Side Effects

Probably I mentioned that my one formal guitar lesson a couple years, the guy gave me a Chicago-style blues piece to learn. I got home, practiced it, and while I was doing it, kept thinking how familiar it sounded. 





Well, you know blues, you only got those three chords and the truth, so sure, lot of blues are going to sound alike.





Then I saw the online pharmacy commercial on TV with the old couple in side-by-side clawfoot bathtubs outside and realized that was the music I was learning.





Guitar teacher was either clueless, or had a wicked sense of humor ...





Recently I was watching the tube and the latest of these commercial came on, and there's that side-by-side-in-the-tubs thing, which has become the video logo, and it occurred to me just what a bad idea that was. 





Unless, of course, the water in the tubs was cold.





See, when you sit in a hot tub, the warmth relaxes both striated and smooth muscle, to a degree. Such as control your blood vessels. When your arteries and veins dilate as they are wont to do with the hot water, your blood pressure goes down. Simple enough to see why -- if you have a pump moving liquid through a closed system, you will have x-amount of pressure; if you switch out the hoses so they are slightly larger, but keep the same amount of fluid and the same power going into the pump, the pressure drops. 





This drop can be enough so that standing up quickly after a long soak in the hot tub will suddenly short-change your brain of the oxygenated blood it needs to stay conscious. If you don't sit or get your head down quick, you might well take a nose-dive onto the deck as you pass out. 





Been there. 





Cialis allows more blood flow to the penis. One of the side effects of this is to allow more blood flow elsewhere, i.e., relaxation of the vessels, which, as we saw in Chapter One of Things You Need to Know About Mr. Willie and Mr. Brain. Users are specifically warned against taking Cialis (Or Viagra) with nitrates, which are used to treat angina by dilating the constricted vessels to allow more blood flow. Such, they say, could cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. 





So, if you take your weenie-erector meds -- and far be it from me to gainsay that if you find them useful -- then go and plop yourself in the hot tub long enough to get nice and relaxed, when you stand up, even if you do so slowly and carefully you just might pass out cold. 





For the good folks at Cialis to be showing that kind of thing is an invitation to a lawsuit.

Male Infertility Problem

There are some couples who just can’t get pregnant after many attempts within the span of one year. When the problem is identified to be with the man, it is referred to as male infertility. According to statistics, male infertility accounts for a third of reported infertility cases.

A man is diagnosed to have male infertility when there is a problem with his ejaculation or his sperm count. Ejaculation is when semen is released through the order cialis during orgasm. When the man can’t properly release semen to get the woman pregnant, he can be suffering from: erectile dysfunctions, premature ejaculation, retrograde ejaculation (wherein the semen is pushed back into the bladder), or complications from surgery or radiation therapy.

A low sperm count (or no sperm at all) may be caused by severe mumps infection, hormonal disorder, hereditary factors, or infections. It can also be triggered by wearing tight or restrictive underwear, excessive use of tobacco, alcohol or illegal drugs, and exposure to radiation or poisonous chemicals.

A man’s sperm may also be “abnormal,” which is said to be malformed and has a short life span. Thus, the sperm couldn’t “swim” correctly. This is brought on by abnormal development or inflammation of the testicles and swollen veins in the scrotum. This condition heats the inside of the scrotum and may critically affect the sperm production.

If you have concerns regarding male infertility, you should see a doctor immediately, especially if you tried getting pregnant for already a year. A physical examination may pinpoint the exact or underlying problems that may be causing the infertility and treat them early on. The examination would take into account your medical history, a culture of fluid from the cheap cialis, a blood test (to check for hormone problems or infections), and a semen analysis (to check the number and quality of sperm). More testing may be necessary, depending on the results.

You may be wondering if male infertility may be treated. Of course, it can be. In fact, more than 50 percent of male infertility cases can be remedied. Treatment by conventional methods may help the couple get pregnant through normal sexual intercourse. There are medications, antibiotics, and hormones that a man can take to help in sperm production, get rid of infection, or aid in hormonal imbalance. Also, you can try wearing loose clothing like boxers or avoiding hot tubs, saunas, and long hot showers.

Other treatments are also available, though these may be invasive or too expensive. This includes in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and use of sperm donor. In vitro fertilization involves the fertilization of the couple’s sperm and egg in a laboratory and placing the fertilized egg inside the female’s uterus. Artificial insemination, on the other hand, involves the collection of sperm and manually placing it inside the fallopian tubes or the female uterus to facilitate conception. A donor sperm can instead be acquired if there is no sperm production at all or there are other functional problems with the man’s sperm.

Generally, male infertility caused by an illness or genetic problems cannot be prevented. Although, there are different ways and means that you can do to reduce the chances of having infertility problems. One way is to avoid drugs, alcohol, and other poisonous substances. Live a healthy lifestyle and practice good hygiene.

ADHD Drugs Can Cause Sudden Cardiac Deaths

The death of a beloved child means that the future is a thing of the past.
-- Peter De Vries (1910-1993), from The Blood of the Lamb (1961)

So... not only are ADHD drugs ineffective, they can also kill your child. And yet the doctors and authorities who undoubtedly have many fingers in the pie urge you to keep your child drugged up in spite of the horrendous risks. Hypocritical much?

Seriously, isn't it time you considered safer and more effective alternatives? Or, perhaps you might want to move to Canada, where the government has enough morals to keep Big Pharma from pushing potentially fatal drugs to children.

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Study Shows Possible Link Between Deaths and ADHD Drugs
By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post
June 16, 2009

Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexplained death as children who are not taking such drugs, according to a study published yesterday that was funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

While the numbers involved in the study were very small and researchers stopped short of suggesting a cause and effect, the study is the first to rigorously demonstrate a rare but worrisome connection between ADHD drugs and sudden death among children. In doing so, the research adds to the evolving puzzle parents and doctors face in deciding whether to treat children with purchase cialis.

Doctors have speculated about such a connection in the past because stimulants increase heart rate and have other cardiovascular effects.

Read the full article at the Washington Post


FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs

By Matthew Perrone
The Associated Press
June 15, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death.

Published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the study suggests a link between use of the stimulant drugs and sudden death in children and adolescents. The drugs, used to treat attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, already carry warnings about risks of heart attack and stroke in children with underlying heart conditions.

Healthy children taking the medications were six to seven times more likely to die suddenly for unexplained reasons than those not taking the drugs, according to the study from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Read the full article at AP


Cardiac Screening Recommended for Kids Taking Stimulants for ADHD

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
April 21, 2008

Children with underlying heart disease who take stimulants for ADHD appear to face an increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association (AHA) noted. This risk association is particularly troublesome for young ADHD patients, because heart disease often goes undiagnosed in children and may be present without noticeable symptoms.

The AHA also pointed to a number of studies that suggest that between 33 percent and 42 percent of pediatric heart patients also have ADHD.

FDA data collected for the period 1999 through 2004 revealed that 19 children following an ADHD prescription regimen had died suddenly, while 26 experienced heart complications such as stroke, heart attack, and/or heart palpitations.

Vetter noted that, in 2005, the Canadian equivalent of the FDA -- Health Canada -- decided to place a ban on Adderall, an amphetamine-based ADHD cheap cialis designed for kids over the age of 3. The Canadian decision was actually based on a review of FDA records concerning 12 reported deaths among American children taking ADHD drugs.

Read the full article at HealthDay


See also:

• Does your child really have ADHD?

• Biomedical Treatment for ADHD