DEAR DR. GOTT: My father keeps all his medicines on top of the microwave oven in the kitchen so he won't forget. My brother says the microwaves are ruining the medicine. Dad doesn't believe him.
Are the medicines safe just sitting on top of it?
DEAR READER: Although I cannot cite specific evidence that microwave could harm your father's medicine, prudence should dictate that his drugs be stored away from the microwaves. Perhaps he should keep his pills on the dining room table instead, or maybe he could develop an alternative technique to remember to take his meds, such as storing them on his dresser or nightstand. He should keep them away from extreme temperatures (both high and low) and moisture. Perhaps he could keep them in a cabinet and use notes on his bathroom mirror or microwave.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my updated Health Report "Consumer Tips on Medicine." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I read the letter from the man who was leaking urine at night and having to get up about 10 times. My husband would have to get up about five times a night and was having trouble holding his urine during the day.
We met a nurse who told us to go to the drug store and buy vitamin B-6 (200 milligrams only) and take one a day. We were skeptical but tried it anyway. We thought, "What the heck?" After about four weeks, there was a big improvement. My husband does not have to get up at night, and his daily trips to the bathroom are normal. This was about 10 years ago. He still takes the vitamin B-6, and we have noticed that that his PSA is lower and is now near normal.
We have passed this information on to our friends, and they have had similar results.
This is did not happen overnight; it was over a period of two or three months.
DEAR READER: Urinary urgency and frequency are a common annoyance for many men. Men generally experience these symptoms as the result of benign, age-related prostate enlargement. The most successful treatment has been expensive prescription medications, so you can understand my enthusiasm when I received your letter about B-6. I'm printing it in hopes that it will improve the quality of life (and sleep patterns) of affected gentlemen and their spouses. Thank you.
To my readers, please send in any experience you have had with urinary frequency and urgency and B-6 or other alternative treatments. I will do a follow-up column with the results, both pro and con.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report "The Prostate Gland." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.
Are the medicines safe just sitting on top of it?
DEAR READER: Although I cannot cite specific evidence that microwave could harm your father's medicine, prudence should dictate that his drugs be stored away from the microwaves. Perhaps he should keep his pills on the dining room table instead, or maybe he could develop an alternative technique to remember to take his meds, such as storing them on his dresser or nightstand. He should keep them away from extreme temperatures (both high and low) and moisture. Perhaps he could keep them in a cabinet and use notes on his bathroom mirror or microwave.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my updated Health Report "Consumer Tips on Medicine." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I read the letter from the man who was leaking urine at night and having to get up about 10 times. My husband would have to get up about five times a night and was having trouble holding his urine during the day.
We met a nurse who told us to go to the drug store and buy vitamin B-6 (200 milligrams only) and take one a day. We were skeptical but tried it anyway. We thought, "What the heck?" After about four weeks, there was a big improvement. My husband does not have to get up at night, and his daily trips to the bathroom are normal. This was about 10 years ago. He still takes the vitamin B-6, and we have noticed that that his PSA is lower and is now near normal.
We have passed this information on to our friends, and they have had similar results.
This is did not happen overnight; it was over a period of two or three months.
DEAR READER: Urinary urgency and frequency are a common annoyance for many men. Men generally experience these symptoms as the result of benign, age-related prostate enlargement. The most successful treatment has been expensive prescription medications, so you can understand my enthusiasm when I received your letter about B-6. I'm printing it in hopes that it will improve the quality of life (and sleep patterns) of affected gentlemen and their spouses. Thank you.
To my readers, please send in any experience you have had with urinary frequency and urgency and B-6 or other alternative treatments. I will do a follow-up column with the results, both pro and con.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report "The Prostate Gland." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.