Show 1371: America’s Pharmacist Compares Natural Healing and Pharmaceuticals

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

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

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week, we talk with America’s Pharmacist, Suzy Cohen, about the effectiveness of medications and natural healing. Suzy has a multimedia presence in newspapers and on television. Millions of people trust her advice on over-the-counter and prescription medicines. She is also a strong advocate for natural approaches. You may want to listen through your local […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Grady. And I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.0	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com
0:15.0	Our guest today is known as America's most trusted pharmacist.
0:19.0	We'll find out why Susie Cohen has embraced natural healing.
0:22.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Susan Cohen has experienced behind the pharmacy counter in hospitals and long-term
0:39.5	care facilities. She's seen firsthand how many medications can alter nutritional status. What can be done about that?
0:48.0	How did antibiotics like Cypro or Levequin change Susie's attitude towards pharmaceuticals.
0:54.3	What questions should you ask if you receive a prescription for an antibiotic?
0:59.6	It's important to know about the risks as well as the benefits of any new medicine.
1:04.1	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Headlines, the FDA has just announced plans for a black box warning for the
1:22.5	osteoporosis drug denotes you map.
1:24.5	Under the brand name Prolia
1:26.5	and this medication is designed to help build bone in people at high risk of fracture
1:31.0	due to bone loss.
1:32.1	That might include post-menopausal women, men with
1:35.6	prostate or lung cancer, and other people who need to be treated with systemic corticosteroids
1:41.5	like Prennisone. A new study demonstrates that people on dialysis
1:46.5	are vulnerable to very low blood calcium while being treated with prolia. Such hypCalcemia doesn't always cause symptoms, but when it does, they can be severe.
1:58.0	Irregular heart rhythms, seizures, confusion, fainting, and uncontrollable muscle twitching are all possible.
2:05.4	Some people die.
2:06.4	Prolia is administered by injection every six months.
2:11.1	The study, which included nearly 3,000 women on dialysis found that at
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