Are Your Drugs Making You Sick?

An interesting exercise for you to do sometime is to take a really good drug site or book and one of your personal prescriptions or "over the counter" medicines, and check them out for side effects. In Canada, the CPS would be appropriate and in the USA, it would be the PDR. Internet-wise, Medline.com is a great site.

Use the generic or trade name and read the side effects or the possible complications. Look for this heading:

"Side Effects of This Medicine
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention."

(This is a note in most drug books and you really should look for it for your own particular medication.)
Read the descriptions, and if you don't understand a term, look it up. Don't be afraid of what you might find…that's good as the fear is alerting you to a potential problem. Please remember this is your body and these chemicals are going into it WITH your consent. 
For example, if you looked up "anti-depressants, two of the side effects listed are dizziness and tiredness. Now if I was already depressed, I wouldn't appreciate being dizzy and tired as well. I might accept them, if the treatment helped, but it would an informed choice. So be knowledgeable about your health: no will ever care as much about it as you will. (And you have to LIVE in the body!)



February 28, 2002.
Karin.

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