Posted on 06/04/2009 5:55:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono
All drugs carry side effects. Some are mild. Some can be very dangerous. And still some can be downright strange. Blue vision, oily stools, amnesia and "black tongue" are just some of the strange side effects carried by prescription and the over-the-counter medications. Should you be worried?
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I think it has markedly slowed you metabolism hence the weight gain
What’s the one where they mention in the warnings if you get an uncontrollable urge to gamble?
My tongue was black this morning and I freaked, then I remembered eating black beans last night. Could black beans do it, because the only drug I took was over the counter Benadryl.
It is interesting to note that my vision is about 20/200 uncorrected, with myopia and astigmatism....I lived until the first grade not knowing I had any problem at all. My mother says I learned to walk at 9 months. I walked to kindergarten, three blocks away. But when I went to first grade the teacher put my desk against the blackboard and I still couldn’t see her lessons.
Anyhow, I got glasses and when I got them I was SO sick. It was like I was travelling in a boat with the seas going up and down quickly at 15 feet at least and I had to throw up.
It wasn’t a drug, just a different perception of reality. I hated this new perception at first, but I’m addicted to my glasses now!
Harmless side effects? How do you pass those things?
The blue vision is a results of taking to big a dose of Viagra. ALL drugs have side effects, aspirin has side effects. That doesn’t mean we stop using them, it means we use them with caution and only when we actually NEED them.
Evil, evil drug. My doc put me on that crap for a sinus infection once, along with Allegra for allergies. I didn't sleep at all that night. I thought at first it was the Allegra keeping me awake so I stopped taking that. Next night ... no sleep. So I skipped a day. Got a little bit of sleep that night. Took it again the next day ... no sleep, weird dreams bordering on hallucinations, aggressive behaviors. I threw that crap away, called my doc the next day and got the Zpack.
Levaquin made me so sick that I had to bring my husband in to explain how bad it was. I think that Levaquin has left me with problems. After my hysterectomy although I finally healed I am left with a nonstop ripping like pain in my pelvic area. My doctor thinks I may have gotten a rupture from that evil stuff. I’ve had CAT scans & now am fighting for an MRI. I need to find out what the nonstop pain is. I don’t want to have to live with it & so far my doctors don’t have a clue. IMHO Levaquin ought to be pulled off the shelves.
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Japan experiments on cats, the US experiments on 2M Americans. I like cats, too, but not that much.
The benefits outweigh the nightmares by a bunch. I do avoid taking it if I’m going to sleep over at my parents’, a friend’s place or in a hotel...
I will bet even money that you ahve adhesions of scar tissue, perhaps wraqpped around an artery, and arteries have a nerve running alongside of them, so the adhesion is pressuring a nerve. Good luck finding that even with an MRI.
That makes sense. I am in pain 24/7 & I refuse to take their pain meds. How would I go about finding out if what you posted is happening to me? The pain is unbelievable. All the drs want to do is have me take Duladid & I won’t. Last thing I need is an addiction to that stuff.
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