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other drugs that can raise up to $70,000 a year based on need. a maximum yearly cost of $2,000. if youre on medicare and you have diabetes, your cost of your insulin will be $35. we wanted to cut the cost for everyone, including the hundreds of thousands of children with type i diabetes. i bet a lot of you out there have diabetes or your children do. republicans blocked limiting that cost to $35 for children. it only costs $10 for the prescription to be made and packaged, $10! drug com...

New measures to combat the virus here later today. Also today, we can reveal that people are so desparate to come off anti depressants, theyre turning to charities which deal with illegal drug addictions to get help. Ive tried to come off this medication three times before, only once successfully and im currently withdrawing again. But like six out of every ten patients, i felt i was not warned about the risks of withdrawal by my doctor. Ive also found the withdrawal symptoms shockingly debilita...

Now on bbc news lightsjoin now on bbc news lights join Victoria Derbyshire for the best of her show this week. Letsjoin. Hello and welcome. For the next half an hour, we will show you some of the highlights of our Award Winning journalism over the last week. On thursday, we revealed that some people who want to come off antidepressants, which are not addictive, by the way, are being sent to street drug charities for support. That is according to the Mental Health charity mind. It is estimated th...

The anti-sickness medicine domperidone is increasingly being prescribed or bought illegally to aid lactation. Yet, as I discovered too late, side-effects can include anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts

One of the practical tools mentioned in the new Maudsley Guidance are the tapering strips I have been working on for almost 15 years.

Why does long-term use of neuroleptics correlate with poorer social and occupational outcomes?

The rising fatalities associated with pregabalin, a drug prescribed for anxiety and nerve pain, spark concerns about dependency and side effects.

If you must know, I’m astronomically challenged, but even I’m aware that a total solar eclipse is a fascinating and rare celestial phenomenon. And New Hampshire happens to be sitting pretty in the direct path, so this will be awesome to witness. I haven’t been invited to any Solar Eclipse parties, but several are slated […]

Catherine Goss, 63, from Lancaster, was prescribed antidepressants for major depression in her twenties. She never imagined she would struggle to come off them.

Dr Mark Horowitz was suicidal when he withdrew from the the drugs he’d been on for a decade. He thinks they’re overprescribed for difficult patches in life