PRESCRIPTION SIDE EFFECTS - Page 2

software · ‎06-08-2016

I take one prescription.

I noticed my hair was thinning.

That's something that can happen for a variety of reasons, but when I read the insert with the meds, that was the first side effect on the list.

I have to take the meds, I guess I can eventually buy a wig!

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Lindsays Grandma wrote:
A friend and I were having a discussion about the side effects included with our prescriptions. I don't think I want to read them anymore. Let's face it, some of those side effects sound worse than the disease the medication is supposed to cure. I will admit there were times I was hesitant to take the medication and I do realize the percentage of the effects rarely, if at all happens. Nevertheless, they are scary. Do they bother you?

@Lindsays Grandma

Um, not really ...... what bothers me most about prescription drugs is that not all of them have cheaper generic versions.

As for side effects, you should realize that this is a CYA situation required by the FDA. If one person in ten million gets a bad rash from a drug, do I care? Not really, because even inert chemicals and foods can trigger side effects in some people ..... some people die from eating even small amounts of peanut butter ..... or sunflower seeds ...... or taking an aspirin ..... Not a lot you can do about that.

My solution is simple ..... if I need to take a new medication, it must be something that's been on the market for at least five years, so we know how it reacts on the general public .... and, oh yes, it must have a generic.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Lindsays Grandma wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I have been fortunate most of my life to need very few medications. That being said recently I was put on a BP med, that made my legs and ankles swell alarmingly. Then I was prescribed an antibiotic that made me break out in a rash that was so bad I look a bit like a burn victim. I take nothing for granted anymore, and .I know what to watch out for.
Was the BP med Benicar (sp)? I was on that one for a year and a new doctor took me off of it due to ankle swelling. BP meds have a diuretic in them, at least that is what I was told so there shouldn't be swelling. Hope all is good with you now.

Not all BP meds have diuretics in them - however, Benicar does.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

When I was in nursing shool we were required to memorize the side effects of our patients drugs. That was actually an impossible task as some of our patients took a lot of drugs. We quickly figured out that there were a large amount of standard side effects they all had, so those would be what we would say when the instructor asked us.

Eileen in Virginia · ‎08-25-2010

DH has psoriasis and his dermatologist suggested a prescription medication that had “death” as one of the more remote potential side effects. He didn’t take it, but mentioned it to his GP at his next appointment. The GP’s response was, “Nobody ever died from psoriasis.” And that was the end of that! 😉

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Lindsays Grandma

I DO NOT take any medication, OTC or Prescription, without understanding their purpose, and also their possible side effects. I have taken many different prescription meds since my PE(lung blood clots) in 2002, and my following 2 heart attacks, the first being July 05, 2003.

Side effects possible? Of course. Did and do they bother me? Never to a point where I am worried about any of them. I ain't a person that needlessly worries about "could be's/might happen, or what has happened to others". Others have a different body and components than I do, thus different things effect some of them.

Too many using OTC and/or Prescription Meds, do not really, fully understand how they work, some not even sure why and what they are supposed to do. I have spent so much time around heart/lung/cancer and stroke patients that barely have a clue about much of anything to do with their issues, and that bothers me more than my possible side effects.

Everyone has to figure their risks out and decide which are the Positives versus the Negatives.

hckynut(john)

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I swear to you the older I get, the more the side effects get to me.

They could be the ones that say "few people reported X" and I will be one of those people.

I never read the side effects first because I don't want to get into my head that I will be one of those people. But when something starts to happen, I look up the side effects and sure enough, it's one listed.

Usually if something can cause a stomach issue of some kind, I'll get it. I've always had a sensitive stomach.

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

I read them cover to cover so that I have an idea of what to be on the lookout for.

Many years ago, when benzol peroxide was an Rx only drug, I was using it as prescribed by my derm.

I was having the most unbelievable hives.

I was at the doctor several times trying to figure it out and then I remembered reading something in passing in the insert. I went back to the pharmacy and requested another insert and sure enough 1 in 10,000 people have a reaction to using BP and cinnamon.

This was during the days of me adding cinnamon to my coffee and eating cinammon raising bagels. One day I had red hots and I was like a lobster in about 15 minutes.

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BeccaLou · ‎02-09-2016

Prescriptions frighten me also. I have had some bad, bad reactions from plenty of medications. One really made me ill in the past.But some will probably save our lifes in the future, and maybe have up till now. Luck of the draw.