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Inside Health: Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones

29/07/2014

Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Back pain and paracetamol, blood thinning drugs, drug driving, kidney stones

Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.

New research shows that paracetamol does not help back pain; the overuse of blood thinning drugs; new laws on limits for driving on prescribed drugs and treating kidney stones.

Mark Porter investigates a new research trial which shows that paracetamol doesn't help back pain. And why are blood thinning drugs being overused in NHS hospitals? New laws on limits for driving on prescribed drugs come into force in March 2015. Which prescription drugs are included and what does it mean for people taking them? Also in the programme, can any medications help get rid of kidney stones?

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