We ran our first NALS training day and it was alarmingly fun! Code White Party!
Here's a snap of us teaching and learning how to rescue an IV mishap.
If you're interested in attending our next NALS, contact us and we'll waitlist you so you can save lives with Gravity style.
Women don't have a lot of great options when it comes to increasing libido. So when we read that Buspirone and Trazodone can help, we were very aroused.
Buspirone, a 5‑HT1A partial agonist traditionally used for GAD, has shown benefit in women with hypoactive sexual desire, particularly when HSDD overlaps with SSRI‑related sexual dysfunction, with small trials and clinical experience suggesting improved desire and arousal at doses in the 20–60 mg/day range.
Low‑dose trazodone, leveraging its 5‑HT2A antagonism and dopaminergic/adrenergic effects, has been proposed as a low‑sedation option for HSDD, with pharmacologic modeling and limited clinical data suggesting potential benefit at roughly 4–20 mg/day (via quartered IR or XR tablets) to enhance desire without significant CNS depression.
In practice, both agents remain off‑label and under‑studied for primary HSDD, but they offer intriguing, mechanism‑driven options when standard therapies are limited or poorly tolerated, especially in women with anxiety, SSRI‑related dysfunction, or insomnia where these drugs can “pull double duty.”
Rifaximin is a solid treatment for SIBO, either as an ant-inflammatory or antibiotic. But $400+ is asking a lot when you might need 3 rounds.
That's when Alinia enters the chat.
Alinia (nitazoxanide) is emerging as a pragmatic, lower‑cost alternative to rifaximin for selected SIBO cases, especially where cost is a barrier and mixed dysbiosis or parasites are on the table. It offers broad antimicrobial and antiparasitic coverage in a short, generally well‑tolerated course, making it a useful “one‑two punch” option when you want to hit SIBO plus other gut bugs without a multi‑hundred‑dollar rifaximin script.
Kripps Pharmacy in Vancouver carries it and dispenses it for less than $100 per treatment round.
Do you trust in-house blood pressure readings?
Lemme guess.
You tell them you're going to take 3 readings?
Legs uncrossed! DON'T TALK! I hope you didn't drink a coffee earlier and walk briskly to your appointment. I hope you don't freak out over white coats. Cause that's a syndrome you know.
This level of medical acrobatics could human pretzel even the best cardiologist.
What is this patient's BP? And is it going to need medicating?
That's where 24 hour ambulatory monitoring can help reduce some of your decision making pressure by showing you what's what in your patient's REAL DAY.
You can order it. Here's an example. Look at how often they are above normal BP. Eye opening. She's now on Ramipril. Thankfully.
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Naturopathic doctors in Nova Scotia finally getting scope to provide iron infusions is a big, overdue win for patient‑centred care, especially for the chronically iron‑depleted who are tired of waiting, begging, and chasing referrals.
This shift acknowledges that NDs already have the training and clinical chops to run safe infusions and deserve a real seat at the modern, collaborative care table. We’re thrilled to be in Halifax in June, helping colleagues level up so their patients can get the iron they need without the drama.
Halifax photo here:
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