Show 1351: Are You Risking Your Life Trusting Mail Order Medicines?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever taken a package out of your mailbox on a hot day and noticed that it was warm to the touch? If the pouch contained a tee shirt or a pair of sneakers, you probably didn’t think much more of it. But millions of people get their medications by mail, and some medicines […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	Mail-order Pharmacy Services have become big business.
0:18.0	They seem convenient, but are they safe and hot weather? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady. The FDA sets strict storage standards for every medicine it approves. A delivery truck could exceed those temperatures.
0:42.0	Some medicines are critical for a patient. could exceed those temperatures.
0:43.0	Some medicines are critical for a patient's survival.
0:46.0	Anti-cancer drugs, organ transplant medications, and many liquid or injectable products can't
0:52.1	tolerate high temperatures.
0:54.0	Is anyone enforcing the FDA guidelines on drug storage and shipping?
0:58.2	FDA says it's not responsible.
1:00.5	Who is?
1:01.4	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, do life-saving medicines lose effectiveness during shipping? In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, hypertension is a serious health risk that affects as many as half of American adults.
1:23.4	Accurate diagnosis requires proper technique for measuring blood pressure.
1:28.0	New research shows that one simple part of the equipment
1:32.3	can make a big difference in the results.
1:35.0	Research published in Jama Internal Medicine examined the effects of using a single
1:40.0	standard size blood pressure cuff to measure blood pressure in 195 adults with a
1:46.1	wide range of arm sizes. People with thin arms ended up with a reading lower
1:51.7	than their actual blood pressure. In contrast,
1:55.0	those with large arms had blood pressure readings substantially higher
1:59.0	when measured with the standard cuff compared to a larger cuff.
2:03.0	If people who needed an extra large cuff
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