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I was mostly considering situations where the two separate medications each have a generic and the combination doesn't. In that case, the two separate medications would probably be cheaper both to the patient and to the insurance company than if the patient were to get a combination medication.

If you're worried about drug interactions with over-the-counter medication, don't take Tagamet (Cimetidine) at all. It interacts with just about everything. Zantac (Ranitidine) is a much better product.

I can't think of a single cold medicine that would "take control of your body." You'll have to be more specific.

The only real reason I can think of is compliance, which is a huge factor to consider. It's the same reason why a physician would prescribe Levaquin 500mg QD vs. Keflex 500mg QID. I know my grandmother complains about taking so many pills. Does that mean her medicare should pay an extra $100...

We use Liboff here in the junior level undergraduate introductory course on QM, and I must say the mathematical approach is a bit daunting. I bought the Griffiths book as a supplement and I think I like the approach in that book a little better; I'm not that great at linear algebra!

It has no real solutions, Gunni, but in the complex plane |Cos x| can be greater than 1.

Does the length of the rope not change as the pendulum swings? Perhaps I'm just not understanding the situation. edit: could you maybe include a diagram?

That's a pretty slow bullet.

Mathematica doesn't like it, it tosses Ei[-x] back at me, whatever that is. Not sure if there's an analytical solution.

I get very limited grants because of how much my mom makes. I'm basically taking out around $5500 in loans each year to pay for school, most of that in unsubsidized loans. Compared to other schools though, I think this is a bargain. I transferred to UCI to be closer to my ex-girlfriend...

I went to school there last year and lived on campus. It was about the same as it costs to live here in Irvine and go to UC Irvine. I have friends who live in Isla Vista, the campus affiliated apartment community, and rent is insane. We're talking 600 bucks a month to share a room. But it's...

The Laplace Transform is defined as: Y(s) = \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-st}y(t)dt where y(t) is the function you wish to find the Laplacian of. In this example, the integral would be: \int_{0}^{\infty} te^{-st}e^tsin(kt)dt ...which is unbelievably ugly. Have you learned about...

It's hardly a conspiracy. It's just that a select few people seem hilariously unwilling to consider the possibility that they might be wrong. Ever consider that possibility?

The .999...=1 posts are banned on pretty much every other forum on the internet, I think. It's always refreshing to be reminded why.

I would say that your initial guess is correct, because any part of the thread below the first weight does not experience tension from that weight. This is assuming it is easier to cut if it is more tense, which I think is a fair assumption.