How safe is safe? Is a drug safe, for instance, if it undergoes trials involving 20,000 people, and no serious adverse reactions are reported? ...
My 84-year-old husband has been on a combination of drugs for the last five years.
Aspirin is the world’s best-selling painkiller, with 50 billion tablets taken annually. In 2000, the British public purchased 15 tonnes of the stuff. In addition to its analgesic effects, it is hailed as a preventative for stroke, heart disease and...