I'm Joe Graydon. And I'm Terry Graydon. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.

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Summer can be hard on the skin. We face bug bites and blisters, rashes and redness. Today, summer skin struggles.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.

Warm weather invites lots of outdoor activities.

From hiking and swimming to biking and barbecues, how can you protect your skin from sunburn, blisters, bug bites, and rashes?

Dr. Chris Attegan is the People's Pharmacy Dermatologist.

She's standing by to answer your questions about how to protect your skin from warm weather woes.

Do you have a dermatological dilemma?

Our lines are open for your questions at 888-472-3366.

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, solving summer skin problems.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, roughly half of American adults have elevated blood pressure, and many people struggle to get it under control. Nighttime is particularly tricky. Higher than normal

blood pressure overnight is associated with a risk of stroke, kidney disease, or heart

attacks. Doctors worried, though, that having patients take their blood pressure pills at bedtime

would lower overnight blood pressure too much. They need not worry any longer.

Chinese scientists conducted a randomized trial of 720 people with hypertension. They assigned

these patients to take their blood pressure pills either at bedtime or upon waking throughout the

three-month trial.

Bedtime dosing controlled overnight blood pressure better without pushing it too low.

People taking their pills at night also maintained good blood pressure throughout the day.

The medication that was used in the study was a combination of Olmasartin and Amlodapine, with dosage adjustments as necessary.

Because of the widespread abuse of opioids, many physicians substitute a medication called gabapentin to help control acute or chronic pain.

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