New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...

Diabetes Drug: New health warning over the most-prescribed oral medication - There’s something very wrong about the world’s most heavily prescribed type II diabetes drugs.

Thyroxine sodium - The different approaches of the UK and US drug regulators have been noted more than once in this column. A current case in point concerns the thyroid...

Say no to new drugs - When your doctor reaches for his prescription pad, possibly the most important question you can ask is the age of the drug he’s about to prescribe you...

Thyroxine and osteoporosis - I am 54, and I have an underactive thyroid for which I take thyroxine. In 1989, I unfortunately allowed myself to be talked into taking HRT. The one...

Thyroxine: no link with osteoporosis - I read with dismay the case study from P B about thyroxine (the most common medication for hypothyroidism) causing osteoporosis (WDDTY vol 7 no 3). W...

New drugs: - Keeping those profits rolling in - The drugs industry thrives on novelty. Claims for the great new wonder drug fuel shareholder interest, which in turn pushes up the share price. Bett...

Thyroxine overkill - Q I am 72 years old and pretty active, but when I’m at rest - say, watching TV or in bed - my heart pounds like a sledgehammer. I often feel anxious a...