Parents worry about giving their kids pain relief. Four out of five experts say it’s OK.
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There is currently a weak process of checking claims made in advertisements for medicines, to ensure they don’t mislead or deceive consumers -this could be abandoned if a bill passes parliament.
Ibuprofen can be obtained easily from supermarkets without consulting a health care professional. While this may make it seem it’s benign, it can have ill effects if used inappropriately.
Packaging and pricing have their own healing properties says an expert on the psychology of advertising.
It’s long been thought anti-inflammatory painkillers need to be taken with food to protect the stomach. But a handbook for doctors has recently moved away from this advice.
A visit to the pharmacy for pain relief can be complicated. As consumers, we are faced with a bewildering choice of pain relief options. But why? Within the Nurofen range we have Nurofen for back pain…
In 2010, the promotion of the Nurofen range of products “targeting” migraine, back pain, tension headache and period pain was awarded a CHOICE shonky award. This was because all these products contained…
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