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Re: LATIMES: Drug Reactions Send 700,000 People to ER a Year ...
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| I'm with you Coleah! I suspect most drug reaction issues reaching ERs
each year, are likely attributable to the misuse, or actual abuse of
drugs.
I have a friend who worked in various hospital ERs, who told me there
was an ever increasing number of individuals (usually teens and young
adults) that are coming in, who overdose on prescriptions, that weren't
prescribed for them in the first place. In other words, they were
using them "recreationally". . .
Also there is are folks who self-prescribe or self-medicate.
I have no doubt that many prescription drugs on the market, have
significant side effects, and adverse reactions associated with them.
One only need to read the news for incidence regarding them. There are
also drug allergies, that may not be known prior to the use of a
certain medication or drug.
But, as health care consummers, it comes down to whether we wish to use
medications which have some oversight to them, via studies (tainted or
not), and the FHA. . .or whether we do what some would ask us to do,
which is to purchase products from the alternative field, which have no
studies or oversight associated with them.
It gets even dicier if folks are using both prescription medications,
and alternative remedies together, without counseling or oversight.
Because alternatives and prescriptions can often interact very
negatively when taken together.
Personally, I wouldn't want to take a prescription drug that is new to
the market, unless I was in a dire situation, where it may offer
significant benefit, for which nothing else is available. I think
"real" drug trials begin, once a new generation drug has been
introduced to the market place. Probably to be on the safe side, I'd
ideally like to wait a minimum of 5 years on the market, before using
newer medications. The older tried and true generics, or older
generation drugs, have a track record.
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