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That's easy - one is a modern artificial drug taken daily, with inherent potential side effects and is banned for use in the USA. The other is a pleasant tasting fizzy drink, that's been around for over 100 years, taken as and when needed, and makes you burp! :D

No way - the last thing I want is another dam tablet to take!! :lol: :lol: Have a look at this topic here to see why! viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16425

Guess I'm lucky, have been drinking 'diet' coke since it's UK launch, and 'tab' before it - I hate sugary drinks!! :lol: Actually, I now hate 'diet' coke (!), though I do still occassionally like the cherry variety.... they use to do a 'diet' vanilla variety too (it had a cream coloured screw...

I guess my pending quadruple heart bypass, along with a replacement aerortic valve would give credance to the aspirin. Also, I use to get severe leg cramp when I was first prescribed Levimir insulin, this decreased dramatically when I stopped it and used Byetta instead. I also was on another...

You know, you can get 'diet' cherry coke - it's hard to find but generally Superdrug stock it!

Like many diabetics, I am on more than one medication. I do occassionally suffer from 'side effects' which range from tummy upsets, un-explained pains (cramps), dizziness etc. BUT the problem with being on multiple medication is trying to diagnose the cause. It could be one of the drugs, then...

Reckon I'll have to try one of those 'home remedies' eventually. GSK recently announced that they are totally withdrawing Eno's from the UK market. No new stocks are being brought in so as they say, when its gone, it's gone. That leaves their only rival, Andrews Liver Salts with a monopoly...

Well done Mehdave! You see, I told you that anyone that travels to North America/Canada is an idiot if they travel there without travel insurance. Many years ago when I was 17, I travelled to the States to spend the summer with relatives, something I often did. Unfortunately, I caught...

With all due respect Jamie, the car is a very bad example. In the UK it's an absolute legal requirement which removes totally the risk assessment off the individual by statute. Also, my point in taking responsibility for your own risks in life, I would always choose to insure my car anyway as...

Car insurance is a LEGAL requirement, and just out of interest, in the last 30 odd years, I reckon I've paid out over £25,000 in premiums, and never claimed!! :roll: It sure isn't. They covet our NHS system so much, that it is one of Obama's biggest political ambitions to emulate it for all...

With all due respect to him, I would NEVER travel to the Philippines without health insurance!! Look, Spain is part of the EU, as are we. As a member state of the EU, that entitles us to basic healthcare facilities in the same way that they would be if travelling in the UK. The healthcare...

You're not lecturing at all :) Like I said, its all about calculated risk. We stayed on the Costa Del Sol, where the standard of health care is high, and to be honest, I was nearer a hospital there than I am at my home address! If I was travelling to a remote place, with limited medical...

I am somewhat surprised at the 25% who object with injecting insulin in public. I have been on Byetta injections for over two years now. When out, I use to excuse myself to the bathroom to 'shoot up', but more recently, due to an increasing personal 'why should I' attitude (!), I just sit where...

Yes, that's what I get here - NHS coverage (not private), and it is very good! The health card entitles you to the same type of basic cover that citizens of your host country get. Unfortunately, young men (your story was a tragic tale), and children are traditionally high risk insurance risks...

I have just returned from a weeks holiday in Spain, and for the first time in my life, I did not take out travel insurance! Insurance is all about risk, and I gathered that the risk of anything medical I needed would be covered by my 'EU Health Card': http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcare...

Hi Silver Fox, Your response gave me a real laugh.... Last night I had just returned from hospital from a heart diagnostic procedure. Turns out I have coronary artery disease, and I'm now on a waiting list for a bypass operation and a new valve. I have only last month completed treatment for...

At last, someone that understands the principal of my rant!! Drug companies are a law unto themselves, they can charge what they want for anything, because people will pay anything because there is no real alternative. It's no accident GSK made nearly £9 Billion profit. Another thought - any...

Wow, this is indeed a very lonely soapbox, but I suppose I should have guessed as such. In this country, we are all amazingly cushioned from the real cost of healthcare by the NHS. If we had to go to Boots every month and hand over £85 for a Byetta pen, or £100 for a months Metformin (60g)...

Re: Ramipril I've been on Ramipril, 5g daily now for over 18 months, and judging from the above comments, I'm very lucky. I've had no real adverse side effects at all, apart from a stable lowering of my blood pressure!

My price quote was from a real shop, unfortunately, all online pharmacies charge around £3/£4 P&P unless you cross a total purchase threshold of £50 or so where P&P is free. Makes it very uneconomical to buy this item online. I've never found an online source that offers a no limit free P&P...