What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe US and UK government's position is proving at variance with the decision of several other countries. In Germany the Federal Health Agency (Bundesgesundheitsamt, BGA) in Berlin decided in earl ...
In WDDTY vol 15 no 9 (page 3), you state that antihistamines are “often wrongly used to induce sleep”. Please explain what harm this will do. I find that a half tablet of Nytol works very well. I will be very disappointed to be discouraged from...
In one of your issues, you cited the antibiotic Minocin as being linked to triggering autoimmune illness, namely, lupus. At around age 16, I was put on Minomycin for acne. Apart from digestive u ...
Clozaril (clozapine) has been seen as the last great hope for seriously schizophrenic patients who have not been helped by other antipsychotic drugs. Not only did patients show real improvements with Clozaril, they were free of the embarrassing...
Which drugs are COX-2 inhibitors? All NSAIDs, even those not classed specifically as COX-2 inhibitors, can act to inhibit COX-2 in the body (J Rheumatol, 1998; 25: 2298-302; FASEB J, 1998; 12: 1063-73).
At least one in 10 elderly people is prescribed a drug they should not be taking - and the true figure could well be twice as bad. Worse, many of the drugs that are being inappropriately prescribed have a high risk of causing side-effects.
Amid all the bad publicity for AZT, acyclovir (or Zovirax, as it is known by brand name) is Wellcome's big success story. This anti-viral drug inhibits a variety of human herpes viruses, including herpes simplex type 1 (cold sores), type 2 (genital...
"Mum has Alzheimer's," chirrups an advertisement for the drug donepezil hydrochloride in the medical press, "but she knew I was calling today." Unfortunately that's about as good as it's going to ...
Mesalazine, marketed as Asacol, is widely used for inflammatory bowel disease (colitis) and has the rare distinction of making its second appearance as Drug of the Month. This anti inflammatory m ...
Questran is one of a host of drugs routinely prescribed to lower supposedly raised cholesterol levels in patients. Prescriptions of cholesterol lowering drugs generally are on the up and up. Acco ...
