Although many enjoy a cup of coffee occasionally, for some it can be a trigger for headaches and worse.

Caffeine has been shown to cause withdrawal headache under placebo-controlled, double-blind conditions, and may occur in individuals drinking the equivalent of one cup of coffee per day.

Rarely a day goes by when I am required to assist a patient that has at least some of their symptoms are actually CAUSED BY their prescribed drug medicaiton.

Indeed some patients are killed or significantly injured by their prescription medication. And it could easily happen to you!

Nurofen Plus, which contains 200 milligrams of ibuprofen and 12.8 milligrams of codeine, is thought to be used by about half of all adult Australians.

It is the strongest over-the-counter painkiller on the market and has been blamed for a spate of hospital admissions where codeine addicts have taken up to 24 tablets a day, not realising the medication's other active ingredients, ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, can cause ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.