Lansoprazole - It's pretty unusual for any drug to be hailed as 'the people's champion', but that's the claim being made for lansoprazole, an anti ulcer treatment ma...

Sertraline - "Reason to be cheerful" chirrups the advertisement for sertraline, a heavyweight antidepressant for people who have suffered a major bout of depressio...

Clopidogrel - How safe is safe? Is a drug safe, for instance, if it undergoes trials involving 20,000 people, and no serious adverse reactions are reported? ...

Blood-thinning herbs - Q I have antiphospholipid syndrome and have been advised to take 75 mg of aspirin daily to thin my blood. Is there an alternative blood-thinner? I alr...

Drugs that relieve pain: The NSAIDs - Medical studies have demonstrated that a pain-relieving drug – such as an NSAID (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug) or a COX-2 – can help enormous...

Risks of NSAID - * Half of all patients who regularly take an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) could develop gastric problems. Those most at risk are aged...

Digoxin doesn’t help against heart failure - Digoxin, the heart drug derived from digitalis, has now been comprehensively shown to be ineffective in heart failure, according to a study of nearly...

Nsaid use increases risk of miscarriage - NSAIDs (non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) taken during pregnancy can increase the risk of miscarriage by up to seven times. ...