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People who use painkillers for non-medical reasons often justify it as a form of self-medication for legitimate medical diagnoses such as depression, anxiety and stress. 
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Comparative effectiveness research may be the best way to answer questions that patients and physicians face every day.
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To avoid poisonings and drug abuse, it’s wise to clean out your medicine cabinet.
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A US study finds many commonly-used drugs may increase the risk of the condition.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Talk with your doctor.
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Doctors issue warning over tranquilliser linked to deaths in custody | Australia news | The Guardian
Exclusive: Use of midazolam during the physical restraint of a prisoner is potentially fatal, experts say
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Why Prozac and its ilk so often fail, and why the future of psychiatry might be psychedelics
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If you look into your kitchen or bathroom cabinet, chances are you'd find some unused medicine, much of it expired. Here's what to do with it.
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Have you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a
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Most patients will derive no health improvement from medication. We should tackle the root causes of disease instead
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What doctors and parents should discuss about medicating a child for A.D.H.D., anxiety or depression.
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A coroner has criticised a GP's decision to prescribe a chemotherapy drug for a Croydon retiree even through he was warned it could be fatal.
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People are remarkably bad at getting on and sticking with drug regimens—even when those drugs stop AIDS.
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University of Melbourne PhD student researching how people with social anxiety feel, says we need to look beyond medicalising it to look also at social drivers.
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Scientists hail "good news for patients" as analysis finds 21 drugs reduce symptoms of depression.
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High-tech approaches and “reminder” packaging don’t work well. Reducing prices does.
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It’s not clear that statins prevent first heart attacks and strokes in older patients, and the drugs do have side effects that can be harmful.
Peter Mellow's insight:
As with all of the articles in this collection, please talk with your doctor before changing your medication or treatment.
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