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Beats the alternative!
I think after a social communal dinner involving one or more vino tinto's most pilgrims would welcome the sleep apneic among them use a CPAP device.
Personally speaking, I was in the upper bunk at the Estella Municipal Albergue and was apparently snoring quite loudly...
Hep A and B immunizations are fairly routine in North America and Western Europe.
In Canada Hep B immunization is routine in all children in Grade 7 (2 needles at that age).
Although the risk is low for most people, my feeling is why not get them. If you are travelling for a month in Spain...
I haven’t read all responses but it appears you haven’t yet tried CBD oil to see if it helps you or not. Or whether it impairs your function.
It is legal in Canada where I live but has not been proven as a treatment for acute non-neuropathic type pain.
I think I’d pass on this treatment and use...
NSAIDs are probably the most dangerous class of any medication mainly because of Gastrointestinal and kidney related side-effects. NSAID related hives are fairly uncommon. The fact that NSAIDs are available on the shelf also makes them seem safer than they are.
I tend to avoid NSAIDs...
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