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| 2010-08-19 15:16 |
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Hm, man I sometimes wonder why people don't read the fine print with medication.
Birth control (the pill verity) has shown some pretty amazing side effects. Here are some examples of people I know personally's side effects: strokes, brain cancer, severe respiratory problems (i.e. not being able to walk up a flight of stairs because its as winding as running a mile), extreme hormonal instability (i.e. getting all of the hormonal crap from a particularly bad period but for everyday, all day, with/without the bleeding), and new allergies.
Vaccines have some pretty interesting side effects too. Cancer, serious immune system damage, new allergies, getting the illness it was supposed to prevent, poisoning, and allergic reactions. And no, Autism is not a side effect but having it does heighten your chances of having one of the more severe side effects.
My point: be a weary consumer. Just because it's all the rage does not mean its the right thing for you.
(My inspiration to post this was an interesting conversation I had had with a friend of mine who's mother suffered some of these side effects.)
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![[info]](https://www.scribbld.com/img/userinfo.gif) kiokushitaka |
| 2010-08-20 00:12 (UTC) |
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Doctors who do that piss me off so much. Especially when they prescribe them for a viral infection, just to shut up the bitch who thinks she knows everything because she checked her symptoms on medline or something.
My dad has to deal with this a lot, and I often hear horror stories of patient parents (he's a pediatrician) complaining that he's not helping them because they think they know what will cure their kid and not the man who went to freaking med school... /rant
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 00:17 (UTC) |
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You know, they're supposed to prescribe you a placebo pill for that. Not actually antibiotics.
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| kiokushitaka |
| 2010-08-20 00:20 (UTC) |
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Supposed. But really, some doctors don't care, they're only in it for the money. And it sucks 'cause my dad is in it because he wants to help people.
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 00:28 (UTC) |
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Yeah, it's sad.
I got nearly killed by a doctor once who thought my mom was just 'over reacting' to my asthma attack. Good thing my dad came home early from work and told the man my obscene heart rate and was such an engineer about it the doctor couldn't argue.
It's sickening when the doctor says 'go to _____ hospital and don't wreck' three hours later than he should have been. Seriously, the ER asthma crew there told my dad it had been cut insanely close and he was lucky I was a hardy girl or I would have been dead.
Though my lack of panicking surprised them too.
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| alazif |
| 2010-08-20 03:40 (UTC) |
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I've actually been told that it's illegal. My mom ran into that, when she was a nurse's aide.
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 03:55 (UTC) |
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Well prescribing the wrong meds is malpractice, both are bad.
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| alazif |
| 2010-08-20 03:44 (UTC) |
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It's not just the doctors' fault-- it's also the idiots who can't seem to understand what antibiotics are for, the difference between a virus and a bacteria and the guy with the medical degree probably does, in fact, know what he's doing.
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Oh, I know but there's some doctors I've heard of that do it just to keep their patients happy 'cause they don't care. Or that they prescribe antibiotics really easily and are inadvertently helping bacteria grow more and more immune to them.
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| alazif |
| 2010-08-20 03:55 (UTC) |
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Some, I think, don't care. Others probably are trying to avoid getting bitched at or the possiblity of malpractice suits, without thinking of the "superbug" consequences.
What really makes me flail about antibiotics is how they're not used as directed. Far too many people stop taking them when they start to feel better, no mater how much it's harped on in the news and in the doctor's office.
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| kiokushitaka |
| 2010-08-20 03:57 (UTC) |
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Ugh, that annoys me so much. It's like BRO. DIRECTIONS. THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON.
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 03:59 (UTC) |
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Dude, I've seen biomedical engineers sue doctors for not following the directions on their boxes. The cases are quite funny and always result in the doctor losing.
Engineer: I PUT IT THERE FOR A REASON, MORON!!
Doctor: Uh....
Engineer: READ INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USE! SUPER COMMON SENSE!
Doctor: Oops....
Engineer: YOU BETTER BE SORRY BUSTER!!!
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| alazif |
| 2010-08-20 04:05 (UTC) |
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Hee hee. I find that freaking awesome (not to look down on our doctors, who more often than not, deserve more respect than they get). One thing I find, though, common sense isn't all that common. o.O;
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 04:08 (UTC) |
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I do respect my doctor, I just don't respect that their first instinct is to stick drugs in me.
Though actually my doctors in Corvallis try actively to not give drugs to patients unless necessary. I had a viral cough, they figured out it was one, and you know what they gave me? They told me to drink a bit of alcohol before bed to numb and calm my throat so I could try to fall asleep better.
Since we all know that alcohol is the active ingredient in cough syrup. They specifically told me to use red wine if I could stand it because of the anti-oxidants it has.
Go figure.
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| alazif |
| 2010-08-20 10:30 (UTC) |
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It's not too different than my grandfather's suggestion of a hot toddy and bed as a cold remedy. :3
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| bar_ohki |
| 2010-08-20 15:02 (UTC) |
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Nope, or my mom's homemade cough syrup. But you see I was technically only 20 at the time, so she did write me up a permission form to buy a small bottle of red wine for medical purposes.
That was actually horrendously funny thing to take up to the pharmacy counter. A small bottle of red wine and my prescription. XD
Thankfully the pharmacist totally understood what was going on.
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