What Doctors Don't Tell YouIt's not just aspirin which has come under fire recently. Other standard treatments such as thrombolysis are also being questioned after trials revealed a higher death rate. When thrombolysis is ...
Miconazole is an antifungal that's been around for years, and is used to treat local infections such as thrush, Candida and athlete's foot. It's available in tablet form as well as an ointment, a ...
Warfarin sodium is an anticoagulant, based on vitamin K, which thins the blood to prevent a thrombosis. It is also sometimes prescribed after a heart attack. ...
The problem of obesity has taken on epidemic proportions over the last few years. In 1998, a report by the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) revealed that 17 out of 100 men and 21 out of 100 women were obese. At this time, about...
I am a 75-year-old woman who, 10 years ago, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm) and put on digoxin. At that time, I was going to exercise classes and leading a reasonably active life.
Heart failure is a catch-all term which simply means that your heart isn’t working quite as well as it should. A number of problems building up over time can result in a heart that can’t pump as well as it used to.
The dangers of mixing warfarin and paracetamol were noted 30 years ago yet doctors are still prescribing both together, even in specialist clinics where they should know better. ...
Since December 2003 I have been taking digoxin (187.5 mcg) every day for atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm. I have experienced several side-effects, including tiredness and lethargy, especially after food in the evening, a lack of...
Syllogism Corner
I have been very reluctantly taking warfarin for the past four years in connection with atrial fibrillation. In WDDTY vol 12 no 9, it states that a multicentre US trial has found that warfarin and aspirin perform equally well in
