Instagram has apologised after an ‘algorithm mistake’ urged users with eating disorders to search for fasting and diet pills. A mistake within the app resulted in the search function automatically recommending terms including ‘appetite suppressants’ and ‘fasting’ to some users, reported the BBC. The Facebook-owned platform said the suggested terms feature was never meant to … Read more
She was the face of the ‘Just Say No’ anti-drug campaign in the 1980s, but Nancy Reagan had a secret addiction to prescription pills, according to a bombshell new biography. The former first lady had been taking so many ‘uppers and downers’ during her term that the White House physician had to inform President Ronald … Read more
A barrister who dealt in the chemsex pills that killed his teenage boyfriend said he represented a client while banned because his dog fouled on another lawyer’s trousers. Henry Hendron, 40, is facing 18 charges of professional misconduct brought by the Bar Standards Board in relation to behaviour which followed an earlier suspension. In 2015, Hendron … Read more
I often feel very faint. Could it be a side effect of the blood pressure medication I take? The short answer is, yes. The most commonly prescribed medications for blood pressure are angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, calcium channel blockers and diuretics. Familiar names will be ramipril, amlodipine and indapamide, and dizziness is a common side … Read more
England international and Premier League star ‘hooked on sleeping pills and mixes them with vodka at illegal lockdown parties… as friends fear he’ll ruin his career if he doesn’t get help’ An unnamed Premier League player is reportedly addicted to sleeping pills Footballers have previously been warned of the potentially fatal dangers of taking prescription … Read more
England international and Premier League star ‘hooked on sleeping pills and mixes them with vodka at illegal lockdown parties… as friends fear he’ll ruin his career if he doesn’t get help’ An unnamed Premier League player is reportedly addicted to sleeping pills Footballers have previously been warned of the potentially fatal dangers of taking prescription … Read more
Diego Maradona’s carer crushed sleeping pills into his beer so he wasn’t a nuisance at night and he was given alcohol on-demand at 9am in the months before he died, investigators in Argentina are told Ongoing prosecution probe into Diego Maradona’s death has heard about his battles with alcohol during the final months of his … Read more
Do they work? How long should you take them for? Can they cause addiction? Jo Macfarlane asks the experts everything you need to know… Hours of tossing and turning. Lying awake, night after night. Insomnia is a killer – literally. It has been linked to high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attacks and strokes. Yet one … Read more
Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who leaves behind a nine-year-old daughter, was suffering from a nasty mouth abscess in the days before her death A teaching assistant accidentally killed herself from an overdose of anxiety pills and wine after refusing to go to the dentist for fear of catching Covid, an inquest heard. Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who … Read more
Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who leaves behind a nine-year-old daughter, was suffering from a nasty mouth abscess in the days before her death A teaching assistant accidentally killed herself from an overdose of anxiety pills and wine after refusing to go to the dentist for fear of catching Covid, an inquest heard. Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who … Read more