Sunday, May 2, 2010

Medications

The other day I saw a commercial on television about an acne medicine that has been causing all of these negative side effects.  You should look into Accutane Lawsuits if you used Accutane and developed any of the following conditions: 

"pain in the back and joints, suicidal tendencies and depression, miscarriages and birth defects, alopecia, weakened skin, dry mucous membranes, aggressive behavior, stroke, heart attack, vision problems, including pink eye and excessive dryness, allergic vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, erectile dysfunction, bone loss, anaphylaxis, seizures, lowered white blood cell count, psychosis, ringing in the ear and liver damage".

This is one of the main reasons I hate taking or using any kinds of drugs, even over the counter ones.  Medicines are being prescribed to patients before anyone knows what the long term side effects are.  This makes me nervous. 

A few years ago, Ryan was diagnosed with ADHD.  I was hesitant to put him on Ritalin, so we tried a new drug that had just come out.  I don't remember the name of it.  Of course, during the three months that he took it he developed side effects, so we took him off of it.

Since then, I make sure I know all about the medicines we take.  And you should too.

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