The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises against using gabapentinoids for sciatica The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released guidelines in which it advises against using oral corticosteroids, gabapentinoids and other antiepileptics for managing sciatica. This comes as a 2020 update of the original set of guidelines published in
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For most people, once something is flushed away into the sewers, it's forgotten. It is not the case for those working in the sewer industry, though. The Covid-19 pandemic has made sewage and wastewater companies more alert to the risks that face their staff. With safety more vital than ever, the issue of drug and
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Today, with more and more public interface work done by computers and with smart meters keeping track of what customers are consuming, it’s less and less common for members of the public to meet utility workers face to face. Far from decreasing the importance of such meetings, this means that each one carries a lot
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Spending time in lockdown has changed the way many of us go about our lives. It has given some people the chance to get rid of bad habits, while others have gone in the opposite direction. Research by the charity Alcohol Change UK found that one-in-five people have increased the amount they drink. These kinds
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