Advantages: Quick and effective in dealing with migraine and tension headaches. Disadvantages: Make you incredibly drowsy. Codeine based medication so can become habit forming.
Once a month I find myself suffering from a rather nasty migraine headache. Sometimes I'm lucky, and it only lasts for 24 hours. Other times it can be an unwelcome invader of my head for up to 72 hours. I used to be able to keep the pain in abeyance with Migraleve Complete, but in the last six months or so, they haven't been as effective for me as they used to be. Maybe my body has become slightly immune to the benefits of this medication, but it just doesn't have the same effect on lessening my pain anymore.
I therefore popped into my local Lloyds pharmacy and had a word with the pharmacist about any alternative over the counter medications he could recommend. I actually asked him for the strongest over the counter migraine tablets that he could sell me. He came back with a navy blue box branded "Syndol". I must say that I had ...
Advantages: Heat, they work, discreet Disadvantages: None
Pain relief without the medicine.
I recently stumbled upon a great pain relief product without the use of harsh medicines and chemicals. They are the new heat patches from Nurofen, especially designed for back pain.
Nurofen Back Pain can be described as a single use heat patch which soothes your pain by getting deep into the muscle with the relaxing heat. It says on the packet that they are for back pain but you can use them on any muscle pain really, especially in the neck or shoulder too.
They are very simple to use. They basically to me look like a sanitary pad but a bit bigger and not as thick. They have an adhesive on one side that enables them to stick to your back and stay in place. What's nice is that they do actually stay where you put them, meaning you can apply these right to the source of your pain and know that ...
Advantages: Full of emotion and feeling, plenty of detail... Disadvantages: Hard to put down, can draw tears to the eyes
MY STORY
Christmas last year, I received the hardback copy of Growing Pains, and read it almost instantly! Taking me a few weeks, I enjoyed every word of the book, and was devastated when I reached the end!
Then earlier this year, I heard that a paper-back copy of Billie's autobiography was in the process of being published. I 'ummed' and 'aahed' for quite a while, considering preordering it on Amazon. But I was unaware of the exact month it was to be released in the shops, so I just waited a while. Then I came across paperback Growing Pains in WHSmith mid-August, priced at £6.99. I didn't really want to pay that, so I decided to pick up a copy and have a quick 'flick'. It was then that I noticed it had been fully updated, with a few pages based on Treats (more about this later). Well, that was it for me! I was pushing myself ...
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