Reader's Corner
Q In your Dental Handbook, you mention that root canal work is dangerous, but don't spell out the dangers. Could you elaborate them for us?-MN, Brighton.
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Sumatriptan is the latest wonder drug for treating the misery of migraine headache. It was launched by Glaxo under the brand name of Imigran. ... ...
My darling daughter Caroline, aged 14, started having health problems in October 1991 (numbness in face, speech affected, loss of sight, tingling in hands and slight headache), which our GP diagno ...
And speaking of new drugs, murmurs in the press have arisen about side effects of Glaxo's new wonder migraine drug sumatriptan on the eve of its launch in the UK. ...
Migraine sufferers are widely prescribed sumatriptan, either orally or by injection. A recent study from the Netherlands (Cephalalgia, 1996; 16: 554-9), however, has shown that 24 per cent of p ...
Find out if you're allergic to anything. A number of WDDTY panelists recommend that every migraine sufferer try a food elimination diet to discover whether or not certain foods trigger the symptom ...
* Larium under investigation
The US army has launched a study into the side-effects of antimalarial drug mofloquine (Lariam) following allegations that the drug might be linked to suicides