Products 3 Out of 5 Doctors REALLY Recommend

In an article by Sally Squires (O Magazine, May 2005) entitled "I'll Have What She's Having... 5 Women Doctors Let Us Peek Into Their Medicine Cabinets", I found it interesting to see some of the products that doctors themselves use to treat everyday colds, flu, stomach upset, headaches, and other minor aches & pains.

I figure, if it's good enough for people "in the know" such as women who are doctors themselves, then it's certainly worth considering for my family!

Here are some of the products found inside these doctors' medicine cabinets:

DAILY SUPPLEMENTS:
Calcium citrate with vitamin D
Centrum multivitamins
Flintstones vitamins (for kids)
Vitamin B complex
Vitamins, A, C, D and E

PAIN RELIEF:
Advil
Aspirin
Baby aspirin (for heart care)
BenGay
Excedrin
Glucosamine and chondroitin
Ibuprofen
Tylenol (adult & children's)

COLD & FLU:
Advil Cold & Sinus
Afrin nasal spray
Larydol homeopathic sore throat spray with echinacea
Nasal decongestant spray
Oscillococcinum (homeopathic flu medicine)
PediaCare (for kids)
Saline nasal spray
Sudafed (for daytime relief)
Tylenol Cold (for nighttime relief)

ALLERGIES:
Benadryl tablets

GASTROINTESTINAL RELIEF
Imodium-D
Lactaid tablets
Pepcid
Pepto-bismol

Products Mentioned By 3 Of These 5 Doctors

Not only did more than one of these female doctors recommend the following products, but literally three out of five of them use these:

• Aspirin
  
• Calcium citrate
  
• Centrum multivitamins
  
• Ibuprofen
  
• Sudafed
  
• Tylenol
  

Meet The Doctors

The doctors in this survey were:
Carolyn Clancy, MD, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

Joann Manson, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Vivian W. Pinn, MD, associate director for research on women's health, National Institutes of Health

Judith Reichman, MD, gynecologist and medical contributor on women's health for NBC's Today Show

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, clinical professor of family and community medicine, University of California, San Francisco; founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal