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

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

One book I would like to mention to all is
Worst pills/Best pills. by sydney M Wolfe.. Please get it.  I am a former 
nursing assistant and this is the best book I would recommend.  We should 
ask our doctors have you read this?  If not "Sorry".  It is far better than 
the PDR.
Joan
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>   1. Get Smart About Drug Safety (Karen Patterson)
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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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