Medication Side Effects
Before starting or changing medications – please do research on any potential medication side effects and then pay attention. Your doctor may not even be aware of issues when prescribing.
I was put on a relatively safe medication for pain – a new use that had been found for a medication used for a different type of situation. The problem was there wasn’t a long-term study done on this new use.
This medication was upped in dose for me but caused another issue that can get serious (I had no idea it could cause this nor did my doctor – I Googled it because of the timing of the symptom compared with the schedule of the increase). If I continued taking it, I could risk serious injury to my kidneys – so I weaned myself down to stop the harmful effects. No one should wean off without a doctor plan for any medication – but my doctor just retired, and I had no one to go to (plus a long weekend where no doctors available except in emergency rooms). I had to do my best guess (by Googling) of weaning off – until I could get to a doctor.
It is up to us to research the medications we use – the doctor isn’t always an expert in all the medications they prescribe. The doctors are often going by what a vendor tells them when they drop off samples. Quick research may tell you that this is a good medicine for certain uses. The problem is there are issues that develop for certain people but perhaps not all, plus interactions with other medications. The only way to find a problem is to research for the issue you suspect or ask your doctor a lot of questions. Medication side effects are common, including combined with certain foods.
As I looked at the symptoms that others had in common with me after noticing the medication side effects, I knew I had to get off it and carefully (not cold turkey). I am already noticing an improvement. I just hope no damage was done in the meantime…
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