All of us ‘play doctor’ to ourselves, some more so than others. You are self-medicating when you reach for that Panadol whenever you have a headache, skipping a visit to the doctor in the process. Self-medication is the use of non-prescription medicines by people on their own initiative, according to the International Pharmaceutical Federation. ‘It [...]
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Health News Headaches are commonly classified under categories such as tension, sinus, migraine, menstrual and cluster among others. Many researchers and doctors are no longer drawing distinct lines between tension and migraine headaches. They may only be different degrees of the same disorder, tension headaches being less severe than migraines. Headaches have been difficult to [...]
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By Jerome Burne Hooked: It’s thought between three and seven million Britons are addicted to prescription drugs Gina Loxam was feeling a bit low, so she went to see her GP and was prescribed the anti-depressant, Seroxat. Ten years later, she is still on the drug because the severe mood swings, headaches, fatigue and weight [...]
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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