‘My dad died’, the girl said to the assistant behind the pharmacy counter. Why are they choosing these particular words?
Patient perspective
The long hard road through prescription opioid withdrawal
I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.
I think my prescription opioids could have killed me
I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.
Time to highlight the unspoken misery of HRT shortages
Emma Hartley is a freelance journalist from London. She wrote a story recently on the topic of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) shortages. The article examined the on-going HRT shortages and sought to find answers. This problem has had a significant impact on people suffering symptoms of the menopause. Emma has delved into all […]
Dear pharmacists, why can’t you source my life changing medicine?
I found out today after attempting to collect my prescription from my local pharmacy that I can no longer receive my treatment for endometriosis.
What is it like to have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?
People who present with numerous symptoms with no apparent connection can be difficult to diagnose and therefore treat, especially within the typical GP appointment time.
My daughter took a paracetamol overdose…We had to cope.
If you have been affected by the article below please click here to seek help. Last Tuesday when I answered the phone to the words, “I’ve taken tablets,” my shoulders slumped and it occurred to me that I’d been holding them rigid since the last call a few months previously. I’ve become […]
Drug users need compassion, not custody
Westminster committee hears voices of Scots with experience of addiction during an inquiry into problem drug use. The current approach of criminalising people who use drugs is making the problem worse and needs to be drastically overhauled, an influential committee of MPs has been told by Scots with personal experience of addiction. Westminster’s […]
Medicinal cannabis changed my life
A few years ago our guest Mark Leaning had viral meningitis and encephalitis. This, unfortunately, resulted in him subsequently suffering from regular seizures. These seizures were treated unsuccessfully with prescription medication. He discovered medicinal cannabis and it changed his life by easing his symptoms. During this podcast, I explore what the current reality […]
Why is it still illegal for me to have an abortion in Northern Ireland?
I am in my 40’s, live in Belfast and am married with one child. At the end of 2014 I was ecstatic to find out I was pregnant. We had been trying for a while for a brother or sister for my daughter and I had already been through a devastating and painful […]
