What Doctors Don't Tell YouNicorandil, marketed in the UK as Ikorel, is a powerful potassium-channel activator to treat angina pectoris (severe chest pains), and a recent study suggests it is a very effective one.
Re the December 2001 issue of WDDTY (vol 12 no 9) on thyroid problems, I was very disappointed to find that most of the discussion was on hypothyroidism whereas I suffer from hyperthyroidism (a multinodular goitre).
Q:I am 36 and have had bad acne since puberty. In October I finally went to see a dermatologist, who prescribed erythromycin and said that I should take it for a few months and then go onto a dru ...
Q-Can you tell me about the drug Melleril, please? My handicapped daughter was put on 150 mg a day which has been reduced to 50 mg twice daily. ...
Up to 50 per cent of cancer patients will be treated with radiotherapy. It may be used exclusively, or as a back up to chemotherapy or surgery. Like chemotherapy, it comes with its own range of si ...
Since our last report on it in February 2001 (WDDTY vol 11 no 11), the antihyperactivity drug Ritalin has chalked up a number of milestones. It is now one of the most prescribed children’s drugs in the US
SMALLPOX VACCINE: Shots for all
SUFFER THE CHILDREN: Drugs that kill and harm the very young
Scientists have used statistical sleight of hand in their claim that the Pill is the safest drug in history. But their own data shows breast cancer risks that are alarming. ...
Q My 76-year-old father has recently developed tremors which his GP has diagnosed as Parkinson’s disease, but I would like a second opinion.
