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12-02-2023 03:22 PM
Just filled a prescription and noticed a comment on the insert that I've never seen before ......
"You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or use the internet at www.fda.gov/Safety/Medwatch/. "
Would you report a bad reaction to a drug or shot to the FDA ... or just to your doctor?
12-02-2023 03:37 PM
NO. The "feds" already KNOW TOO MUCH about me (!!)
12-02-2023 03:43 PM
Report it to your phycian. He/She will place it in your records so it is not prescribed again.
12-02-2023 03:45 PM
@Tinkrbl44 I report it to my pharmacist or my doctor. That way, if they try to prescribe it again it gets red flagged. I had a bad reaction to a UTI med, and now it's on my chart in case I can't remember.
12-02-2023 04:03 PM
@Tinkrbl44 In the past I'd never been sensitive to an antibiotic called bactrim. However, getting older changed my chemistry I guess because the last time it was prescribed I had hives & itched from my palms to my feet. I called my doctor and it was noted both at her office as well as my drugstore.
12-02-2023 06:42 PM - edited 12-02-2023 08:51 PM
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Just filled a prescription and noticed a comment on the insert that I've never seen before ......
"You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or use the internet at www.fda.gov/Safety/Medwatch/. "
Would you report a bad reaction to a drug or shot to the FDA ... or just to your doctor?
@Tinkrbl44 @I would definitely report to Medwatch or VAERS. It's the only way they can learn about the safety of medicines after clinical trials are over. Reporting can save lives or lead to better drugs. I'd also report to my doctor and the hospital treating me. Under certain circumstances, it's optional for them to report, while under others it is mandatory. I'd ask them to report. When I was a teen I experienced a life threatening reaction, angioedema. At that time, no one knew about reporting it. I never found out if I had the allergic form or a hereditary form, but my symptoms began about 20 minutes after I took a medicine. I report it on all medical paperwork at doctor's offices.
12-02-2023 07:27 PM
12-02-2023 07:34 PM
@Mindy D wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Just filled a prescription and noticed a comment on the insert that I've never seen before ......
"You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or use the internet at www.fda.gov/Safety/Medwatch/. "
Would you report a bad reaction to a drug or shot to the FDA ... or just to your doctor?
@Tinkrbl44 @I would definitely report to Medwatch or VAERS. It's the only way they can learn about the safety of medicines after clinical trials are over. Reporting can save lives or lead to better drugs. I'd also report to my doctor and the hospital treating me. Under certain circumstances, it's optional for them to report, while under other it is mandatory. I'd ask them to report. When I was a teen I experienced a life threatening reaction, angioedema. At that time, no one knew about reporting it. I never found out if I had the allergic form or a hereditary form, but my symptoms began about 20 minutes after I took a medicine. I report it on all medical paperwork at doctor's offices.
I think people don't understand why tracking medicines is SO important.
Example .... a new medicine is developed and clinical trials are run, and the results tallied.
Reactions can be very minor and will vary widely. They can occur in the rarest of circumstances.
If some once-in-a-lifetime reactions occur about once every 500,000 but the original clinical trials were carefully done with only 10,000 people .... down the road, there will be surprises.
It can't be helped, but reporting to the FDA can help everyone.
12-02-2023 08:50 PM
I've reported a side effect to a medicine and it stayed in my chart as an "allergeric reaction" NO! I'm not allergic to it! Took me years to get it removed.
12-02-2023 09:31 PM - edited 12-02-2023 09:35 PM
I haven't reported a negative reaction to a drug to the FDA but I plan to in the future if I ever experience one again. I've only reported it to my doctor. I think it is important for the FDA to know of these incidences.
And, I think AMAZON knows more about my life than the "Feds" do, based on the fact they have a record of all of my purchases from them!
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