In April, I reluctantly began taking the ACE-inhibitor ramipril, hoping it might regress LVH [left ventricular hypertrophy]. My GP gave me some responsibility for handling the dosage so that I could slowly build it up to 5 mg daily. I reached [this...
ANTIDEPRESSANTS: They're great for two-year-olds
The time consuming detective work needed to isolate the cause of your child's hyperactivity might seem daunting compared with the medical solution of simply taking methyphenidate hydrochloride. B ...
I agreed. Six hours after I went into labour, I felt the anesthetist jab in the epidural needle extremely fast. My right leg shot out sideways in an uncontrollable spasm. The pain was intense, ...
Monosodium glutamate has been blamed for a huge range of non life threatening but disturbing effects, from dizziness, light headedness, mental confusion and panic attacks, to hyperactivity and beh ...
A new technique that helps detoxify drug users while they are under anaesthetic could be highly dangerous.
Women who are very young or pregnant are two population groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. This is because trials have never been carried out on the biochemical effects of drugs on a small and developing body or on...
Cardura (doxazosin) had its fair share of side effects even before three doctors in England discovered another possible reaction that has never been recorded in any drugs reference work. ...
Ibuprofen, the generic name of one of the most common of the non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), is also considered to be one of the less potent. This is not saying much for a family o ...
Ortho-Dienestrol cream is often prescribed to menopausal women to treat thinning of the vaginal wall or vaginal dryness. Its popularity, to some degree, is due to the fact that doctors see it as b ...
What Doctors Don't Tell You