Is There Any Known Medicine Without Side Effects?
Todays Health Article
June 1st, 2011
Today this question is presented to all whom have experienced the use of any medication and it’s “Side Affects”. Why would those ill or annoying effects somehow become branded with the name “Side Effects” that seem to come along with any medicine ever made for human consumption! Seems that no longer can we be relieved or cured from what is ailling us, without the multiple pages of ”What If”s”, if we choose to take any medicine prescribed or otherwise. The label space occupied on any medical container, used for our benefits or it;s purpose, and or directions, is so little compared to the disclosure of all the Side Effects that seem to follow every medicine ever created.
More about Side Effects
A side effect is mostly regarded as an undesirable secondary effect which may occur in addition to the desired therapeutic effect of a drug or medication. Now there is no knowing if such a Side effects may actually occur to you… as they vary for each individual depending on the person’s health or medical state, age, weight, gender, and your ethnicity.
Side effects can occur…
- Either when commencing, decreasing/increasing dosages, or ending a drug or medication regimen.
- Side effects may also lead to non-compliance with prescribed treatment.
- SEVERE side effects of a drug or medication are experienced, the dosage may be adjusted or a second medication may be prescribed.
- Lifestyle or dietary changes may also help to minimize side effects.
Lists of the Side Effects for Prescription Medications
These cautions about side effects were designed to inform doctors and consumers of potential hazards. Perhaps this increase may have more to do with worries about litigation rather than actual health concerns, states the study authors, who argues the information could be presented much more efficiently.
“Having a high number of side effects on a drug’s label should not suggest that the drug is unsafe. In fact, much of this labeling has less to do with true toxicity than with protecting manufacturers from potential lawsuits,” the study’s lead author Dr. Jon Duke, Regenstrief Institute investigator and assistant professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, said in a university news release.
This analysis of more than 5,600 drug labels and more than 500,000 side effects found that prescription drug labels include an average of 70 different potential adverse reactions — a number that jumps to 100 side effects for some commonly prescribed drugs.
Get this… Some drugs fall in the upper range, listing up to 525 reactions.
For the study, published in the May 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers compiled a list of the types of prescriptions drugs that were most likely to have a high number of labeled side effects. These drugs included antidepressants, antiviral medications, and newer treatments for restless legs syndrome and Parkinson’s disease.
Despite the overwhelming amount of information found in current drug labeling, Duke argued that the data could be useful if presented properly.
Those Seeking the Answer…
Since I found NO Medicine that is not capable of side effects, since most contain many chemicals and ingredients, what may be good for one or many may not be good for you or others like you. Some have sought out the path of natural remedies using herbal medicine. This may have none of the chemical fillers used in medicines, but it is not without its Side Effects as well. You have to be reminded that several illegal plants used to be used for medical purpose and still are in some states for cancer patients.
The Solution
Anytime you are under medication or changes take place, you know your body best of all. If you start to experience reactions, hives, allergic reactions, shortage of breath, headaches, nausea, fevers, pains, all of these may be Side Effects you are experiencing. CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR 911 FOR HELP. Although they may be not more than changing the prescription or the dosage… An Allergic reaction can sometimes be fatal.
Todays Health Comments
Today with so many medications it is often difficult to know what is good for you and what is not. Many believe that old saying “Why we are the patients being practised upon… because it is close to the truth! Those prescribing the medications have no idea what our body is going to react until we have taken the medicine…perhaps no Side Effects or we could be severely effected by one dosage. This was the exact truth from my personal health. It had life long effects to this day. This is now the risks we incur by the medicines we may take. Now that not to instill fear from taking medications but an awareness if Side Effects do occur to take them seriously and consult with those who prescribed the medication. If in doubt about over the counter medicines talk with your local Pharmacist or call your doctor. Many medications can not be taken together, as well some foods, such as grapefruit can have adverse effect on your health while taking some medications.
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