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by strandarcadepharmacy
31 Jul 2011, 03:15:05
Warming up before exercise helps to improve circulation to muscles and joints prior to beginning exercise. It's best to start slow and gentle then build up to faster and more strenuous movements as the body warms up and responds to activity. To assist this process and help prevent injury from exercising cold muscles and joints it is wise to use a warm up rub. The most famous and well used rub, adored by sports people and physiotherapists alike is Anti-Flamme cream. Now for serious sportspeople and physios, there is a large pot of an almost identical cream available called Metron Rub.
Metron Rub, with its high quality essential oils and herbal extracts helps to soothe inflamed muscles and areas of soreness. Metron Rub is ideal for aches, pains, bumps and strains, sore muscles and joints. It is ideal to use before exercise or sports to warm up muscles and improve circulation. Afterwards Metron assists in the soothing of sore, tired muscles and joints and is perfect for use in the cool-down phase.
Metron Rub is for external use only and is not suitable for use during pregnancy. Always wash hands thoroughly after use and keep away from eyes, mouth and nose.
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by strandarcadepharmacy
27 Jul 2011, 03:29:27
Habitrol Nicotine Patches make it easier to stop smoking than going "Cold Turkey".
Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco and cigarettes that is mainly responsible for the habit forming qualities of cigarette smoking. A study examining all main marketplace categories of cigarettes during the time period 1998 to 2005 demonstrated an average increase in nicotine concentrations of 1.6% per year. In other words, cigarettes are becoming more addictive than ever before. Already considered to be habit tougher to conquer compared to heroin or cocaine, smoking continues to have serious health outcomes on communities around the world. It has been linked to most cancers, heart disease and numerous health conditions. As we discover more about its ill effects and this is past dispute now, it is time this legal epidemic is handled voluntarily.
We know that Nicotine adheres to several neurotransmitters leading to increased levels of dopamine in the rewards centres of the brain. Raised dopamine levels cause euphoria and relaxation and in the end, dependency. When a neurotransmitter concentration is elevated the body feels a “high” but this cannot be maintained and as the levels drop opposite sensations to euphoria and relaxation are experienced such as stress and anxiousness leading to the desire for another cigarette. The never-ending cycle is complete and the solution has become the cause.
Breaking the smoking habit is difficult. First of all the desire to quit is often with good reason inadequate. Who wants to give up feeling relaxed and euphoric? It requires a smoker to examine the trade-off between what is to be obtained and what is to be lost. The mind can see many good reasons but the body is not quite persuaded. It is a much easier to quit smoking when this turmoil is resolved and the advantages strongly outweigh the disadvantages of the quitting process.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) substitutes cigarettes for a slow release patch that allows nicotine to be released into the body at a steady rate over a 24 hour period. Once started, the smoker is no longer breathing in tar and hundreds of other toxic chemicals. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are not felt while the new ex-smoker begins the psychological withdrawal process. The not having a cigarette at break times, or with a cup of coffee or with a beer after work... It can take sometime to get used these almost ritual like habits. Over time and with the strong desire to remain smoke free these psychological links become very weak.
A 20 or more cigarettes per day smoker will have the greatest success following a tested program of four weeks on 21mg/24 hour patch followed by another four week period on a 14mg/24 hour patch before dropping to the weakest strength, 7mg/24 hour patch for a final four weeks. When the final four weeks are over the ex-smoker completely withdraws from all nicotine replacement.
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by strandarcadepharmacy
26 Jul 2011, 09:23:56
Vectavir Cold Sore Cream - an advanced anti-viral formulation that treats cold sores fast!
Cold Sores are an infection of skin, most often seen on or around the lips caused by the herpes simplex virus. Most people carry the virus but not everyone suffers from attacks of cold sores. Unfortunately around a quarter of the population will experience cold sores ranging from 1 to 6 episodes per year or more.
The virus can be activated by being run down, especially when you have a cold or a flu, any kind of physical or mental exhaustion, menstruation or physical trauma or injury. Some foods with a high arginine content such as peanuts and chocolate are also known to be triggers for cold sore attacks.
Zovirax cold sore cream holds the greatest market share but there is an alternative product, chemically similar called Penciclovir that is also very effective in treating cold sores. Like Zovirax, penciclovir is an anti-viral medicine that interferes with the viruses ability to reproduce, effectively killing off the cause of the cold sore. Penciclovir exhibits high selectivity for viral DNA, specifically targetting the virus rather than human DNA, making it very low in toxicity.
Penciclovir is marketed internationally under several brand names – Femistil, Denavir and Vectavir are the best known brands. Vectavir Cold Sore Cream does not require a prescription and is reasonably priced.
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by strandarcadepharmacy
25 Jul 2011, 09:52:26
The bacteria E. coli, prefers to adhere to D-Mannose as it passes through the urinary tract rather than the cell walls. D-Mannose supports a healthy urinary tract by creating an environment where bacteria find it difficult to stick to the cellular surface. It can be used frequently at a dose of every two hours and symptoms will usually abate within 48 hours. If this two day mark is reached with no improvement we strongly bid you seek your doctor's advice with urgency.
We have been asked many times if D-Mannose may be used as a preventative treatment and if so what is the dose. The answer to the first part is “Yes, it can” . The question of dosage depends on the person. Rather than give a standard recommendation for everybody which would work in most cases but could possibly be wasting the product we suggest that our clients experiment to find the minimal dose frequency that works in practice.
At the first sign of an attack we recommend the acute dose: Two 1.25ml teaspoonsful in a large glass of water taken every two hours and as extra water in between doses if you can manage it, during waking hours.
Some people suffer almost constant urinary tract infections. It seems as if they have just cleared one infection and another begins. Often there is some structural problem that prevents urine from being cleared properly and re-infection may be frequent. In planning a strategy of prevention a couple of things needs to be considered. Keeping the urine flow at a higher level is a good idea so frequent fluid intake is important as is paying attention to personal hygiene. A daily dosage regime of D-Mannose to prevent bacteria colonising is also helpful.
We suggest that initial dosing should start at 2-3 times per day. If no infection recurs over a two week period then drop the dose down by 1 to 1-2 times per day for another two weeks. If still no sign of symptoms drop down to once a day. If any sign of infection occurs go straight back to the attack treatment mentioned above for two days before resuming at the last level that kept you free of attacks. You are seeking the smallest daily dose that will keep you clear of infection. For some this means only one dose every 2 or 3 days while others require at least one dose per day.
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