give our best advice on what medication will benefit them, we ask them what hurts and what kind of pain they’re suffering from. A very frequent answer is “my sciatica is […]
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What health condition could possibly trouble a teenager? Kids may need help to channel their energy, but physically they are at their peak. It’s the age of pimples, but they grow out of that. At SIMI PHARMACY we have been learning about one problem that doesn’t clear up by itself. It can start in elementary
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I had a bad throat. Doc says: “Looks like strep. I’m giving you amoxicillin … three times a day, five days. You’ve feel better after a couple days but finish the course. And here … along with the amoxicillin, take one vitamin K pill every day.” I know something about medicine, so I tell the
Medication & supplements: the not-so-obvious links Read More »
At SIMI PHARMACY we keep a close eye on medical news and the news is: DISEASES EVERYWHERE. A fungus called Candida Auris is sweeping through America; it’s resistant to antibiotics and causes serious complications in people with weakened immune systems. There has been an alarming – and mysterious – hepatitis outbreak, which is bad enough,
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“You can never be too rich or too thin.” That old adage that goes way, way back. How far back? We just had to look it up. It first appeared in print in 1963, in an article headlined High Living on Low Calories, carried in the July 1963 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. At SIMI PHARMACY,
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Here’s an imaginary patient – we’ll call her Ruthie. She’s 70 years old, suffers from a chronic kidney ailment and is under treatment by a specialist – a very expensive specialist. Because he’s one of very few doctors with experience in treating her specific illness, he has hundreds of patients which means that he has
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Any time you are putting something in your body, you have to be careful. And that includes vitamins and supplements. SIMI PHARMACY stocks many dietary supplements and we do not doubt that they are intended to make people healthier BUT it is our duty to make you aware of possible side-effects or contra-indications. Of course,
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The CDC report on vaccination coverage among kindergarten students in 2021-22 is out and CALIFORNIA IS IN THE TOP 9! However, WE CAN DO BETTER. Who doesn’t want to see California at the very top … nationwide, all-round NUMERO UNO ? California’s best performance was in vaccinating children for varicella. We stood fourth, behind West
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It’s good idea to ask questions about any medication that you are taking, and that goes for covid vaccines too. SIMI PHARMACY is happy to give complete and accurate answers… and if there is anything that we haven’t covered in this list of FAQs, let us know. We’ll dig out the information you are looking
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Not feeling good? Is it COVID ? Is it FLU ? Some of the symptoms are the same. People with COVID can have a wide range of symptoms. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus… maybe mild, maybe severe. Don’t guess. Get TESTED for COVID-19 At home COVID-19 tests can confirm if
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