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01Avoiding Premature Death48 guides02Preventing Chronic Decline47 guides03Protecting Your Mental Energy27 guides04Stopping Time Wasters18 guides05Cutting Financial Waste50 guides06The Anti-Checklist35 guides07Surviving Broke23 guides08Staying Out of Trouble46 guides09Everyday Legal Traps29 guides10The Economics of Dating and Marriage23 guides11Legal Boundaries for Developers21 guides12Starting and Running a Business28 guides13Handling Emergencies48 guides14Digital Security and Privacy12 guides15Renting and Buying a Home18 guides16Managing Chronic Illness14 guides17Caring for Aging Parents13 guides18The True Cost of Raising Kids7 guides19Workplace Rights and Injuries24 guides20Newborn Survival Guide17 guides21International Travel Safety13 guides22Science-Backed Relaxation12 guides23High-Leverage Skills to Learn25 guides24Navigating Healthcare15 guides25Handling End-of-Life Affairs12 guides26Building a Compliant Platform13 guides27Pregnancy and Childbirth20 guides28Appearance vs. Health10 guides29Recovering from Major Life Blows14 guides30Raising School-Age Kids21 guides31Life Paths After Eighteen17 guides32Studying Abroad Pragmatically12 guides33Navigating Life with Disability21 guides34Safe Home Medication12 guides

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Chapter 34 · Guide 8Author's grade A

For diarrhea, start by drinking oral rehydration solution; do not give anti-diarrheal drugs to children under 5

The most important thing during diarrhea is rehydration, not stopping the diarrhea itself. Mix the solution exactly as directed on the package and dri…

Cost
A box of oral rehydration solution costs just a few dollars, so it’s worth keeping one at …
Benefit
WHO’s guidelines on diarrhea treatment state clearly that anti-diarrheal and anti-vomiting…
Chapter 34 · Guide 9Author's grade B

Don’t take painkillers for more than 15 days a month; limit combination painkillers to 10 days. Otherwise, headaches may actually be caused by the medication itself.

If you take painkillers frequently for recurrent headaches, the medication itself may eventually provoke more frequent headaches — a clinical conditio…

Cost
No direct cost. You’ll just need to keep track of how many days you’ve taken the medicine,…
Benefit
The third edition of the International Classification of Headache published by the Interna…
Chapter 34 · Guide 11Author's grade B

While taking cephalosporins, metronidazole, and similar antibacterials, and for 7 days after stopping, avoid alcohol — including alcohol in Huoxiang Zhengqi oral liquid and cough syrups

Some cephalosporins and metronidazole can trigger flushing, palpitations, chest tightness, and vomiting when mixed with alcohol; severe cases drop blo…

Cost
No money. Abstain from alcohol for a little over a week; check other medicines for ethanol…
Benefit
This is a disulfiram-like reaction. A 2023 medication-safety popularization from the Fujia…
Chapter 34 · Guide 12Author's grade B

Do not drive, work at heights, or operate machinery while taking cold or allergy medications containing chlorpheniramine or diphenhydramine

Many multi-ingredient cold medicines contain first-generation antihistamines like chlorpheniramine or diphenhydramine, which cause pronounced drowsine…

Cost
Free. Check active ingredients before taking over-the-counter multi-symptom cold or allerg…
Benefit
National drug safety bulletins issued by the National Medical Products Administration (NMP…