Drug Warning: Fluoroquinolones

Cipro, Levaquin, and Avelox are all antibiotics in the class of drugs known as quinolones, or fluoroquinolones. Some people who have taken these antibiotics have gone from healthy and vibrant, to sick and disabled. These medications are commonly prescribed for...

Pharmacy School – To Go or Not To Go

Every so often, a young, enthusiastic, bright-eyed individual will approach me and eagerly explain: “I am thinking of going to pharmacy school. How do you like pharmacy? Do you think it’s a good career choice?” Oh geez. Where do I start? So I’ve been asked this...

No on SB277 Mandatory Vaccines

Mandatory vaccines was signed into law almost a year ago and will go into effect July 1, 2016. This is terrible news for California. And it doesn’t allow for medical, religious, or philosophical exemption. In pharmacy school we learned that vaccines are able to create...

Dr. Leyla Ali has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 25 years.  She has discovered that long term prescription drug use causes the health of patients to worsen over time.  This inspired Dr. Ali to write her book, “Off Balance, The American Way of...

Seven Planes of Existence

There are so many types of alternative health, from Crystals to Accupressure to Theta Healing to Emotional Freedom Technique, … it can be overwhelming. So how do you start to sort through all these types of healing methods and which is the right one for you?...

Comedians and musicians get it …

It’s always encouraging when well-known people understand the real healthcare issues in our society. They understand the push to sell pharmaceutical drugs, at the expense of our health. Comedian Chris Rock has figured out that drugs don’t cure “You think they going to...

Me-Too-Drugs

Back in the day scientists would work hard to discover the next breakthrough drug that can cure the incurable, and heal the untreatable. When penicillin was discovered, it was able to cure infections that people previously died from. Now Me-Too-Drugs are the trend....

Squawk, Squawk, Settle Down

A Sunday afternoon I was walking my dog on the beach. Nearby there were probably over a thousand pigeons hanging around the sand. I let him off the leash for a moment and in a flash he bolted, chasing the pigeons like a mad dog. At first I was nervous as there were...