Everything we give him means we have to monitor him for the first three months.
I have a scant handful of meds that I have any side effects to and most of them are minor annoyances.
People are all different.
Yes they are my hubby reacts to very little, me it’s nearly every thing, some minor like hives, to major like A-Fib. Those ER trips are scary, many times it’s takes only 1 pill. MS Contin and I was in severe joint pain, locked my joints, severe diarrhea. Microbid, I spent the day hung over the toilet puking my guts up, even the anti-puke med didn’t work on that one. And I can only take 1 of those Zofran is a NO go for me. Phenagran is what I use, then only 2 in a day or I pay a big price. I don’t bounce back like others either.
That trip to Sevierville, TN for my brothers funeral triggered a major Meniere’s attack. Besides the pain for the degenerative back. Between the meds and the pain, I couldn’t even get my hearing aids in for the pain. I start the meds 30 miles before we get to Nashville and stay on them until we get back to that point, but they are not ideal small side effects I can live with, but necessary if I travel. I hate that loopy feeling.
Prilosec was like that, took 3 months before it shut my bowels down. Nexium is destroying my bones, with Gastropresis no way am I getting away with less than 20 mg and it will be a life time drug. GP is diet controlled at least. Drugs for it will kill you.
It’s not just the meds, it’s also who makes them. My water pill is made by 3 companies, only 1 works. And that is the 1 the Military pharmacy can’t control what I’ll get when ordered. So I use a private pharmacy we’d used 30 yrs, they actually order them special for me. Others use them as the other 2 are worthless to many, but mine are put up first.
It’s all a crap shoot for people like me and your husband.