Wellness

[kelsey17]

I am on quite a few meds and i have have several reactions...last year ended up in the hospital for 4 days with a medication reaction ( i had never had before)....so EXTREMELY nervous....but unfortunately...have to try them for health reasons....

[SilleeMee]

No, I don't do things or take stuff deliberately that is dangerous, painful, or threatening. 

[Luvtuna]

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@BeccaLou wrote:

Has anyone else had a fear of taking a new medication ?

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Yes. After a bad side effect from taking Cipro. Also I was a kidney donor and some medicine is filtered through the kidneys so I try not to take any prescription medicine except for my Synthroid.

[AngelPuppy1]

No, I don't think it's just you.  it's really terrifying to be prescribed another new pill.  I recently was and after I thought long and hard about it and read a lot about it, I decided I was not going to go there!  It was not a medication that was going to make a difference in my health  -- such as life or death --- so I weighed the pros and cons -- and decided there were more cons than pros.  Doubtless my dr. will give me grief the next time I see her but it's my body and I am the one who has to suffer the consequenes, so, there you go.  Not that I don't value medical opinions and expertise, but I feel we have to use our own judgments as well.  

[Renata22]

Yes, I'm right there with you all who don't like new meds. I read the side effects and they seem worse than what I'm trying to cure. I recently got a script for restless legs. I read and said no way, very scary things can happen with that stuff. The doc didn't seem surprised when I told him I was afraid to try it. I'll deal with the itchy legs. 

Some of you have really had some awful reactions! Scary stuff.

[BirkiLady]

@Luvtuna  Thanks for being a kidney donor. I have signed all paperwork (and my family has approved and signed with their approvals) years ago for donation of my body to University of Nebraska Medical Center's Donation Program. Several years later, my next door neighbor became a receipent of a transplant! Amazing programs due to amazing physicans and loving families. Thanks, again. 

[VanSleepy]

Take one pill, then have to take another pill to counteract the side effects of the first one.  No thanks.  Unless it's absolutely necessary and life saving, you can keep it.

[Still Raining]

Not scared usually since I need or chose them.  What I have learned is to never try more than one a month.  Takes a while to see how you are affected.  

[qvcaddition]

After I read the side effects, I usually won,t take it.  I only take one medication,  my synthroid, since in my 20,s.  How 82.  Once in awhile, my water detention pill, but only half tablet.

I do take loads of Dr. LessmaN vits.  Start in morning and finally finish at night.

[Luvtuna]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

@Luvtuna  Thanks for being a kidney donor. I have signed all paperwork (and my family has approved and signed with their approvals) years ago for donation of my body to University of Nebraska Medical Center's Donation Program. Several years later, my next door neighbor became a receipent of a transplant! Amazing programs due to amazing physicans and loving families. Thanks, again. 

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@BirkiLady  Thank you for the post and thank you for what you are doing also.