Posted on 06/17/2017 6:27:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If you don’t already, it would be a good idea to wear a medical alert bracelet (in the event that you had an accident and was being treated while unconscious).
Thanks for posting. I had a reaction as a child, will discuss it with my doctor when I see her next week.
Mine too, they are trained in drugs, while your doc has very little useful knowledge of drugs more what the sales rep tells them than real knowledge. I have a reaction list a full sheet long of their supposed ‘safe’ drugs. They don’t even know when the FDA has FLAGGED a drug, they just keep on prescribing them with NO warnings to patient. FDA even puts them OTC....Nexium is a short term drug, not a life time one. Barret’s Esophagus and Brittle Bones (OP) are common side effects of long term use...you are NOT TOLD THAT.
OP drugs are a big NO for heart patients, they ALL are FLAGGED for A-FIB plus other bad stuff.
My pharmacist was the first to tell me that the generic hypothyroid med was 30% less hormone than the name Brand Synthyroid, and all generics do NOT have to be at the same strength as Name Brand. Same goes for the diabetic test meters.
This appears to be the study that the article references. Maybe you should print it out and take it to the doc:
http://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(17)30339-3/fulltext
I’ve never had any reaction to antibiotics, except that one time with swelling after penicillin.
It always amuses me when you’re given a drug that instructs “Don’t take this if you are allergic to it.” How the heck do you know, until you take it once?
It was my pharmacist who realized that the terrible weakness that developed in my legs a few years ago was a result of anti-cholesterol medication - he said that muscle weakness was one of the major side-effects. I took that info to my GP, and he took me off off the drug.
Every now and then he expresses concern that I’m no longer on it, but apparently I’m not bad-off enough for him to insist.
I ended up in the hospital fpr three days after taking Cefzyl.
That’s awful. I guess I’ve been really lucky. I don’t like prescription pain meds because they make my brain fuzzy, but otherwise - except for the penicillin - I’ve never had an issue.
I’ve only taken a few antibiotics, though, and they tend to use the same ones for the same type of things. One that I’ve taken twice indicates possible “tendon tears” as a side-effect, which I thought was weird...
Thanks, I’ll do that.
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