Recent Content by flyer_phil

Yes colds are terrible, especially if you are a bloke; we don't get colds we have life threatening flu. However I haven't had a cold now for nearly 2 years and this has been true ever since I started taking zinc every day during the Autumn and Winter months. I take a 15mg tablet each day in...

Hi I'm presently engaged in a drug trial with Synexus for ASP1941. Is there anyone else out there doing the same? I'm about 30% through the trial. Please get in touch (via a post here or a pm).

Ive been taking metformin for about 4 years now - 4 per day. It does give me occasional diarrhoea, but to be honest I prefer being loose than the other way round, so I find it OK. Also another name for the drug that people use is fartformin. I too have been scared by the patient information...

Yes I think Simvastatin gives people a lot of problems. It gave me headaches - and you cant eat grapefruit for breakfast anymore. I was swapped to Pravastatin 20mg and all was well for a while, then I got muscle pains across my back so I stopped it. However my present GP is very keen on statins...