Need a second opinion you can trust?
Start your search here »

Readers alert: drug side-effects

A human guinea pig With atrial fibrillation, a high pulse rate and elevated blood pressure, I’ve gone through at least seven different medications, prescribed by my GP, over the last two years. I’m 71 and could not tole... Phenindione or warfarin? Since December 2003 I have been taking digoxin (187.5 mcg) every day for atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm. I have experienced several side-effects, including tiredness and lethargy, espec... Loss of taste from a drug cocktail? My 84-year-old husband has been on a combination of drugs for the last five years. Taking ramipril gave me angina I was put on a new blood pressure drug as I was told that one of the drugs I had been taking for years had been found to be no good for hypertension. Asthma drugs and immune function. Can you tell me whether there is any research evidence that the asthma medications montelukast and zafirlukast can affect immunity? I suspect that taking these drugs for four years has eroded my immun... Breast cancer drug can weaken bones Have you any up-to-date information on anastrozole, which I have been taking for two and a half years, following breast cancer in 1996 and lymph-node secondaries in 2002? I sensed some concern regardi... Doctors get hrt stroke benefit wrong. Besides offering hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a quick-fix solution for menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, mood swings and weight gain, medicine has been using it as preventative medicine... Parkinson’s drugs come under scrutiny Levodopa’s ability to reduce the distressing symptoms of early-stage Parkinson’s disease has earned itself enough street cred to become the first-line treatment for the condition. However, there’s a f... Adderall, FDA sits and waits amid Adderall deaths. Many are aware of the dangerous side-effects of amphetamines, especially when they are used to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD...

RSS   |  what is RSS?

Blog Speak

6 Feb 2012 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

In the pocket

Our main feature this month (http://www.wddty.com/kill-not-cure.html) highlights two disturbing statistics about Big Pharma: in 2011, it was recorded as the most fraudulent industry group in the world... more »

11 Jan 2012 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

When miracles happen

Praying for another’s wellbeing is problematic, even at this time of year when our thoughts might turn to miracles and healings of the sick.   It’s not a problem for the sender or rec... more »

7 Dec 2011 | Jill Purce (bshubbard)

Chanting for health

Using our voices has always been the key to healing and transformation in traditional cultures, and was a major contribution to a healthy community in our own – until we stopped. Having pioneere... more »

RSS   |  what is RSS? more blog speak »

Forum Discussions

07:17 | Drugs and Side Effec... (alexwright1971@gmail.com)

Re: beta blockers and side eff...

Yes you have to take proper care otherwise it will create problem.     Alex Wright     more »

20:20 | Hospital Reports (milket102@gmail.com)

Auto insurance rates

We are here to let us know about low cost life insurance coverage. Each customer will receive cheap quotes from high rated insurance companies. Pay less on auto protection, Cheap and online car protec... more »

20:02 | Healthy Living (zargarjanine@yahoo.com)

Re: Chronic fatigue

Well.. I would recommend getting on a B complex vitamin that will help the general energy.. taking some more vitamin C for your immune technique.. as well as getting vitamin D.. and buy some glutamine... more »

RSS   |  what is RSS? more discussions »
What our readers and members say about WDDTY Two months ago I could barely walk more than 50 yards or stand in the queue at the Post Office. Chronic lower back pain was the problem...now, thanks to you, I ramble and cycle miles and miles without pain. - R.P., Norwich



Radiant Life

Antiageing Nutrition

Lonjevitee

Abundance & Health

The College of Naturopathic Medicine