Some helpful/interesting links

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Came across some interesting things today and thought I'd pass them along...

 

First, in the health food store, the clerk told me about an alternative for ibuprofen called IbuActin from Solaray. It's quite pricey - about $20 - but supposedly as effective as motrin. One online reviewer on Amazon said they had to take two pills per dose instead of one to feel relief, but liked the product. Supposedly it avoids the liver side effects of ibuprofen, but I haven't researched the individual ingredients.

 

Second, the clerk told me about Curamin (curamin.com). She said she was skeptical but a company spokesman told her he'd take back any product of someone came back saying it didn't work and so far, no one has wanted to return it. Said it was great for pain relief due to inflammation. So FWIW...

 

Third, in trying to help DH find options for helping him sleep, I came across a statement that said taking hypertension medications can block your bodies release of melatonin, resulting in sleep problems. I'd never heard that before - but found the same comment on wiki (not that being on wiki makes something "true"). So for any parent who's losing sleep - maybe it's blood pressure meds and not just your child's illness that's behind it.

 

Finally, more for my geeky friends, here are two sites I found about the brain. Haven't poked around too much, but did find a nice overview of the various regions of the brain and some other interesting reading. http://gnif.org/content/view/21/40/ and http://brainblogger.com/