I Am Taking a Reflux Medication & My Symptoms are Not Improving!

On an almost daily basis, I get an email from somebody with the same exact question or near-variation: "Dear Dr. Chang,   I have been t...

What to Do and Care After Vocal Cord Surgery

When surgery is performed on the vocal cords, there are some very specific after-care that is required to allow for optimal healing. In ord...

Does Acupuncture Help With Allergies?

Image from Acupuncture For All According to one study , it does... Performed by researchers in China and Korea, they divided 238 patients su...

New Webpage on Reflux Medications

Given the degree of ignorance I see about reflux medications , how they work, and limitations of such medications, our office has written up...

How Can Nasal Obstruction Cause Post-Nasal Drainage?

Before talking about the nose, consider the way some home humidifiers work. There is a sponge, water supply, and airflow. Humidification occ...

New Anti-Meth Sudafed (Pseudoephedrine)

As anybody who suffers from nasal congestion and runny nose knows, the nasal decongestant medication Sudafed  can only be obtained from beh...

Nasal Spray to Help Motion Sickness

Over the years, many NASA initiated research has resulted in new products and treatments geared towards advancing the space-program, but ha...

Dante's Hell of Prescriptions: When Treatment Causes More Ills

Here is a scenario which I unfortunately see all too often... a scenario how prescriptions are provided to a patient to address their ills ...

Can Eye Drop Medications be Used in the Ear?

Can EYE drop medications be used in the EAR for ear problems like ear infections ? For the most part, absolutely. For pretty much any EAR dr...

Pill Rather than Allergy Shots for Ragweed

If all goes well, in 2013 there will be a pill a patient can take rather than allergy shots to tone down the immune response to not only gr...

Xylitol Nasal Flushes Helps Prevent Chronic Sinusitis

Over the years, there has been much about how beneficial a safe food additive called xylitol is in preventing infections. This naturally-occ...

Best Medication for Dizziness

So how would one go about figuring out the best medication for dizziness due to motion-sickness leading to nausea and even vomiting? Well, ...

Possible Cure for Common Cold And Other Viral Infections

For real... at least in mice, but has potential for human application if the promise holds out! MIT researchers have developed a radical ne...

Reflux (Acid, Non-Acid, Mixed Types) in Neonates & How It May Also Apply to Adults

A study was published this month in the journal Pediatric Research which described reflux characteristics in neonates, but the findings ca...

Major League Baseball Bans Under the Tongue Deer Antler Spray Use

On Aug 6, 2011, ESPN reported that MLB players have been issued a warning regarding use of Deer Antler spray administered under the tongue...

"Sneeze Whisperer" Target Pharmacy Commercial

Take a look at this commercial promoting Target Pharmacists as a "sneeze-whisperer"... Though pharmacists are very important heal...

Steroid and Anti-Histamine All-In-One Nasal Spray!

Meda Pharmaceuticals has announced a new nasal spray "Dymista" that contains both a steroid and an anti-histamine active ingredie...

What Exactly Does a Generic Drug Mean (Opposed to Brand Name)?

Some patients are very confused by what the difference between a generic drug versus brand name drug is. From the patient perspective, they ...

Generic Singulair Expected in August 2012

Why August 2012? That's when the patent for singulair, an allergy and asthma medication , goes off-patent. Generic versions of singulai...

Xyzal and Clarinex Generics Now Available

Xyzal and Clarinex are both anti-histamines used to treat allergies. Both medications are now available as generics by prescription since De...