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Desiccated thyroid extract: What patients need to know

Desiccated thyroid extract: What patients and pharmacists need to know For more than a century, desiccated thyroid extract – commonly known as DTE – has been a trusted treatment for hypothyroidism. Derived from porcine (pig) thyroid glands, DTE contains both thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), the same hormones your thyroid naturally produces. But DTE is more […]

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New business hours = 8:30am to 5:30pm

Thank you for choosing Wellness Pharmacy. Effective Monday, May 18th 2020 our business hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30AM to 5:30PM. If you are sick, have a fever or been exposed to anyone diagnosed with COVID19 please do not come into the pharmacy. Please call us at 205-879-6551 and we will arrange to get your medication […]

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Prolotherapy: A Literature Review and Retrospective Study (PDF)

Proliferative therapy (prolotherapy) is the process whereby dextrose, P25G or sodium morrhuate is injected into ligaments in order to produce a proliferating response of that ligament. The purpose of these injections is to strengthen ligamentous structures and relieve pain. A review of the literature is provided and a retrospective study presented which demonstrates a 66% […]

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TREATMENT OF CONSECUTIVE SEVERE FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS WITH PROLOTHERAPY (PDF)

The potential of tendon and ligament triggers as primary nociceptors in fibromyalgia led to treatment of primary fibromyalgia patients with tendon and ligament strengthening injection. Trigger injection of ligament and tendon with proliferant (TILT therapy or prolotherapy) offers the advantage of creating increased strength of the connective tissue in the region of injection as well […]

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