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The Hurricane Season Is Upon Us

By Steven E. Reznick, M.D., 3. If you plan to leave the area, please leave several days 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, make sure you have an
FACP in advance of the storm. For all practical purposes, the state adequate supply of masks, gloves and sanitizer or bleach on hand.
Florida’s hurricane season of Florida has three north/south highways out of the state and If you are planning to relocate to a hotel, check their safety record
has snuck up on us while those become like a rush hour parking lot before storms. If you and precautions to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus.
we battle the changes in our are going, consider purchasing safety gas cans with funnels Each year I go through these preparations with my staff and
lives due to the COVID-19 and take them with you. Many a well-meaning evacuee runs wife. I make sure my satellite phone is charged up and working
pandemic. In Palm Beach out of gas in a traffic jam on I-95 or the Florida Turnpike and in case the cell phone service goes down. I make sure I have
County we have been waits hours for assistance. flashlights and batteries. I remind my patients that paramedics
fortunate to avoid a direct 4. Schedule a communication plan with loved ones and and 911 emergency medical service response is suspended when
hit from a cyclone in over 10 friends. the winds reach 35 m.p.h. Emergency rooms and hospitals lock
years. Many of our residents 5. If you require a special needs shelter, please download the down at that point as well.
have never lived through a application at www.pbc.gov and mail it to the Special Needs Be smart and prepare now. Stay safe.
tropical system with winds 75 miles or greater. Here are my Coordinator address provided. The last one listed was located Board certified in internal medicine, with added qualifications
suggestions: at; 20 South Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415. in geriatrics, Steven E. Reznick, M.D. has practiced locally since
1. Create a hurricane plan. Let those you love to know 6. Make arrangements for your pets in advance. 1979. He is recognized by physicians as a “Best Doctor” and is
what your plan is. 7. Assemble a two-week supply of food, water, medicine a national health care blogger. To schedule a complimentary
2. Decide well in advance if you plan to stay in your home and other necessary items. Disaster help is limited after a meeting with Dr. Reznick to learn about his personalized
or leave. If you are in an evacuation zone you will have no storm. Even if FEMA responds rapidly, their help is often not care membership practice, call (561) 368-0191 or visit www.
choice so determine your evacuation destination now, please. apparent until several weeks after the event. BocaConciergeDoc.com.
Ranitidine (Zantac) Boca Raton Championship from page 1

Removed From Market By FDA will continue our support by bringing this world-class

tournament back to Boca Raton this October.”
Players will retain their 2020 eligibility in 2021,
By Steven E. Reznick, M.D., FACP overseas areas where labor is cheaper, and regulations are except for the five players in the Q-School category,
Ranitidine is an H-2 receptor blocker marketed in less rigid. Ronald Reagan eliminated the Food and Drug who will play their guaranteed events. Additionally, the
the United States as Zantac. It is sold over the counter Administration’s testing lab which set the gold standard 2020 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament
(OTC) without a prescription at the 20 mg dosage and for protecting Americans against tainted drugs. Prior to will not be conducted, and player awards will not be
with a prescription at the 40 mg dosage. It is used for this action, no pharmaceutical product ever reached the presented at the end of 2020.
peptic ulcer treatment, gastritis treatment, heartburn, American market and had to be recalled. Five events have been completed and 13 tournaments
gastroesophageal reflux and other diseases in which Subsequent administrations reduced the funding for remain on the 2020 schedule, beginning with The Ally
gastric acid causes inflammation of the lining of the the FDA, especially in the inspection department. With Challenge at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Michigan
stomach and discomfort. production now overseas, and virtually unregulated, we (July 31 to Aug. 2). PGA TOUR Champions events/21
It is being recalled because when manufacturing this are dependent on the goodwill of foreign governments, schedule will be announced later this year.
product, new techniques are apparently inadvertently and the liability attorneys for big pharma, to protect PGA TOUR Champions will continue to monitor the
producing a probable carcinogen known as NDMA us from tainted products. Almost all antibiotics, both COVID-19 situation and follow the recommendations
(N-NItrosdimethylamaine). The longer the ranitidine sits oral and intravenous, and all IV solutions are produced of local and state authorities in order to determine
around, the more NDMA is found. None of the levels overseas in addition to most of the oral generics we are the most appropriate on-site access in each market.
measured are believed to be toxic. forced to take by our insurer every day. Decisions on fan attendance at all events will be
Ranitidine is a relatively inexpensive blocker of We are currently living in a civilization altering dependent on available protocols that could be
histamine-2 receptor sites resulting in less digestive acid pandemic with coronavirus COVID-19. When this implemented to ensure the health and well-being for
secretion in the stomach. The NDMA in the production plague is under control, the country will need to reset all involved.
product is the same chemical that resulted in the blood our economy. My hope is that the big pharmaceutical For more information on the Boca Raton Championship,
pressure medicine losartan and similar products being firms will be legally forced to bring the pharmaceutical please visit BocaRatonChampionship.com.
recalled. There are several alternative H-2 receptor manufacturing back to U.S. soil. At the same time, the For more information on PGA TOUR Champions
blocker drugs on the market to replace ranitidine or FDA inspection division needs to be funded fully to ensure or the Charles Schwab Cup, please visit PGATOUR.
Zantac. NDMA has not been found in Pepcid (famotidine), that the products we need and ingest are safe and pure! com.
Tagamet (cimetidine), omeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole Board certified in internal medicine, with qualifications About PGA Tour Champions
(Prevacid) or omeprazole (Prilosec). in geriatrics, Steven E. Reznick, M.D. has practiced PGA Tour Champions is a membership organization
Globalization started during the Clinton administration, locally since 1979. He is recognized by physicians as a of professional golfers age 50 and older, including
and encouraged by subsequent Republican and Democratic “Best Doctor” and is a national health care blogger. To 33 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The
administrations, has resulted in pharmaceutical schedule a complimentary meeting with Dr. Reznick, call Tour’s mission is to provide financial opportunities
manufacturers moving their plants to Asia and other (561) 368-0191 or visit www.BocaConciergeDoc.com. for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver
substantial value to its partners, create outlets for
volunteers to give back and generate significant
charitable and economic impact in tournament
communities. All events are televised in the United
States, with most receiving complete coverage on Golf
General Dentistry Channel, the exclusive cable television partner of PGA
TOUR Champions. Internationally, telecasts air in
Cosmetic & Laser excess of 170 countries and territories, reaching more
than 340 million potential households, and distributed
in 15-plus markets via GOLFTV. Follow PGA TOUR
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PGATOURChampions, on Twitter @ChampionsTour
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