MEDICAL Services
-What Happens During Mammography
-Screening and Diagnostic Exams
-Pre-Operative Needle Localization
-Ultrasound In The Evaluation of Breast Lumps
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Many women complain of sore, painful breasts. After a consultation with a physician to rule out disease, a caffeine-free diet may be recommended to reduce this pain. A caffeine-free diet will take approximately two months to yield an improvement in the discomfort and pain associated with fibrocystic changes. Some women respond more slowly and it may take up to a year, while others find no relief from reduced caffeine.
If your physician recommends caffeine reduction in your diet, you may experience headaches as you decrease your caffeine intake. It may be helpful to gradually reduce the amount of caffeine you are consuming. Headaches may last from 1 to 7 days. This is normal.
Most people associate caffeine with coffee consumption, however, there are many other products that also contain high amounts of caffeine, these products should to be reduced or eliminated.
Read the labels of all products for their caffeine contents. This is just a partial list of many commonly used items.
Product: Caffeine milligrams
Non-Prescription Drugs
Cocoa & Chocolate Cocoa (water mix) 6 oz. 10 Baking Chocolate 6 Chocolate Bar 10
Soft Drinks (12oz) Mountain Dew 52 Mello Yellow 52 Tab 52 Coke Classic 46 Diet Coke 46 Sunkist Orange 42 Shasta Cola 42 Dr. Pepper 38 Diet Dr. Pepper 37 Pepsi Cola 37 Royal Crown Cola 36 Diet Pepsi 34 Diet Mello Yello 12 7-Up & Diet 7 -Up 0 Sprite 0 Minute Maid Orange 0 Diet Sunkist Orange 0 Fresca 0 Hires Root Beer 0 |
Product: Caffeine milligrams
Stimulants—standard dose: Caffedrine capsules No-Doz Vivarin 200
Pain Relievers –standard dose: Anacin 64 Excedrine 130 Midol 65 Plain aspirin (any brand) 0
Diuretics – standard dose: Aqua-Ban 200 Permathene 200 Pre-Mens Forte 100
Cold Remedies: Dristan 32 Coryban-D 30 Triaminicin 30
Weight Control Aids: Dexatrim 200 Dietac 200 Prolamine 280 |