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Dear Dr. Roach: Are the drug companies asking you doctors to push their new stuff? I hear all the time from various people that they wonder if doctors get kickbacks for prescribing certain medicines. I think the public wonders if that is the case. C.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have multiple sclerosis. I have been told not to get the shingles vaccine by one doctor, and I have been told to get the shot by another. I have had shingles twice, a long time ago.

Dear Dr. Roach: For several months now, I have been experiencing intermittent headaches, with an extra 鈥渟hot鈥� of intense pain in the top, front of my head and forehead whenever I sneeze, cough, clear my throat or bend over.

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently discussed Pap smears. What is the root meaning of the term? Is it a medical test invented by a Dr. Pap, or an acronym for some long and complex medical term, or a smear taken from a woman鈥檚 鈥減ap鈥�? D.W.B. 鈥淧ap鈥� is for Dr.

Several weeks ago, I wrote that the federal health minister had announced that $100 million would be available to fight the opioid crisis. In addition, it would now be easier for addicts in treatment centres to obtain heroin.

Dear Dr. Roach: My 78-year-old mother has taken compounded estrogen since menopause. She swears that it has kept her from getting Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other brain diseases. I am 54 and have been in menopause for about a year.

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a kidney removed eight months ago due to a kidney tumour, and since then have had bloodwork done numerous times. My GFR fluctuates from 38-44, and my creatinine and BUN levels are high (creatinine level is about 1.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am having a 鈥減ush endoscope,鈥� or forced endoscope, tomorrow. They said they found a lesion in a CT scan and want to look into it further. Is 鈥渓esion鈥� a fancy name for cancer? B.E. The word 鈥渓esion鈥� is a Latin word for 鈥渋njury.

Dear Dr. Roach: What cures heartburn and indigestion? R.G. It鈥檚 easier to answer what causes heartburn and indigestion, because treatment depends on the underlying problem. The most common cause of heartburn is gastroesophageal reflux disease.