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Your recent article “Spotlight: Head colds” (July issue) on managing the common cold recommended that ibuprofen should be taken with food.
1. Moore RA, Derry S, Wiffen PJ, et al. Effects of food on pharmacokinetics of immediate-release oral formulations of aspirin, dipyrone, paracetamol and NSAIDs – a systematic review. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015:381–88.
2. Kanabar DJ. A clinical and safety review of paracetamol and ibuprofen in children. Inflammopharmacol 2017;25:1–9.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
