Houston CFIDS Association

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Many members want a place to work out but feel you cannot afford it. 24 Hour Fitness and I have arranged a special discount and no contract month-to-month memberships for Houston CFIDS Association participants. You must go through J.R. or Eric at the Holcombe Location, as listed below, for special discount pricing at sign-up but can then access any location.

Houston CFIDS Association does not endorse any particular product or service; neither does it intend to help diagnose or cure any medical condition. Always consult with your physician regarding any form of medication or treatment.

Attention: Houston CFIDS Association

On behalf of Jane Mostowitz, 24 Hour Fitness would like to offer you a chance to experience fitness done right.  24 Hour Fitness’ mission is making fitness a way of life for everyone and are here to help you get results on your terms. For more than 25 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to helping people like you live life to the fullest. We believe one hour per day in the gym or health club can positively affect the other 23. That’s part of why we call ourselves 24 Hour Fitness.

When you join 24 Hour Fitness, your membership benefits will include access to more than 400 conveniently located clubs across the U.S. that are open up to 24 hours a day. At these clubs, you can enjoy state-of-the-art equipment, cardio and resistance training, online nutrition, high-energy Group exercise classes, and guidance from our staff of more than 4,000 certified personal trainers nationwide.

We also offer extra health club type amenities such as basketball, heated lap pools, volleyball, racquetball, tanning, and massage – as well as saunas, steam rooms, and whirlpools to help you relax. It’s all on your own terms. All with your own personal fitness goals in mind.

We are offering month-to month memberships

with NO CONTRACT!

For Special CFIDS Pricing, Please Contact:

J.R. Morua – Club Manager

Eric Todd – Membership Manager

24 Hour Fitness Express

2294 W. Holcombe

(713) 662-3481

cmclub381@24hourfit.com

resource is ProHealth’s Newsletter which can be found at www.ImmuneSupport.com

05-14-2008

There’s a lot of risk for potentially harmful supplement/drug/herb interactions among ME/CFS and FM patients. For example, according to surveys in ProHealth’s newsletters:

• 70% of respondents take four or more nutritional supplements regularly
• 50% take four or more prescription drugs for ME/CFS and FM symptoms
• 53% of respondents’ doctors don’t ask about what supplements they’re taking
• 35% of patients don’t tell their doctors about all the supplements they take.

So ProHealth has compiled the following list of online databases that you can use to do your own detective work. Once you do, you’ll quickly realize how important it can be to keep your professional healthcare team fully informed about what you’re taking, and to explicitly ask them for their insights and advice.

Also, it’s important to recognize that though an interaction may not be noted in these databases, that’s no guarantee. Every person reacts differently to medications and supplements, and should always consult with their physician or pharmacist before starting any new protocol if they are on prescription meds.

RESOURCES FOR CHECKING DRUG & SUPPLEMENT INTERACTIONS

1. The Drug Digest Site – The Most Complete Searchable Database Found http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html

Includes interactions with drugs, herbs, alcohol and food. This database covers some 5,000 drugs and herbs, and 11,500 potential interactions based on reports in the literature. The search process is simple once you walk through these steps:

• In the Drug box, type the first drug or herb you want to search on (for example, “aspirin”) & click Search.
• This highlights “aspirin” in the Search Results box.
• Then click the >> tab to enter “aspirin” in the Interaction List box.
• Repeat the process for each additional drug or herb you want in your Interaction List
• Then click Check Interactions.

2. National Institutes of Health Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/Health_Information/Information_About_Individual_Dietary_Supplements.aspx

Includes a great deal of information on each listed supplement, including footnoted summaries of any known issues and controversies, side effects and cautions about the supplement, and tables listing known interactions (if any) with different types of medications.

3. Drug Interaction Checker at Drugs.com – Covers Drugs and Supplements
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html

Even if no known interactions exist between the drugs and supplements you select, the easy-to-search database will give you a list of other drugs that might interact with each, if you want to check. You’ll also be informed of any known interactions between your selected drugs/supplements and foods.

4. SubScribeRX Drug Interaction Checker – Covers Drugs and Supplements
http://www.subscriberx.com/iqhealth/searchdrug.html

The SubScribeRX database is compiled by Cerner Multum. You can search on multiple supplements/drugs to identify major, moderate, or minor interactions, including interactions with foods. Or search on just one product to identify the interactions that are possible. Site also offers drug information and leaflets in English and Spanish.

5. HolisticOnline.com – Medicine, Herb, Food Interactions
http://holisticonline.com/herbal-med/hol_herb_med_reac.htm

A website with general information about drug, herb & food interactions – under the heading “Herbs and foods may lead to complications if you take them with drugs.” There’s no search option available for specific personalized interaction searches.

6. HerbMed^R – Database of Journal Abstracts on Most Botanical Medicines
http://www.herbmed.org

Offers an extensive alphabetized search menu of herbal medicines, usefully providing both the scientific name and common name of each. Offers PubMed abstracts covering evidence for efficacy and activity as well as interactions & other safety data. However, many herbs listed in the menu are marked with an asterisk (*) – meaning they can only be searched in the Professional Version of the database, available by subscription or license.

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Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is generic and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team