Prescribing common painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen to people at risk of serious side-effects is making them more ill and costing the NHS £31 million over a decade, a new study suggests.
Men who take aspirin and other common painkillers may be cutting their risk of developing prostate cancer, say researchers. They found men aged 60 and over who took a daily painkiller were half as ...
In the UK many of us rely on over-the-counter painkillers to help us with a number of common aches, pains and illnesses. Among the most popular drugs you can buy from pharmacies include ...
There is now a dramatically improved line of defense against oral mucositis, a common and often debilitating side effect of cancer treatment ... nearly 70% of those getting stem cell transplants and ...
They are also up to three times more common in women than men. For decades, cheap and widely available painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen have been prescribed for migraines, as well as the ...
William Cope Moyers, author of the new memoir "Broken Open: What Painkillers Taught Me About Life and Recovery", joined us to share how prescprition opoids knocked him off his path and how he ...