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Inside Health

Breast cancer, Alcoholism, CRPS, Generics

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Breast Cancer and Bisphosphonates; an old drug for treating weak bones can reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading, but many post menopausal women are missing out. Why? Alcoholism and Baclofen; another old drug with a new use, this time a muscle relaxant to help people with an alcohol problem and news of three new trials recently presented in Germany. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, a rare condition that often occurs after an injury or surgery and results in life changing pain. And why are some generic, non-branded medicines so expensive?

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0:46.4

Coming up today, costly generics.

0:48.9

Why have some run-of-the-mill non-branded medicines,

0:52.0

like antibiotics and anti-inflammatories,

0:56.7

suddenly become so much more expensive.

1:04.6

Alcoholism and baclophane could a muscle relaxant be the latest addition to treatments offered to people with a drink problem?

1:11.8

And a rare insight into complex regional pain syndrome, the most painful condition you've never heard of.

1:17.5

I had a sheet in my mouth to stop screaming. I had a scalpel in my bed. I was considering taking my own arm off. More on the latest thinking on the causes and the treatment of pain

1:23.6

like Garris later. But first, breast cancer. It's in the headlines again amid claims that

1:29.1

thousands of British women are missing out on potentially life-saving treatment. Recent research suggests

1:35.0

that bisphosphonates normally used to treat the bone weakening condition osteoporosis can significantly

1:41.4

reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading. But over half of oncologists surveyed

1:46.7

and not routinely prescribing the drugs. Dr Margaret McCartney's in our Glasgow studio, Margaret,

1:52.1

what's your take on the story? Well, it is very interesting. The bisphosphonates are a group of

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