Posts Tagged ‘Auto Injury Dallas’

So You Weren’t Injured in the Accident, See a Doctor Anyway

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

In 2009 more than 1.5 million people were injured in auto accidents in the US.  That breaks down to a person being injured in an auto accident every 20 seconds.  With so many people getting hurt every day it’s easy to forget the number of accidents occurring each year has been on a steady decline due to better education, laws and safety features for cars.  While 1.5 million injuries a year is a large number, how many more people were injured and didn’t know it until it was too late to get insurance to cover it.  Listed below are 7 reasons you should always see a doctor after a car wreck even if you don’t feel hurt. (more…)

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What’s Really Wrong with Mixing Pain Medications?

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Here’s the scenario, it’s been a long day at work and your back is killing you, what do you do?  You first go for the medicine cabinet knowing your husband or wife keeps their leftover pain medication they had from an accident they had last year in there.  Next you grab 2 aspirin because of the pounding headache you got from a stressful day at work.  Last you go to the fridge and get a beer or glass of wine to take all four pills hoping to relax and alleviate the pain quickly.  Does this sound familiar to you?  Read the story again and see if you can find all the mistakes you made in this scenario when taking these pain medications. (more…)

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