Diovan

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. DIOVAN® Valsartan Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Diovan. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. The information in […]

Perindo Combi

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. PERINDO® COMBI 4/1.25 perindopril (pronounced per-in-do-pril) and indapamide (pronounced in-dap-a-mide) Consumer Medicine Information WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about PERINDO COMBI 4/1.25. It does not contain all the available information about this medicine. Reading this leaflet […]

Jardiamet

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. JARDIAMET CMI0158-11 Film-coated tablets empagliflozin / metformin hydrochloride Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Jardiamet. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your […]

Mebeverine Alphapharm

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. MEBEVERINE ALPHAPHARM contains the active ingredient mebeverine hydrochloride CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about MEBEVERINE Alphapharm. It does not contain all of the available information.It does not take the place of talking to […]

How to talk to your doctor about arthritis pain

Chronic pain can be excruciating, debilitating and hard to describe. Yet the best way to get the right treatment for the exact pain you’re experiencing is to put those symptoms into words, so your doctor can pinpoint a diagnosis and help you find relief. The Arthritis Foundation created a guide with suggestions for communicating your […]

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Ease Diabetic Nerve Pain

TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2020 — Low-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be effective for treating painful diabetic neuropathy (DN), according to a study scheduled for presentation at the 19th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, a meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, held virtually from Nov. 20 to 22. Erika Petersen, M.D., […]

Study reveals most effective drugs for common type of neuropathic pain

More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer neuropathic pain. At least 25% of those cases are classified as unexplained and considered cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy (CSPN). There is no information to guide a physician’s drug choices to treat CSPN, but a researcher from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care […]

The boy who broke almost every bone in his body – but didn't feel pain

Mysteries of the senses: The boy who broke almost every bone in his body – but didn’t feel any pain…and the man who ‘tastes’ sounds Paul Walters and sister Vicky were born with the disorder congenital analgesia It means messages carrying ‘warnings’ of pain in the brain are interrupted Only a few hundred people worldwide […]