AKALA MO MACHO KA KASI UMIINOM KA NG ALAK?!

This has been long known... still, for the benefit of those small-brained individuals who feels that drinking increases attraction towards opposite sex - tigilan nyo na po! Studies since the early 90s has shown that even moderate drinking of alcohol impairs spermatogenesis in short, nakaka-baog po! and if you are the type who drinks more than moderate, you really are in big trouble!

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Being attractive to other people is no doubt a good boost to our esteem or even just looking cool is good enough (that is why we smoke as well) but the thing is, at the end of the day what matters is how we really feel about ourselves, what I've always reffered to as SELF-CONFIRMATION. Never mind what others say, we only have to answer to ourselves. F-ck alcohol! ^_^

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION MONITORING, YES!!! THERE HAS BEEN A PROGRAM IN RP!

HHHhhmmm I notice that even established professionals fail to know that there has been a program on Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring since 2009. This project had its pilot at Davao when it first started (of course, it is functional now in NCR), the program is called "Bantay Gamot" and it has an ADR form of the same name available in participating drugstores like Mercury Drug, Watson's, Southstar Drug etc. which we can ask for as consumers should we have some concerns or doubts regarding the healthcare product we bought.

We can fill this form out with our concern then the drugstore pharmacist will notify FDA to pick-up the report or to make our lives more convenient, we can do direct reporting by calling 807-8275, texting 09092080500 or email at ireport@bfad.gov.ph. I know its so second rate trying hard copycat, ireport is a US program but at least we have one.

Best part is, because of this program there has been concerns from the customers which are given attention, among these are: 1.) Death of a 15 year old boy being associated to unlabeled herbal capsule, 2.) Selling of counterfeit medicines, 3.) A patient was admitted in the hospital after taking few sachets of slimming coffee, and 4.) Government hospital in the province selling drugs INSIDE the operating room!

MANAGED CARE PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES?

It has been buzzing for some time that Managed Care Pharmacy will be available to Filipinos next year. For those who are not familiar with the practice, Managed Care is simply your PhilHealth, Maxicare, Medicard so on and so forth. The only difference is that in the Philippines, drug benefit is not included in Managed Care programs and only hospitalization and laboratory exams.

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Through the efforts of PhilHealth (and FDA Philippines, I'm not sure) this program is said to be launched next year but this will start with PhilHealth only and no private Health Management Organizations (HMO) yet, that means your Maxicare or Medicard will be credited maybe in the next 20 years (Hehehe)

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There will be screening among drugstore outlets as to which will qualify to provide drug benefits. Issues arise like PhilHealth is always late in paying so the accredited drugstores cannot count on this program as a real corporate advantage for them and my concern is that FDA Philippines told me that screening will be through PhilHealth as well?! Why can't they just use the evaluation criteria that FDA does to award quality seal to drugstores anually to economize and save time? I hate to be negative but work duplication is a very good source of corruption.

THE HEART & THE SODA

It is love month once again and I feel it is better to be cautious of our hearts, the anatomical one and not in a romantic sense because it is always better to focus on health than... you know. Anyway, there is a link between heart attacks or strokes to diet/light soda in recent clinical studies. It means that while we are very conscious of our weight, we are actually forgetting the other part which is our cardio health.
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I was having this marathon watching the TV series "Bones" and it was mentioned that crocodile who lived in waters with pesticides have smaller penis than those in otherwise. I think this has the same humor as that. Well, it is not conclusive though because we might be developing heart conditions because we rely too much on the DIET label that we feel we have the license to eat more which could be a significant factor in the increase risk of developing a heart condition.

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Moreover, I think it is better to NOT drink soda at all - diet/light or not. I personally do not smoke, drink alcohol and is soda free. I do not feel any attraction towards those stuff, there are more yummy stuff available in life like my Mom's Kalabasa and my bestfriend's Ampalaya.

SIMPLY COMPLICATED

Simple lang naman sana - ako at ikaw, yun lang. 'bat mo pinapagulo? Have you ever noticed? Dinudugo ka sa tuwing dumudugo ako, magpapatayan ba talaga tayo? Ganda talaga ng timing mo kahit kelan. Happy Valentines!
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Parang Diabetes lang ito na pang-habang buhay na gamotan, hindi na tayo makamove-on, siguro tutulungan na kita na burahin ako sa puso mo. Kung alam mo lang gaano ko pinilit that this wouldn't come this far. Akala mo ba ikaw lang ang lito? Akala mo ba ikaw lang ang nahihirapan? Akala mo ba na ikaw lang ang nasasaktan? Inaamin ko na mukha akong matatag, akala ko rin. I made myself believe na hindi ko kailangan ng ganito pero mali pala ako, sadyang meron palang bagay na mas malakas pa sa sarili ko.
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Huwag kang mag-alala at kahit diabetes man ay na-mamanage, wala namang imposible, I invented the concept. Hindi naman siguro hahayaan ng diyos na magdusa tayo dahil lang sa bigong pag-ibig na ito. Sana lang hindi tayo manghihinayang pagdating ng panahon na wala na tayong magagawa, sana balang araw hindi mukha ko ang lalabas sa tuwing na-iisip mo ang kahapon. May matagal na akong gustong sabihin sa iyo, when I lost consciousness once and thought I was gonna die - you came out of my mind and I was scared because life is simple too, its only one...