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...
During a holiday to Florida, I was stung by either an insect or plant on my left calf. I had a particularly bad reaction, resulting in large, weeping blisters and a small patch of skin which looke ...
DRUG ALERTS: New warnings
Terbinafine (Lamisil) is given orally to treat fungal skin and nail infections. Well documented side effects include stomach problems nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea skin erupt ...
I was prescribed Lamisil for a fungal toenail infection. Seventeen days later, on a Friday, I had a rash all over my hips and legs as well as on my hands and elbows. The itching intensified - I broke out in hives at the back of my neck and it spread...
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Reader's Corner
Reader's Corner
Mrs M.C.R., a jovial 52-year-old Hungarian, came to see me four months ago, complaining of numbness and tingling in her hands and feet, hair loss, lethargy, and a scaly, ruddy rash around her eyes, nose, mouth and genital area. Because the problem...
Having read your booklet Guide to Asthma and Eczema, I feel I should write to you about something you wrote on page 23.
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