No, there are drugs that do turn toxic after time. Acetaminophen-codeine (tylenol #3) causes liver damage after 3 months. The codeine reacts with the acetaminophen (APAP) and turns it toxic. This is not related to the liver damage that prolonged exposure to APAP causes. I'm a health professional that deals with pain relief daily.
To all of you claiming chicken pox is not dangerous:
WRONG
It can be very dangerous. It is in fact lethal in some children. I lost my three year old sister to it. The autopsey found it in every organ in her body, including the brain. There were also many cases of lifetime disabilities caused by it.
That is not even talking about herpes zoster or the other effects it has on adults. Just becaus it isn't as virulent, damaging, or lethal as small pox, chicken pox is not something to take lightly.
In the medical field, it's always been "cut-throat" competition to get in. The "Conventional Wisdom" is that those that can't make it into medical school go to dental school. The reality is that the hardest school to get into is veterinary school. Those that don't make the grade there try med school.
Any health science school is going to have steep requirements to get in. I know that some engineering schools are tough to get into, but I haven't heard the stories that I've heard and SEEN about things pre-med students do to each other.
And no, I didn't want to get into vet. school, I chose my career when I was in first grade - that alone makes me suspect!
"As it stands, man, I won't think about the dentist until tears are falling from my eyes due to pain."
Great way to insure another unhappy ordeal. As I tell my patients, I'll see you now, or I'll see you later. If its later you know it's going to be more extensive AND expensive.
Its always easier and cheaper to prevent than to fix.
As to your complaint about being numb so long, ask your dentist to use 3% mepivicaine. 3 hours is the longest it will last. If you don't use all the carpule, it can wear off in 1/2 hour.
I've never understood the rest of the dentist's fetish with 2% lidocaine. It has to be a fetish - why do they all use it in every case, even a small, simple filling? It can last all day with some people (yes, 5 to 8 hours - but the drug info doesn't say that).
Don't you get me started on that Mt. Dew!
Dentistry would be great if it wasn't for the patients! I've been a practicing dentist for 20+ years, one of these years I'll get it right!
Yup, your post is indeed rediculus. What is it with "people" that think the way to cheaper health care is to go overseas?
Cuba has very good medical care, but their dental care is not up to the same level.
What happens down the road when something goes wrong, or you wake up @ 2:00 am with a horrendous toothache? Going to hop on the next plane to Cuba, Inda, Eastern Europe, or the other often mentioned places?
Go to a local dentist and how is he to know what the blankety blank blank was done? What materials were used?
I've treated patients from all over the world - trust me, there's a lot of BAD dentistry out there! Thumbprints in the filling is the least of it. Most of these people are amazed that it doesn't hurt to get fillings done.
If you want a vacation with dental work - go to Scandanavia - top quality schools & dentists.
The NEIC is not in the Tsunami prediction game. To predict that you need tide gauges along the coasts. Even then, you need to be able to get the warning out to ALL the cosatal villages - not possible. Even if the NEIC had been able to predict the wave (which they weren't) calling someone there would not have changed anything. No warning network in place, no way to get the warning out.
No, we only got to where the earth would have been at that time in its rotation 3 mircoseconds faster. Drat!!! Now I've got that much less time today!!! The fact that this happened when we did NOT have daylight savings time in effect makes it worse. This is undoubtedly a plot to steal time from us. Now to counter-act this we have to get everyone to wind thier watches at the same time. ..
My brand new GPS system is now going to be off too, THAT's why I couldn't find the car keys!!
Seriously, how much shift would it take for the GPS satellites to be affected? My brain is in low gear today, I suspect an alteration in the rotational axis would have more of an effect than a 3 microsecond alteration in the time of rotation.
I had trouble with Star Office doing that. I no longer use it after it ate my wife's obituary. I have had no problems with the Open Office suite doing that. It also saves as a PDF file very nicely. Can't do that in word without a third party add-on.
All in all, for the price, its great - I have donated money to try and help. My programing skills ended with Q-basic & Pascal - dating myself (Hells-bells I'm only 51!!!)
I don't see myself ever going back to Word or any MS suite.
My dear Sir I fear you have a mix up in your pragraph. Tofu is the zero element, actually a negative element. It has texture that makes library paste seem heavenly. People don't realize that tofu is a much better fertilizer - its already pre-digested.
And remember that Old Testiment probverb; If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?!
The replacements you talk about for hips are metal, just like the implants for teeth - titanium post in the bone. Bone grows and attaches to titanium.
The problem with implants or growing new teeth, when its avaliable, is going to be cost. Implants have been in use for over 15 years and they still cost over $3,000 per implant - that does NOT include the crown ("tooth") that goes on the implant. Unlike other technologies, the cost is going up with time, not down.
Think people! If everyone uses Linux, then Trojans and virus programs will be written for that OS. The most used OS is the biggest target. Pushing everyone to use your OS is standing up and saying "SHOOT ME!!!"
There's probably a lot more people writting these programs than there are compitent people able to fix the problems they'll create in Linux
No, there were other teams in the compition, but they were no where near as far along.
SpaceShipOne (SSO) had gone through a lot of flight testing, no way is it like the guy in the lawn chair. If my boys wanted to go, I say great (if I could afford it!) - I'd have no problem with them riding in SSO.
Screeming in the bathrooms. . . A sure sign of STD's and the first sign of spring! One of the stranger/. topics for awhile. I have tried these services, what does it say about me? I do admit up front to being a nerd or geek. Seriously, as a widowed father of 4 sons, trying to meet women is not easy.
I found no real religous bias with e-harmony. They DO weed out those "trolling" for dates. They do not offer same-sex matches. My problem with them, and most all such services, is that those potential matches that are far away soon decide that they don't want to persue a long distance relationship. "To far away" can mean 120 miles - 2 hours is to far?
The other sites have obvious "pros" or people looking for someone to support them. Lets not even start talking about "Russian/Asian" brides!
Nothing "offical" on orbital sex, but they have used the weightless tank at NASA for sex. The huge pool they use to simulate EVA'a in space.
Turns out it takes 3, the couple ingaged in "the act" and a third to keep them together. Intercourse in a zeor G environment is not easy. Nor is it for the shy!
Most bleaching tray products - used with a CUSTOM fitted tray - work in a week, with very noticeable results in 2 weeks. If you took months, something was wrong. Even tetracycline stained teeth (the worst type of staining) doesn't take that long.
As a dentist (over 20 years) I can not understand what your dds is talking about. I have had no problem, nor have any of my patients had any problems with these (MY ire is directed against mouthwashes - including lysterine)
I have some friends who have been flight crews on Airbus planes. They tell me that they do not like the software controlling the plane. They say it has a poor reliabilty record.
You sound like you have the experiance and the mature perspective to comment on this with authority. What's up with this?
The pilots say the F-117 is not unstable, 'course its got computer controlled FBW (Fly-By-Wire)up the Ying-Yang. Unstablity, to a degree, is good in a combat aircraft - quicker turn-rate, etc.
There are several good replies here, just a few comments:
Trying to quit "cold turkey" can result in 2 weeks of nasty head aches for some people, if they've been using a lot of it daily.
Taking a caffinated, carbonated beverage with ibuprofin gets the ibu. into your system almost twice as fast, so tell your girlfriend that its medicinal.
Also - ALL tablets should be taken with a bull glass of liquid and ANY pain relieving medication (includes tylenol) should be taken with a small snack. This makes sure the pill isn't hung up in your throat for a half hour and get it through your stomach faster. The last dose of the day should be 1/2 hour before bed - less stomach upset.
Diamond is a lot like ceramics, very herd but also very brittle. Hit it the wrong way and you have diamond dust.
I loved the RPG diamond armor - one the other guy! One swing and my opponent is naked.
It would make a terrific corrosion prevention coating, if the piece doesn't flex outside of the specs.
When "recasting" gold, some new gold is always added in. I hope everyone knows that jewelry is not pure gold. The alloy has various metals to change the color (pure gold is very yellow) and increase the strength.
It also has zinc in it to keep the alloy from oxidizing and pitting.
There should be some private craftsmen that work in jewlery.
If you want a wedding band, talk to your dentist.
I waxed and cast my wife's and my weeding rings, we were both very happy with them.
A custom ring, being unique, makes it even more special.
Forget about those talking about diamond substitues. Crystalline zirconioum is softer than quartz, so it is not classified as a gem.
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No, there are drugs that do turn toxic after time. Acetaminophen-codeine (tylenol #3) causes liver damage after 3 months. The codeine reacts with the acetaminophen (APAP) and turns it toxic. This is not related to the liver damage that prolonged exposure to APAP causes.
I'm a health professional that deals with pain relief daily.
To all of you claiming chicken pox is not dangerous:
WRONG
It can be very dangerous. It is in fact lethal in some children. I lost my three year old sister to it. The autopsey found it in every organ in her body, including the brain. There were also many cases of lifetime disabilities caused by it.
That is not even talking about herpes zoster or the other effects it has on adults. Just becaus it isn't as virulent, damaging, or lethal as small pox, chicken pox is not something to take lightly.
In the medical field, it's always been "cut-throat" competition to get in. The "Conventional Wisdom" is that those that can't make it into medical school go to dental school. The reality is that the hardest school to get into is veterinary school. Those that don't make the grade there try med school.
Any health science school is going to have steep requirements to get in. I know that some engineering schools are tough to get into, but I haven't heard the stories that I've heard and SEEN about things pre-med students do to each other.
And no, I didn't want to get into vet. school, I chose my career when I was in first grade - that alone makes me suspect!
The military has used the d/m/y format since the 50's A lot of ex-military still use it.
"As it stands, man, I won't think about the dentist until tears are falling from my eyes due to pain."
Great way to insure another unhappy ordeal. As I tell my patients, I'll see you now, or I'll see you later. If its later you know it's going to be more extensive AND expensive.
Its always easier and cheaper to prevent than to fix.
As to your complaint about being numb so long, ask your dentist to use 3% mepivicaine. 3 hours is the longest it will last. If you don't use all the carpule, it can wear off in 1/2 hour.
I've never understood the rest of the dentist's fetish with 2% lidocaine. It has to be a fetish - why do they all use it in every case, even a small, simple filling? It can last all day with some people (yes, 5 to 8 hours - but the drug info doesn't say that).
Don't you get me started on that Mt. Dew!
Dentistry would be great if it wasn't for the patients! I've been a practicing dentist for 20+ years, one of these years I'll get it right!
Yup, your post is indeed rediculus. What is it with "people" that think the way to cheaper health care is to go overseas?
Cuba has very good medical care, but their dental care is not up to the same level.
What happens down the road when something goes wrong, or you wake up @ 2:00 am with a horrendous toothache? Going to hop on the next plane to Cuba, Inda, Eastern Europe, or the other often mentioned places?
Go to a local dentist and how is he to know what the blankety blank blank was done? What materials were used?
I've treated patients from all over the world - trust me, there's a lot of BAD dentistry out there! Thumbprints in the filling is the least of it. Most of these people are amazed that it doesn't hurt to get fillings done.
If you want a vacation with dental work - go to Scandanavia - top quality schools & dentists.
The NEIC is not in the Tsunami prediction game. To predict that you need tide gauges along the coasts. Even then, you need to be able to get the warning out to ALL the cosatal villages - not possible. Even if the NEIC had been able to predict the wave (which they weren't) calling someone there would not have changed anything. No warning network in place, no way to get the warning out.
No, we only got to where the earth would have been at that time in its rotation 3 mircoseconds faster. Drat!!! Now I've got that much less time today!!! The fact that this happened when we did NOT have daylight savings time in effect makes it worse. This is undoubtedly a plot to steal time from us. Now to counter-act this we have to get everyone to wind thier watches at the same time. . .
My brand new GPS system is now going to be off too, THAT's why I couldn't find the car keys!!
Seriously, how much shift would it take for the GPS satellites to be affected? My brain is in low gear today, I suspect an alteration in the rotational axis would have more of an effect than a 3 microsecond alteration in the time of rotation.
I had trouble with Star Office doing that. I no longer use it after it ate my wife's obituary.
I have had no problems with the Open Office suite doing that. It also saves as a PDF file very nicely. Can't do that in word without a third party add-on.
All in all, for the price, its great - I have donated money to try and help. My programing skills ended with Q-basic & Pascal - dating myself (Hells-bells I'm only 51!!!)
I don't see myself ever going back to Word or any MS suite.
My dear Sir I fear you have a mix up in your pragraph. Tofu is the zero element, actually a negative element. It has texture that makes library paste seem heavenly.
People don't realize that tofu is a much better fertilizer - its already pre-digested.
And remember that Old Testiment probverb; If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?!
The replacements you talk about for hips are metal, just like the implants for teeth - titanium post in the bone. Bone grows and attaches to titanium.
The problem with implants or growing new teeth, when its avaliable, is going to be cost. Implants have been in use for over 15 years and they still cost over $3,000 per implant - that does NOT include the crown ("tooth") that goes on the implant. Unlike other technologies, the cost is going up with time, not down.
Think people! If everyone uses Linux, then Trojans and virus programs will be written for that OS. The most used OS is the biggest target. Pushing everyone to use your OS is standing up and saying "SHOOT ME!!!"
There's probably a lot more people writting these programs than there are compitent people able to fix the problems they'll create in Linux
Ahhh, pardon my blindiness, or at least my inability to read.
No, there were other teams in the compition, but they were no where near as far along.
SpaceShipOne (SSO) had gone through a lot of flight testing, no way is it like the guy in the lawn chair. If my boys wanted to go, I say great (if I could afford it!) - I'd have no problem with them riding in SSO.
Me, I want the White Knight!!
Screeming in the bathrooms. . . A sure sign of STD's and the first sign of spring! /. topics for awhile. I have tried these services, what does it say about me? I do admit up front to being a nerd or geek.
One of the stranger
Seriously, as a widowed father of 4 sons, trying to meet women is not easy.
I found no real religous bias with e-harmony.
They DO weed out those "trolling" for dates. They do not offer same-sex matches.
My problem with them, and most all such services, is that those potential matches that are far away soon decide that they don't want to persue a long distance relationship.
"To far away" can mean 120 miles - 2 hours is to far?
The other sites have obvious "pros" or people looking for someone to support them. Lets not even start talking about "Russian/Asian" brides!
Need to take into account Newton's laws of motion, get the strap vectors wrong and you end up spinning around. Nausea is not conducive to romance.
Nothing "offical" on orbital sex, but they have used the weightless tank at NASA for sex. The huge pool they use to simulate EVA'a in space.
Turns out it takes 3, the couple ingaged in "the act" and a third to keep them together. Intercourse in a zeor G environment is not easy. Nor is it for the shy!
I think about women all the time! I've been widowed for 3 years now, it doesn't get easier.
Most bleaching tray products - used with a CUSTOM fitted tray - work in a week, with very noticeable results in 2 weeks. If you took months, something was wrong. Even tetracycline stained teeth (the worst type of staining) doesn't take that long.
As a dentist (over 20 years) I can not understand what your dds is talking about. I have had no problem, nor have any of my patients had any problems with these (MY ire is directed against mouthwashes - including lysterine)
I have some friends who have been flight crews on Airbus planes. They tell me that they do not like the software controlling the plane. They say it has a poor reliabilty record. You sound like you have the experiance and the mature perspective to comment on this with authority. What's up with this?
The pilots say the F-117 is not unstable, 'course its got computer controlled FBW (Fly-By-Wire)up the Ying-Yang. Unstablity, to a degree, is good in a combat aircraft - quicker turn-rate, etc.
There are several good replies here, just a few comments: Trying to quit "cold turkey" can result in 2 weeks of nasty head aches for some people, if they've been using a lot of it daily. Taking a caffinated, carbonated beverage with ibuprofin gets the ibu. into your system almost twice as fast, so tell your girlfriend that its medicinal. Also - ALL tablets should be taken with a bull glass of liquid and ANY pain relieving medication (includes tylenol) should be taken with a small snack. This makes sure the pill isn't hung up in your throat for a half hour and get it through your stomach faster. The last dose of the day should be 1/2 hour before bed - less stomach upset.
Diamond is a lot like ceramics, very herd but also very brittle. Hit it the wrong way and you have diamond dust. I loved the RPG diamond armor - one the other guy! One swing and my opponent is naked. It would make a terrific corrosion prevention coating, if the piece doesn't flex outside of the specs.
When "recasting" gold, some new gold is always added in. I hope everyone knows that jewelry is not pure gold. The alloy has various metals to change the color (pure gold is very yellow) and increase the strength.
It also has zinc in it to keep the alloy from oxidizing and pitting.
There should be some private craftsmen that work in jewlery.
If you want a wedding band, talk to your dentist.
I waxed and cast my wife's and my weeding rings, we were both very happy with them.
A custom ring, being unique, makes it even more special.
Forget about those talking about diamond substitues. Crystalline zirconioum is softer than quartz, so it is not classified as a gem.