Sharon Davies has a simple message for anyone whose GP recommends they start taking the drug pregabalin to deal with anxiety. ‘Don’t,’ she says. ‘Please, just don’t.’ During the two years she spent on the drug, Sharon experienced a range of ‘unbearable’ side-effects, including dizzy spells, mental ‘fuzziness’ and extreme weight gain. Then, in July … Read more
Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to older and notoriously addictive tranquillisers. And in the short-term, zopiclone causes few problems. Indeed, it can be a lifeline to those battling the … Read more
Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to older and notoriously addictive tranquillisers. And in the short-term, zopiclone causes few problems. Indeed, it can be a lifeline to those battling the … Read more
It’s early evening, and I’m in town to meet a friend. I catch sight of my phone – it’s 6pm. I root around in my bag, for the reassuring metal-foil feel of a blister pack of tablets. I can’t find them. Panic rising, I practically empty my bag on to the pavement. The tablets aren’t there. … Read more
Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko died of ‘fentanyl and valium overdose’… days after being ‘electrocuted’ at work By Jason Chester and Heidi Parker for MailOnline Published: 13:19 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 27 May 2020 Chernobyl Diaries star Dimitri Diatchenko’s official cause of death has been recorded as an accidental fentanyl and … Read more