bramblepatch: ladyshinga: “You can be fat and healthy” True But as some one who is fat and also disabled/chronically ill, maybe don’t put so much damn power into “healthy = valuable and worthy of love” because boy is this backfiring on some of us Also there’s a lot of health conditions where weight gain is… Continue reading
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Ah the free market at work.
(Similar to when I went to CVS to pickup a 90$ prescription and they had their own generic version for 7.99).This is important!
Tell your Friends.I can’t believe some insurances quit covering them 😐
From Slate:
The generic Adrenaclick will cost $109.99 for two doses, compared with $649.99 for the same amount of drug in an EpiPen. That’s good news, both for financial and safety reasons: STAT reported last year that some parents and institutions had begun filling up syringes with epinephrine as a cost-cutting measure, a DIY solution that could pose great risk to the children who may have eventually needed injections. A more affordable alternative will help ensure safer epinephrine injections.
That’s assuming, though, that the people who need these devices know exactly what to ask for when they’re sitting in their doctors’ offices. Otherwise, they’ll still be stuck with the overpriced product. Here’s why: The mechanism by which Adrenaclick injects the drug is slightly different from EpiPen’s mechanism, so the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that the two are not therapeutically equivalent. That distinction is important because it means a prescription for an EpiPen cannot be filled with Adrenaclick. If you want the cheaper option, you have to have an Adrenaclick prescription.
You must ask your doctor for an Adrenaclick prescription!
I also found a coupon from Impax on 0.15mg and 0.3mg epinephrine injection, USP auto-injectors, which appear to be the generic version of Adrenaclick; these coupons cover up to $100 per pack for 3 packs of these injectors (6 total injectors).
Some customers may be automatically eligible for $100 off the retail price thus only paying $10 for a pack, but this may be good backup for those who for whatever reason do not meet those requirements.
You know… Costco has a pharmacy if you REALLY want to stock up.
Plan B only works reliably for people under 160lbs. Ella is more effective for folks over 160lbs and works up to five day after intercourse. Both are OTC medications.
fyi: ella is not available over the counter. you will need a prescription for ella. in some states, your pharmacist will be able to prescribe you ella–check yours here. in some states, you will need to see a doctor or nurse practitioner.
if you are over 160 pounds and unable to get to a doctor for ella, you can take plan b. there are studies that suggest that it may be less effective, but it won’t hurt to take it (beyond the general risk of side effects from plan b). ella may actually be more effective for people under 160 pounds as well, particularly if it has been longer than 2-3 days since intercourse. ella may be effective up to 5 days after intercourse.
in a pinch, you can also try taking certain regular bc pills in a large dose as an emergency contraceptive–check the recommended dosage here.
having a copper iud inserted within 5 days of intercourse is also an effective method of emergency contraceptive, if that’s something that you are interested in & able to get.
bad-imagination: chimaamla: I found out that the reason I’ve been having so many problems with my heart and lungs that the doctors only shrug at in explanation, may well be anemia. So if you have random headaches, shortness of breath, your heart starts to race for no reason at all, and/or you feel weak all… Continue reading
I feel like there’s a lot of infographics out there about STI prevention, but not enough about what happens if you already have one. (The answer is not “you give up because your life is over.”) So here, have some education!
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Gonorrhea Might Soon Be Untreatable
OK people, we have a really important thing
to say about this. OK. Ready?If you get antibiotics to treat an STD YOU REALLY GOTTA TAKE ALL OF THEM AS DIRECTED. Even if you feel a bit better, or a sore heals
up, or whatever. Seriously. When you do not take all of your meds you may not
actually clear up your infection. And what happens then? THIS:Health officials have been warning us about the threat of “super gonorrhea“—a strain of the sexually transmitted disease that is resistant to all known antibiotics—for over a year. But the superbug is here, much faster than previously anticipated. On Wednesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a cluster of gonorrhea infections that shows both decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and very high-level resistance to azithromycin. It’s the first time this superbug has been found in the U.S.
Reblogging this because ~this is important~
I’ve never been so happy to not have sex.
Reblogging because I tell my patients this all the time and we talk about this at work all the time ☝🏼️☝🏼☝🏼
It’s already happening
Please remember that you can also contract gonorrhea via oral sex without barriers! So if you have bareback oral, make your healthcare provider take oral swabs just to be safe. If you’re positive for gonorrhea, go back and get tested again after your course of antibiotics is up to see if it really cleared.
also if u can’t go to a GP, look out for community organizations that provide STI screening as this is often free and anonymous. Sex worker health orgs, drug users associations and LGBT community centres come to mind
philosopher–queens: thepageofhopes: dottewa: prokopetz: feminerds: hyggehaven: witwitch: sweetpotatodotcom: newtonssidekick: sweetpotatodotcom: The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: “very common condition” “no known cause” “no known cure” :)))))) What the fuck is tumblr? Like honestly what is this? Do you guys pull shit out of the inner most depths of your rectum… Continue reading
thealidoyle: lemonsharks: queenshulamit: arachnocomrnunism: quasi-normalcy: knightfrog1248: black–lamb: I know it’s illegal but whenever I get antibiotics from the doctor I save a few and give them to friends or coworkers who don’t have insurance so that when cold season comes they might be able to shorten their illness That is not good- that’s not quite… Continue reading
dottewa: prokopetz: feminerds: hyggehaven: witwitch: Men are so damn privileged they can’t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can’t be affected by one of these conditions. Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely uncomfortable,… Continue reading
I keep forgetting what the differences are in the over the counter pain relievers, so I made a handy chart.
Monsters' Queen 