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Have serious concerns about what you're being told. I've read the medical journals; there is no consensus that liquid vitamins work and solid ones do not. Just because a pill does not dissolve in water does not mean it's useless -- try putting a piece of steak in water for a few days & see what...

Sounds like your Dr. felt 80 beats or fewer were best for you. technically, for a "typical" adult, under 100 resting heart rate beats per minute (after 5 minutes at rest) is considered normal. Different rules apply if you have an infection or major illness. Tachycardia = rapid heart rate.

I'd suggest you look at drug classes rather than specific drugs -- often there are a number of medications that act on the same biochemical pathway; within a class, one drug may work best for one person, a different one may be better for a different person. The only way to often learn this is...

Sorry, have not had to self-inject.. would suggest bum as you're not going to hit an artery or vein back there; gluteus maximus is pretty much the only thing there! If you're self injecting (rather than having someone help with it) thigh may be easier as you can see the injection site.

Confirmed -- just checked this with a friend in medical school as well. Stomach is a very acidic environment, to assist in breaking down food particles. Stomach lining is very specialized to withstand this; there is a layer of mucous, and cells/glands of the stomach are located under the mucous...

Sorry to hear that things are so up-in-the-air regarding not having a definite diagnosis! Every test in medicine has "sensitivity" and "specificity"; high sensitivity lets you "rule out" a disease if you test negative on the test, high specificity lets you "rule in" the disease if you test...