“I decided to take a dose again for a severe headache a few weeks later,” Rachel remembers. “I’ve always experienced very bad headaches, which paracetamol and ibuprofen have zero effect on. Usually I ...

The NHS has issued a warning over the co-codamol painkiller. Millions of people use the strong painkiller every year, with pharmacists alone handing out 650,000 prescriptions on top of those ...

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