Comments on: OTC Drugs: Not necessarily harmless http://funny-about-money.com/2009/09/16/otc-drugs-not-necessarily-harmless/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: threadbndr http://funny-about-money.com/2009/09/16/otc-drugs-not-necessarily-harmless/comment-page-1/#comment-17051 threadbndr Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:45:54 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=8777#comment-17051 Good point, and sometimes STOPPING taking even an OTC med will give you re-bound symptoms. There are certain decongestiants and anti - mucous drugs that when they wear off cause my nose and throat to constrict in an asthma attack like way that is terrifying. (Can you tell that I'm fighting off a summer cold? ACHOOOO!!!) Good point, and sometimes STOPPING taking even an OTC med will give you re-bound symptoms. There are certain decongestiants and anti – mucous drugs that when they wear off cause my nose and throat to constrict in an asthma attack like way that is terrifying.

(Can you tell that I’m fighting off a summer cold? ACHOOOO!!!)

]]> By: funny http://funny-about-money.com/2009/09/16/otc-drugs-not-necessarily-harmless/comment-page-1/#comment-17039 funny Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:19:05 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=8777#comment-17039 @ Miss M: Good words and true. My point is that we should all stay aware that just because we bought a drug off a grocery-store or drugstore shelf doesn't mean it's absolutely, positively safe for everyone. We can't rely on busy doctors to think of cluing us to every possible reaction for any of the hundreds of possible pills and syrups we can buy. Every drug that works, even the caffeine in your soda or coffee, has side effects. It's a good idea to know what they are, so that we don't interpret them as symptoms of some new disease, which could lead to unnecessary worry and medical treatment. @ Miss M: Good words and true. My point is that we should all stay aware that just because we bought a drug off a grocery-store or drugstore shelf doesn’t mean it’s absolutely, positively safe for everyone. We can’t rely on busy doctors to think of cluing us to every possible reaction for any of the hundreds of possible pills and syrups we can buy. Every drug that works, even the caffeine in your soda or coffee, has side effects. It’s a good idea to know what they are, so that we don’t interpret them as symptoms of some new disease, which could lead to unnecessary worry and medical treatment.

]]> By: Miss M http://funny-about-money.com/2009/09/16/otc-drugs-not-necessarily-harmless/comment-page-1/#comment-16941 Miss M Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:54:32 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=8777#comment-16941 With any drug, different people will experience different reactions. It might be the best drug ever for one person and kill another! And of course no substance is completely safe 100% of the time. I take benedryl nightly so I can sleep, actually so I can breathe at night so I can sleep. I am allergic to dogs but I have three of them sharing my bed. I'm sure your doctor was only trying to help with the benedryl, any other sleep aid has the risk of dependency. You have to weigh the cost of insomnia against the risk of what you take to treat it and benedryl has FEWER side effects than other treatments. I once took a medicine that has a 10% chance of causing parkinsons like tremors, turns out I was in that 10% group. Never took it again! With any drug, different people will experience different reactions. It might be the best drug ever for one person and kill another! And of course no substance is completely safe 100% of the time. I take benedryl nightly so I can sleep, actually so I can breathe at night so I can sleep. I am allergic to dogs but I have three of them sharing my bed. I’m sure your doctor was only trying to help with the benedryl, any other sleep aid has the risk of dependency. You have to weigh the cost of insomnia against the risk of what you take to treat it and benedryl has FEWER side effects than other treatments. I once took a medicine that has a 10% chance of causing parkinsons like tremors, turns out I was in that 10% group. Never took it again!

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