THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1981
Page 3
Local
En Garde!
Ed Tatom, a graduate student
at Texas A&M University
from College Station, and
Chris Humbert, a sophomore
majoring in English from Cor
pus Christi, battle to the death
during a Society for Creative
Anachronism practice. The
SCA is a student organization
at Texas A&M.
Photo by Greg Trest
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“doctoring” yourself cheaper or not?
i jW^^niericans spend more that $3.5 billion a
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V ; Realize that prescription and over-the-counter
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expenses, the specialist says.
' f ' Then take a hard look at both types of medicine —
Aith your own buying-and-use procedures in mind,
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^ In each case, decide if you’re getting the most
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!;i — Are the drugs safe for general use without a
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Does the label warn you not to take the drug if a
irtain illness or condition exists?
— Can you take the drug SAFELY in combination
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If you had to say “no” to any of those questions,
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The money you spend is wasted if the medicine
does not prevent illness, if it does not cure illness, or
if it causes illness or complications, she says.
Money you “saved” by avoiding a doctor’s visit
may actually become an added expense when you
finally do see a doctor or buy prescription medicine
to treat an illness that over-the-counter medicine
didn’t cure.
Rhoades also suggests selecting a pharmacy care
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problems.
Some pharmacies charge less than others so com
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When choosing a pharmacy, also consider ser
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example. This can save you time and travel expense,
and it may be more convenient in the long run, even
if the prescription costs a bit more, the specialist
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Once you select a pharmacy, buy all your pre
scription drugs there so you will have a complete
record of your medications, she advises.
This will enable your pharmacist to caution you
about possible drug interactions, too — and it can
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Save receipts for possible health-insurance reim
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Engineers hard to find
HffB To no one’s surprise, the highest salary offers from
j^gemployers recruiting at the nation’s colleges went to
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Most employers were scrambling for hard-to-find
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??~<nent director at Texas A&M University.
Competition was so keen that engineering offers
/ accounted for 65 percent of all offers reported nation
wide in a study, even though engineering majors
——comprised only 7 percent of the bachelor’s degree
..a candidates in 1980-81. The data came from a salary
study by the College of Engineering Placement
Council.
Students majoring in petroleum engineering
drew the top offers at the bachelor’s level — $26,652
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12.7 percent gain, according to the national survey.
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salary offers for the 11 bachelor’s level engineering
disciplines ranged from 10 percent to 14 percent.
Students majoring in humanities and social scien
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at the bachelor’s level, accounted for only 4 percent
of the job offers reported in the survey. The three
business disciplines represented 22 percent of the
bachelor’s offers nationwide and reported increases
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