What Doctors Don't Tell YouTwo or three years ago, I was told that I had glaucoma. At first, I had to use dorzolamide and timolol maleate drops twice a day. Last autumn, the eye consultant I visit every four months was rubbing his hands with pleasure,
It’s wise to remember that this type of drug, an ‘azole’, is similar to some of the systemic antifungal polyenes like amphotericin B. All of these types of antifungals affect the metabolism of human
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
What is it that persuades some people to succumb to the use of extremely toxic petrochemical drugs in the hope of killing a deadly disease? After all, if chemotherapy were classed as a criminal punishment,
The medical establishment has been at pains lately to quell public fears about vaccinations. These fears have largely been aroused by researchers in the US, who have suggested that immunisation may induce diabetes in susceptible individuals (Infect...
Most of the so called inactive ingredients added to food and drugs to make them more appealing can have as many side effects as drugs themselves. ...
Dispensing a cocktail of drugs is now every doctor's stock in trade. But new evidence shows that many drugs interact with food and other drugs, and the risk of side effects skyrockets, the more dr ...
If you have a life threatening condition, the chances are that the drug selected to treat you will be. . . life threatening. Drastic measures for drastic times, you might say. Or perhaps: if the i ...
Levodopa, or L-Dopa, is the cornerstone of conventional treatment for Parkinson's disease, particularly among the over 70s. Other drugs are usually tried first on younger sufferers because of the ...
The heart drug Posicor (mibefradil dihydrochloride) has been withdrawn by the manufacturer after it caused cardiogenic shock in four patients one of whom died. ...
