http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/08/jim-tracy-is-in-the-best-shape-of-his-life/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/08/jim-tracy-is-in-the-best-shape-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-109996 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:27:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=38424#comment-109996 If you’re on significant meds (anything stronger than Advil or Aleve) you gotta get the tuneup. I have a friend who is on pretty strong asthma medication, she went on a diet and ended up having a heart episode because the dose became too strong. You just never know how medications will react if you gain or lose weight, or are under stress or whatever other millions of things that can come up.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/08/jim-tracy-is-in-the-best-shape-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-109933 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:55:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=38424#comment-109933 “But man, we only get one life.” Really? Not according to this: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/08/jim-tracy-is-in-the-best-shape-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-109904 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:54:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=38424#comment-109904 I think the scariest part is that doctors monitor patients on multiple medications so little after prescribing those medications that it takes regular fainting spells and dizziness for them to consider adjusting the medications.
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It is lazy and inexcusable for the medical profession to ignore the fact the everyone metabolizes and responds to medications in a unique fashion (which is, of course, common knowledge) when prescribing dosages. Averages set a starting point, but the fundamental lack of monitoring individuals after prescribing medications has led to a lot of fatalities and a lot of unnecessary prescriptions.

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