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# medication - Monday 8 July, 2019
Benzodiazepine use in Irish over 65s is higher than international average
Benzodiazepine medicine use in women over 65 years is 40% higher than in men, finds a new report.
# medication - Monday 20 May, 2019
Clinical trials involving Irish patients 'saved the health service €13m' over two years
A new report published today is calling for a scaling-up of clinical research infrastructure in Ireland.
# medication - Sunday 10 March, 2019
'We are failing these children spectacularly': Row over drug with 'exorbitant' cost rumbles on
Negotiations, and clashes, over the price of Spinraza are ongoing behind the scenes.
# medication - Sunday 3 February, 2019
'You wouldn't tell a child they couldn't have chemo, but our son is being denied the medication he needs'
Parents of children with a rare genetic condition are fighting for access to a potentially life-changing drug.
# medication - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
Steroids and erectile dysfunction pills: One million doses of illegal medication seized last year
The HPRA has expressed concern about the abuse of anabolic steroids, which have side-effects including liver damage and blood clots.
# medication - Thursday 28 September, 2017
'I'm most angry at myself': HIV positive people continue to suffer from stigma in Ireland
17% of people living in HIV say they have felt suicidal in the last year.
# medication - Saturday 26 August, 2017
'In danger of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory': How tension built ahead of Orkambi deal Exclusive
HSE and Vertex employees were working long hours behind the scenes to secure the historic agreement.
# medication - Thursday 27 July, 2017
'Patients are being put at risk': Funding issues stopping 20,000 people receiving 'life-saving' meds
The medication has been proven to help cardiac problems.
# medication - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
Cholesterol-lowering vaccine could be available in six years
The medication has shown promise in mice.
# medication - Saturday 13 May, 2017
Two boys fighting for access to drug that could help them keep walking
Translarna, the only treatment for boys with a specific type of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, costs €400,000 per patient per year.
# medication - Wednesday 22 March, 2017
Older people ending up in hospital due to inappropriate prescriptions
People over the age of 65 are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of medicine.
# medication - Thursday 22 December, 2016
'There’s never a minute in the day I don’t feel pain'
Eleanor O’Farrell is one of the many people in Ireland who have fibromyalgia, often dubbed ‘the invisible illness’.
# medication - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
Man who raped woman and left her injured in laneway is jailed for 13 years
The woman was found “in a shocking condition”, the judge said.
# medication - Thursday 19 May, 2016
'Why am I on anti-depressants? Because I suffer from depression'
‘We’ve come on in leaps and bounds when it comes to conversations around mental health but we are still so ANTI antidepressants, it’s depressing,” writes Rosemary MacCabe.
# medication - Thursday 17 December, 2015
'There is always the chance of not waking up after a seizure'
Irish-led research could lead to a breakthrough in treatment for people with epilepsy.
# medication - Thursday 2 July, 2015
Poll: Have you ever bought medication online?
Irish people have been warned about the dangers of buying from unregistered sites.
# medication - Tuesday 21 April, 2015
Mindfulness therapy can be as good as medication for preventing depressive relapses
The alternative treatment helps patients learn how to respond more constructively to their thoughts and feelings.
# medication - Monday 23 March, 2015
'Disgraceful and dishonourable' doctor found to have over-prescribed sleeping tablets to addict
A fitness to practice committee found 11 allegations against De Mohammed Khan resulted in professional misconduct.
# medication - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
Mother of Cork toddler thanks hospital for saving her daughter with rare diabetes
Medication designed for Ava has meant that she no longer needs an insulin pump and can now live at home.
# medication - Sunday 16 November, 2014
Now you can pick up your prescription while you're on holiday
If you’re in the EU, that is.
# medication - Wednesday 22 October, 2014
Irish pharmacists say epilepsy and pain relief drugs in short supply
The Department of Health said medicine shortages are a global issue but it works with health professionals to avoid and manage them when they arise.
# medication - Sunday 14 September, 2014
Prescription charges bring in €120m but hurt 'most vulnerable in society'
Groups representing carers, elderly people and those on low incomes have called for a reduction but that’s not likely to happen in the next Budget.
# medication - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
14% of older Irish people prescribed 'inappropriate' drugs
One of the most frequently inappropriately prescribed drugs was aspirin – given to those with no history of brain or heart problems.
# medication - Thursday 3 July, 2014
Study: Irish people on medication still drink alcohol, even when they shouldn't
Researchers found that one in five people taking anti-depressants reported drinking heavily.
# medication - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
Opinion: On medication, I function – off medication, I don’t. It’s as simple as that.
I want to put myself out there as walking proof that medication can, and does, work – and more that that, it’s vital for me to keep functioning.
# medication - Monday 16 June, 2014
New drug is "a complete paradigm shift" in cancer treatment
Nine Irish people have been treated with Ibrutinib thus far.
# medication - Sunday 8 June, 2014
No plans to extend Long Term Illness Scheme list despite not being updated since 1970
There have been calls that the new expert review panel for medical cards should match conditions on the LTI list.
# medication - Sunday 13 April, 2014
Pharmacy delivery service set up after people stop taking meds due to cost
Healthwave offers generic medications to members of its Health Pass scheme. Now, it delivers medication around Ireland to further cut down on costs.
# medication - Tuesday 25 March, 2014
People with asthma, diabetes and high cholesterol worst at taking medication
Not taking your medication properly? It costs money – and could cost you your life.
# medication - Saturday 21 December, 2013
All set for Christmas, but now you're sick? What should you take to help?
Confused about over-the-counter medicines? If you’re sick what should you ask for?
# medication - Saturday 26 October, 2013
A spaceship crash, near apocalypse, and six other major miscalculations and mistakes
You’ll be making sure your i’s are dotted and your t’s crossed after this.
# medication - Saturday 19 October, 2013
Column: Budgeting our depression? Funding cuts are disastrous to mental health
Cuts to medical card allowances and social welfare payments have a direct impact on peoples’ the mental health – I know because I am one of those affected, writes Kate Bellamy.
# medication - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
One third of people are not taking enough of their prescriptions to cure them
This figure gets worse for people with long-term illnesses as a report found they are often struggling with the cost of their treatment regime.
# medication - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Men drink, while women take medication to calm fear of flying
More than 20 per cent of women have a fear of flying compared with just 12 per cent of men.
# medication - Thursday 6 June, 2013
Irish people warming up to generic medicines
The Irish Medicine Board expects lists of interchangeable medicines to be ready within two months of legislation on the drugs commencing.
# medication - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
Longer use of breast cancer drug halves the risk of death
It is expected that this will be recommended from now on and as the drug is cheap and widely available, it could have an immediate impact.
# medication - Thursday 18 April, 2013
HSE introduces preferred drug initiative to save €15 million in budget
The recommended drugs are for ulcer disease and high cholesterol which account for 15 per cent of the drugs budget.
# medication - Monday 15 April, 2013
Reilly urged to help make Lung Fibrosis drug available
The HSE is currently in negotiations with the manufacturers of Pirfenidone, which has life-extending benefits for Lung Fibrosis patients.
# medication - Friday 5 April, 2013
US court orders wider access for morning after pill regardless of age
The judge ruled that current restrictions requiring teens to obtain a prescription were “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified”.
# medication - Monday 25 March, 2013
Poll: Do you shop around for your prescription medication?
The NCA has found that some pharmacies are charging double for the same drugs.
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Poll: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they're permitted to open on 29 June?
THE PLAN TO re-open Ireland has accelerated rapidly, after the Taoiseach yesterday announced a string of guidelines that had been brought forward.
One of those guidelines concerns pubs. The original plan had been to re-open them at the beginning of Phase Five in August, but under the new plans pubs that serve food will be permitted to open when Phase Three begins on 29 June.
They do not require a restaurant licence to open but must comply with strict social distancing protocols which would prohibit gatherings around the bar and require people to be served at appropriately spaced tables.
Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan urged pubs to be “sensible” yesterday, and added that a few “fellas drinking pints and eating a packet of peanuts” will not constitute a pub operating as a restaurant.
Restaurants will also be permitted to open from this date, as long as they adhere to the above protocols.
So, today we’re asking you: Will you go to a pub/restaurant when they’re permitted to open on 29 June?
Poll Results:
I'll leave it a week or two, maybe longer (5722)
No (4388)
Maybe sometime during that week (3604)
Yes, on the 29th (2942)
I wouldn't usually frequent them anyway (1360)
Not sure (1106)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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By Eddie Hennessy - @EddieHennessy1
Professor Sam McConkey: The reality is it could be November before schools are back in full
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