What Doctors Don't Tell YouMy cousin Doll, who is over 80, had a heart attack with angina two years ago. She bruises badly with the slightest knock or scratch and also has vertigo. Here is her prescription-drug list:
The antiepileptic drug lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal) is yet another drug that is being used for a different purpose than that for which it was originally intended. ...
I was put on a new blood pressure drug as I was told that one of the drugs I had been taking for years had been found to be no good for hypertension.
Miconazole is an antifungal that's been around for years, and is used to treat local infections such as thrush, Candida and athlete's foot. It's available in tablet form as well as an ointment, a ...
I have been very reluctantly taking warfarin for the past four years in connection with atrial fibrillation. In WDDTY vol 12 no 9, it states that a multicentre US trial has found that warfarin and aspirin perform equally well in
"Reason to be cheerful" chirrups the advertisement for sertraline, a heavyweight antidepressant for people who have suffered a major bout of depression, and who may have attempted suicide. Manufac ...
THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE, I: Are the wort's days numbered?
I have just read your article on pneumonia (WDDTY vol 15 no 11), in which I was quite interested, as my mother is very subject to pneumonia. We have also just managed to get her off about seven prescription drugs. Is it possible that drugs...
Dutonin, an antidepressant, was launched with the claim that it is as effective as Prozac, but with far fewer side-effects. But the marketing men may have to do a rethink following new reports from the US that the drug
Combinations of new style antidepressants can result in a toxic reaction known as serotonin syndrome, doctors have observed. ...
