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Battling the bug

It hits you suddenly…….high fever strikes you down with lightning speed and aches and pains of the body confine you to bed in addition to a wracking cough that remains long after you assume that you have fought that bug.

Time for insulin or the puff ? Take special care

Extra care is warranted on special occasions when two types of medications are being taken. These are when you are injecting yourself with insulin for diabetes or when using the asthma inhaler, says Specialist Physician Dr. Chamari Lochana Weeraratne who is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
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