Additional irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) medications are now available from Dr Fox. Most work by relaxing the muscles in the bowel wall, reducing bowel spasm and so relieving the symptoms of bloating, abdominal pain, wind, and diarrhoea caused by IBS.
Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common intestinal upset, affecting 1-2 in every 10 people. IBS is not dangerous in any way, but it can be uncomfortable, unpleasant, and distressing.
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Migraine is common in the UK, affecting about 1 in 4 women and 1 in 12 men. Triptans have been used by millions of people throughout the world for decades and are generally considered safe drugs. Triptan medication is for people under 65, who have been diagnosed with migraine, not for other types of headaches.
People experiencing frequent migraines may benefit from preventative treatments. If suffering more than one migraine per week, see your GP to discuss preventative treatment.
Dr Fox no longer supplies ciprofloxacin for travellers’ diarrhoea
February 2019: Public Health England’s antimicrobial prescribing guidance no longer recommends fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin) for standby treatment of travellers’ diarrhoea, due to increasing resistance to these antibiotics in some parts of the world.
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England recommends standby azithromycin for patients at high risk of severe illness should they develop travellers’ diarrhoea or those visiting high-risk areas.
As a result Dr Fox has withdrawn supply of ciprofloxacin for travellers’ diarrhoea, and provides the recommended alternative azithromycin only.
Actavis UK & Ireland rebranded to become Accord Healthcare in 2017, and has now discontinued Actavis Aindeem branded generic finasteride 1mg (packs of 28 and 84 tablets). This has had a knock-on effect on UK supplies of other finasteride 1mg brands, as not all manufacturers offer the 84-tablet pack size, creating further demand on the smaller 28-tablet pack sizes.
The new EU Falsified Medicines Directive is also now in effect (February 2019) and the new packaging requirements has also contributed to production delays.
Dr Fox recently reached 1,000,000 prescription orders and to mark this milestone have donated £2,000 each to 5 local charities in Bristol that help the homeless, to support them in their work.
Index Medical Ltd is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following an inspection 16 April 2019 by a team from the CQC the final report was published 04 June 2019 which rated the service ‘Good’ on all 5 aspects of the inspection framework:
Safe
Effective
Caring
Responsive
Well-led
Since July 2021, the CQC inspects services on a monthly basis, focusing on safety and how effective a service is led.
This is the surprising conclusion of a 2013medical research study (Maghbooli and colleagues).
But before all migraine sufferers rush out to stock up on ginger, there remain some unanswered questions:
Is this really true? Could a herbal remedy be as effective for an episode of acute migraine, as a tried and tested, popular, anti-migraine drug such as sumatriptan, which has transformed the lives of millions of migraine sufferers?
Should migraine sufferers take ginger instead of sumatriptan?
