Family Guy Nasal Spray Addiction

Peter Griffin on Family Guy A patient came to my office one day with a chief complaint of being addicted to an over-the-counter nasal spray called Afrin . When asked why he started using it in the first place, he mentioned about that "one episode on Family Guy when Peter uses a nasal spray and feels invincible because he can breath so great through the nose and smell everything." Watch video below. The implication being that he bought and used the nasal spray so he can breath a…

8/19/2016 0

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Actress Kaley Cuoco Reveals Afrin Nasal Spray Addiction

Image by Tabercil of Wikipedia Actress  Kaley Cuoco  of  Big Bang Theory  fame revealed that she was addicted to Afrin nasal decongestant spray for years which ultimately made necessary her recent sinus surgery . This confession was made during Ellen Degeneres talk show Jan 2015 . “I was actually really addicted to nose spray. Like, Afrin. Like, for years... At awards shows I would have to pick out the right clutch so I could fit my Afrin in it, and I’d be under the table snorting it. …

1/16/2015 0

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Reflux Medication Addiction

When a patient suffers from reflux , there is an astounding array of very effective medications to induce acid suppression for symptom relief. Chief among the reflux medications are the proton pump inhibitors that include medications like prilosec, nexium, protonix, prevacid, dexilant, etc. When such medications are taken by a patient, especially one who does not normally take proton pump inhibitors, effective acid suppression occurs. It works EXTREMELY well; even at low doses. Howe…

2/24/2013 0

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Smoking is Highly Addictive in Kids (Teens and Babies) [video]

All it takes is one cigarette a month. A recent study in Pediatrics that tracked the course of addiction to smoking among a group of sixth-graders found that smoking only one cigarette a month was all it took to become dependent. In the study titled " Early Course of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescent Smokers ," the researchers found that one cigarette a month or one cigarette a week was enough to keep addiction satisfied, but as time goes by, the child has to smoke cigarettes m…

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