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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Sep 25
Some Patients Really Need High-Dose Stimulants (and Other Medications)
Doctors should pay more
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Aug 15
Food Affects How Drugs Work
Acidic meals can alter how medications enter your body.
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Do Psychiatric Patients Need Triple Reuptake Inhibitors?
Side effects don’t necessarily increase when…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Mar 29
Does it Matter HOW a Medication Works?
Understanding mechanisms of action can provide reassurance and…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Mar 26
Do Stimulants Cause Brain Damage?
Therapeutic doses of prescription stimulants may be safer than…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Mar 8
An Antiviral Medication for Dementia?
Amantadine’s strange journey has wandered through influenza and…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Feb 13
Why Aren’t New Alzheimer’s Drugs More Popular?
Dementia treatments are vastly underused, for some very…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Feb 5
Your Medications May Be Causing High Blood Pressure
Elevated blood pressure often goes unnoticed until…
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John Kruse MD, PhD
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Dec 11, 2023
People With Rare Conditions Deserve Medications
But are pharmaceutical companies abusing “Orphan Drug”
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Eric J. Kort MD
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Oct 19, 2023
Why Antidepressants Take So Long To Work
New research on how SSRIs work, and some ideas for making the…
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