What Doctors Don't Tell YouIn WDDTY vol 15 no 9 (page 3), you state that antihistamines are “often wrongly used to induce sleep”. Please explain what harm this will do. I find that a half tablet of Nytol works very well. I will be very disappointed to be discouraged from...
Birth control pills: Some antifungals, antibiotics, anticonvulsants and barbiturates can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, resulting in as much as a 25 fold increased risk of pregna ...
Medicine is, of course, a holy alliance between doctor and patient, and the writing of the prescription little short of a sacrament. ...
The days for terfenadine, the antihistamine designed to treat hay fever and other allergic reactions, are numbered in the US. The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to withdraw its approval ...
Re WDDTY vol 15 no 11, I hope Mrs S. Ruffell’s granddaughter recovers from the leukaemia caused by the MMR jab plus some prescribed drugs.
The nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) - ‘morning sickness’ - is common in early pregnancy. Thought to affect 70-85 per cent of pregnant women (Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2003; 4: CD000145), and often accompanied by tiredness and lethargy...
Most of the magic bullets to treat colds and flu - from antibiotics to zinc lozenges - are shots in the dark and not as effective as tried-and-tested traditional remedies.
While there are over 20 types of glaucoma, the term is most often used to describe primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), or chronic glaucoma, the most common form. In this condition, the aqueous humor - the nutrient fluid produced by the ciliary body...
It's that time of the year where hayfever sufferers clog up the pharmacies for their annual fix of antihistamines. But are there any non-drug alternatives to treating this common allergy? One common suggestion is to identify which pollen you are...
