Does paracetamol actually work? Or is the paracetamol placebo effect a real thing? It’s a question we all thought had long been answered. Doctors recommend paracetamol as a first choice for pain relief all over the world. Here at MedicineHow, I’ve recommended it as the first option for many types of pain. It lines the shelves of pharmacies […]
Is the new $1000 a pill Hepatitis C drug worth the dollar? It certainly makes us reconsider the value. How much is a year of healthy life worth? Unfortunately, this isn’t a rhetorical question. I’m looking for concrete answer here. For a public health representative, this is a real question that needs to be dealt with every day. […]
Multiple medications is a common problem in today’s society – something I’ve written about before. Often we don’t even know exactly why we need each one – it gets to a point where we just trust the doctor to make the decisions and try to remember to take each one at the right time. But sometimes it is […]
When you finally reach the end of the tunnel after a tough few months or even years of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and countless hospital visits, the last thing you want to hear is your doctor explaining that the medication he wants you to take puts you at risk of getting cancer. One of the drugs […]
Do you suffer from heartburn? It’s not a nice thing to experience, with burning pain working its way up your oesophagus and sometimes causing coughing or irritation in the throat too. Interestingly, heartburn is not actually related to the heart at all. It is caused by acids escaping from the stomach and reaching up to the […]
There’s no denying it. We live in an over-medicated society, a world where we look into the medicine cupboard to find the cure at the first hint of sickness or pain. And at least in part to blame is a mentality ingrained into us as children.
For people with Type 2 diabetes the first and most important thing to consider is possible lifestyle changes to help manage the disease but sometimes these changes alone are simply not enough. Fortunately for people with Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas is still functioning and producing insulin; there are just problems with how effective it is. This is […]
One method for managing lack of insulin in the body for people with diabetes is to simply give some already formed insulin to them so that the body doesn’t need to produce it itself. Insulin for diabetes management is very common, particularly for people with Type 1 diabetes, when the cells needed to produce insulin have been destroyed and at […]
There are some things in life that are not my forte. Coordination is one. Organisation is another. Unfortunately, encompassed in this general lack of organisation skills I found yet another of my weaknesses: remembering to take the oral contraceptive pill on time. In this, I am not alone. Although the oral contraceptive pill is 99.7% effective […]
Okay, it’s time to lay down the facts about flu vaccinations. We’re going to have a look at the flu, how vaccinations can help and then get into the juicy stuff: do you need a flu shot? What is the flu? Let’s start with the culprit – after all, he’s the one who instigates the […]
