[Wellness] Re: Wellness Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1

["Ed Conn" <elefon@pioneer.net>]

Today I went and had my 2nd infusion of Zometa.. Hopefully it will be better 
for me.  Was on Flexeril for joint pain and noticed some yellow coloring.. 
Does anyone else have this problem?  The nurse who did my infusion was and 
is now again on aromosin.. A lot of pain not in her shoulders but her legs 
and fingers.. She went off it for a month and now is trying it again.  There 
in our paper yesterday was an article on lung cancer in women.  They are 
saying the diagnostic tools ie cat scans  Mri  are NOT working.  We need to 
do something about this.. Will keep in touch .  I am going to see the 
oncologist here in our town on Fri and see about the shot that you get once 
a month.  Aromosin is twice as bad for me as was Famara.  What next?
Joan in Oregon
We really do need to help one another with what we learn from our doctors 
and from the side effects of the medicines they are putting us on..
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> From: "Karen Patterson" <Patterson@womens-wellness.com>
> Subject: [Wellness] Get Smart About Drug Safety
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> In the May 2005 Issue of Ladies Home Journal a very timely article 
> addressed
> the validly rising concerns over prescription drugs and the drug companies
> who make them.  How do you know when a drug is necessary and safe?  The
> article centered on the new problems with cox 2 inhibitos such as Vioxx. 
> I
> will summarize what I feel to be the best information from the article
> concerning todays medical consumers taking responsibility for education
> themselves about any medications they are prescribed.  Pay very close
> attention to your body and take steps to be safe.  We all know medications
> work differently in people and we need to ourselves and our families best.
>
> * Get educated:  When prescribed a drug find out everything you can about
> it including its generic name, what it does and its possible side effects.
> Carefull read the package insert paying very close attention to side
> effects. Don't discount the Rare event----it could be you.
>
> *Start Low, Go Slow:  Ask if you are being prescribed the lowest dosage 
> and
> why or why not. As you progress you can watch for side effects and 
> increase
> dosage safely when necessary.
>
> *Be Forthcoming:  keep a list of ALL medications including over the
> counter, dietary, herbal, alchohol,etc
>
> *Rethink your medicine cabinet:  As you age and your body metabolizes
> medication differently, you may need to alter your dosage or switch drugs.
>
> *Coordinate your care:  If yu see a specialist show wants to prescribe a
> new medicine check with your primary doctor first and also stick with one
> pharmacist and have him track over your precriptions and alery you to
> interactions
>
> *Be Literal:  Follow instructions precisely.  Never borrow someone else's
> meds and always check expiration dates faithfully.
>
> DRUG REACTIONS NEVER TO IGNORE:
>
> MOST COMMON: SKIN RASHES OR HIVES, BRUISING OR BLEEDING EASILY,
> SEVERENAUSEA OR VOMITING, DIARRHEA OR CONSTIPATION, CONFUSION, DISSINESS 
> OR
> HEADACHES, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, INSOMNIA, TREMORS OR ANXIETY, FATIGUE OR
> LISTLESSNESS
>
> LESS COMMON: DEPRESSION, MEMORY LOSS, HALLUCINATIONS, DELIRIUM, TICS AND
> SEIZURES, HEART PALPITATIONS, ARRHYTHNIAS, CARDIAC ARREST
>
>
> Resources to protect yourself:
>
>  www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html  drug bible used by doctors
>
> www.fda.gov/medwatch  check the latest drug warnings
>
> www.torsades.org   list medications known to cause heart arrhythmias and
> other gender specific adverse interactions
>
> www.worstpills.org  comprehensive informationon more than 600 prescription
> drugs and lists 182 the group says are unsafe
>
> My best,
> Karen Patterson, Founder of Womens-Wellness.com and a breast cancer 
> survivor
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