medication

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Suffering from migraines? These three medicines are far better than ibuprofen, new study suggests

Article first published December 24, 2023 THE Spanish Society of Neurology says that 1.5 million people in the country suffer from chronic migraines and experience

26 Dec, 2025 @ 08:30

Health·Lead

Spanish scientists hail breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment as debate grows over safety, costs, and benefits

A NEW treatment for Alzheimer’s slowed the disease’s progression “for the first time in history,” Spanish scientists said – but the breakthrough remains mired in

3 Oct, 2025 @ 12:30

Health·Lead

Spanish pharmacies report long delays in hundreds of medications amid Europe drug shortage

Spanish pharmacies have reported long delays in hundreds of different kinds of medication as Europe grapples with a drug shortage. Spanish pharmacies had a hard

4 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Health·Lead·National News

Covid-19 pandemic triggers big rise in stressed-out workers taking drugs in Spain

A massive uptake in drug consumption among public sector workers in Spain has been recorded since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.

10 Oct, 2022 @ 19:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Unconscious British man in Alicante area home saved after worried wife calls Spanish police from UK

Unconscious British man in Alicante Province home saved after worried wife calls Spanish police from UK

GUARDIA Civil officers broke down the front door of a Hondon de las Nieves house to rescue a British man lying unconscious on the living

25 Jul, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

EU vows to rollout its Entry/Exit System in 2025 - this is what you should know

Boozed-up British tourist bites police officers at passport control in Mallorca airport in Spain

A British tourist with an underlying psychological condition had to be restrained at Palma de Mallorca airport last week, after attacking police officers at passport

30 May, 2022 @ 18:59

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Three more children develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ after taking contaminated medication from Spain’s Costa del Sol

Officials believe the contamination could have affected up to 30 Andalucian pharmacies and more than 50 batches of the drug

27 Aug, 2019 @ 14:04

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Manufacturers of ‘lethal’ drug Nolotil face €500 million lawsuit

A €500 million lawsuit is launched and there are already 200 claimants, following an Olive Press investigation

9 Nov, 2018 @ 17:31

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

The Spanish Medicine Agency has finally issued a directive to ban the drug for British and Irish tourists and regulate it for expats in Spain

6 Nov, 2018 @ 21:30

Health·Lead·National News

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Suffering from migraines? These three medicines are far better than ibuprofen, new study suggests

Spanish scientists hail breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment as debate grows over safety, costs, and benefits

Spanish pharmacies report long delays in hundreds of medications amid Europe drug shortage

Covid-19 pandemic triggers big rise in stressed-out workers taking drugs in Spain

Unconscious British man in Alicante Province home saved after worried wife calls Spanish police from UK

Boozed-up British tourist bites police officers at passport control in Mallorca airport in Spain

Three more children develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ after taking contaminated medication from Spain’s Costa del Sol

Manufacturers of ‘lethal’ drug Nolotil face €500 million lawsuit

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

Ryanair pays €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on ‘flimsy’ table during Mallorca flight

Spain’s far-right Vox party launches bid to block Gibraltar from joining international rugby and padel federations

Wild West shootout in streets of Mijas part of deadly new wave of drug violence spilling onto Costa del Sol streets

Major €18m investment in Malaga’s road network planned: These are the routes set to be upgraded

Prestige artist or fallen idol? Row over Julio Iglesias sex trafficking claims exposes chasmic fault lines in Spanish society