One thing not mentioned in all this is that the crud and snot that builds up in the head, when it isn't controlled by anti-histamines and ephedrine type drugs, carries a load of infection causing bacteria to the ears and respiratory tract. So, you'll see kids worse off as a result. Unless they get overdosed because the parent used an adult does because the kid dose isn't around anymore.
Even as an adult, take what you need to control the snot. Snot getting into your ears and respiratory tract is what causes the big problems.
Child cold medicines pulled, but why??
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Several years ago, my older daughter had scoliosis surgery which took her out of school for the last several months of her freshman year of high school. She had an experimental surgery which required very little suturing. Anyway, the day she was released (which was at 7:30 pm) from the hospital (Loma Linda University Children's Hospital) the surgeon handed me a prescription for a four month supply of a certain painkiller. I went to the hospital pharmacy (open 24 hours) and they said it would take six hours to process due to the demand. About a mile from the university in Loma Linda, in Colton, there was a Rite Aid drug store that never had lines. This was a very common painkiller, so I couldn't see any reason why Rite Aid couldn't do it.
Rite Aid said, because of the high volume, it would take three days to process. Naturally, I went back and waited in line at the university pharmacy. The surgeon said he couldn't understand why Rite Aid couldn't handle it (he was still there when I came back). So I took my daughter home and waited in the pharmacy. I met the surgeon at the pharmacy and he said that the pills should last longer than their expiration date.
Then he said, "I'm really not supposed to tell you this, Mr. Long, but if your daughter doesn't need all these pills, save them. Then, if you ever get your teeth pulled out, these work a lot better than the weak things the dentists give you!" The pharmacist overheard what he said and nodded his head.
A couple of years after this I had to get five teeth pulled out at once. The dentist gave me a prescription for a preparation combining aspirin and codeine. It worked pretty good but the effect lasted about 15 minutes.
Remembering what the back surgeon said about those stronger pills (and there were over 150 left!), I took two of them and, not only did I feel no pain but I was euphoric.
Joe is right here. However, you do have to be careful about becoming addicted to prescription drugs. This painkiller was the best feeling I ever got from any medicine. I thought about taking it just to get to sleep some nights but I never did that.
Rite Aid said, because of the high volume, it would take three days to process. Naturally, I went back and waited in line at the university pharmacy. The surgeon said he couldn't understand why Rite Aid couldn't handle it (he was still there when I came back). So I took my daughter home and waited in the pharmacy. I met the surgeon at the pharmacy and he said that the pills should last longer than their expiration date.
Then he said, "I'm really not supposed to tell you this, Mr. Long, but if your daughter doesn't need all these pills, save them. Then, if you ever get your teeth pulled out, these work a lot better than the weak things the dentists give you!" The pharmacist overheard what he said and nodded his head.
A couple of years after this I had to get five teeth pulled out at once. The dentist gave me a prescription for a preparation combining aspirin and codeine. It worked pretty good but the effect lasted about 15 minutes.
Remembering what the back surgeon said about those stronger pills (and there were over 150 left!), I took two of them and, not only did I feel no pain but I was euphoric.
Joe is right here. However, you do have to be careful about becoming addicted to prescription drugs. This painkiller was the best feeling I ever got from any medicine. I thought about taking it just to get to sleep some nights but I never did that.
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Re: Child cold medicines pulled, but why??
You know what?
I bet we see some kind of article showing up here, about that a kid gets killed by a drug overdose with a single adult strength pill, like aspirin.
In some ways, it's stupid about them pulling kid's medicines...
I bet we see some kind of article showing up here, about that a kid gets killed by a drug overdose with a single adult strength pill, like aspirin.
In some ways, it's stupid about them pulling kid's medicines...
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Donny Allen...Can't you read?LoyalTubist wrote:Donny who?tubaguy9 wrote: "Ohhh Lord, Take a Lap!"-Mr. Donny Allen,possibly one of my greatest teachers...
Pioneer Contra, 2007
Not a typo, check on the staff for Pioneer 2007. You might see that I'm right...Actually, it will say someone who didn't show up for the summer for caption head...
Just trust me.
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A few weeks ago I had the immense good luck to slip in the shower and cause a disk in my back to become, uh, upset.
I got some kind of pain med from the doctor that must have been what Loyal Tubist took for his teeth...it still hurt but oh MY I just didn't really give a damn. Euphoria is a good description. And I, the perennial insomniac, set the alarm for every four hours, all night long, because taking the stuff would keep me asleep. I wasn't so far gone as to revert from crawling to walking too soon, though. And I did get myself off it in less than a week despite having it become very, very clear that I now understand how people become narcotics addicts.
On a more serious note....whoever said he adds Scotch to the mix....don't mix alcohol and tylenol. That is death for your liver. Really.
There was some stupid mother here in Tucson who managed to kill her five-year-old autistic son by pumping him full of some kind of OTC meds to "keep him quiet." It worked, perfectly. I don't know if they were kiddie meds or adult meds, but I doubt it would have mattered to her very much.
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I got some kind of pain med from the doctor that must have been what Loyal Tubist took for his teeth...it still hurt but oh MY I just didn't really give a damn. Euphoria is a good description. And I, the perennial insomniac, set the alarm for every four hours, all night long, because taking the stuff would keep me asleep. I wasn't so far gone as to revert from crawling to walking too soon, though. And I did get myself off it in less than a week despite having it become very, very clear that I now understand how people become narcotics addicts.
On a more serious note....whoever said he adds Scotch to the mix....don't mix alcohol and tylenol. That is death for your liver. Really.
There was some stupid mother here in Tucson who managed to kill her five-year-old autistic son by pumping him full of some kind of OTC meds to "keep him quiet." It worked, perfectly. I don't know if they were kiddie meds or adult meds, but I doubt it would have mattered to her very much.
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Should the rest of us know who he is?tubaguy9 wrote:Donny Allen...Can't you read?LoyalTubist wrote:Donny who?tubaguy9 wrote: "Ohhh Lord, Take a Lap!"-Mr. Donny Allen,possibly one of my greatest teachers...
Pioneer Contra, 2007
Not a typo, check on the staff for Pioneer 2007. You might see that I'm right...Actually, it will say someone who didn't show up for the summer for caption head...
Just trust me.
I don't always trust everything I read on the Internet...
We need more than just your word. Reputations are very important here. How DOES he teach? How DOES he PLAY? Why don't we see him in this forum?
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tubaguy9 wrote: "Ohhh Lord, Take a Lap!"-Mr. Donny Allen,possibly one of my greatest teachers...
Pioneer Contra, 2007
LT: Apparently tubaguy9 is someone who "appreciates" discipline...tubaguy9 wrote: "You miss that company front tonight, and you'll be running to Pasadina!"-Mr. Donny Allen,possibly one of my greatest teachers...
Pioneer Contra, 2007
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Info on Donny Allen
As to describe Donny...Some of it has to do with what he was teaching, too. He, as I think it says in my signature, was the Brass Caption head of Pioneer, and I think he's in for the 2008 year, too.
He's mainly a Soprano Bugle player, is likely why he isn't on this forum. If you subscribe to the Pioneer forum, you'll find him there. I know he's also from a smaller city in New York State.
For how he teaches...He has high expectations for the corps, but when you meet them, you'll know it. Apparently, he is a high school director in NY, and from what he has said, and his hat says, is that the band has won at every state wide competition that his marching band has been in.
He has a son named Timmy...he marched Pioneer in 2007, also.
He's mainly a Soprano Bugle player, is likely why he isn't on this forum. If you subscribe to the Pioneer forum, you'll find him there. I know he's also from a smaller city in New York State.
For how he teaches...He has high expectations for the corps, but when you meet them, you'll know it. Apparently, he is a high school director in NY, and from what he has said, and his hat says, is that the band has won at every state wide competition that his marching band has been in.
He has a son named Timmy...he marched Pioneer in 2007, also.
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Reminds me of a story...tubaguy9 wrote: "You miss that company front tonight, and you'll be running to Pasadina!"-Mr. Donny Allen,possibly one of my greatest teachers...
Pioneer Contra, 2007
Back during the Arizona show, I was talking about the staff van. So, he didn't like that. So, before the next show, or something like that, he said that before the Texas A&M show. I never missed the front since then.
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...