Wednesday 22 July 2009

There are no side effects only effects!




When it comes to pharmaceutical drugs they all come with "side effects" which are just effects of the drugs sold that really hold no health benefits.




These drugs come with a leaflet that will contain many bad "effects" listed all pharmaceutical drugs come with these bad "effects",




Have you ever really throughly read through these leaflets? Most of them contain in the side effects section an effect that is what you are being treated for well why if that is the problem in the first place are you being something that may make it worse?




Some of these effects can be so dangerous that it states to seek medical help immediatly should you experiance such problems.






  • Some of the "effects" of sleeping tablets can be:


  • insomnia


  • drowsiness the next day


  • dizziness and forgetfulness


  • clumsiness, feeling off balance


  • constipation and urinary retention


  • blurred vision


  • dry mouth and throat




  • Common problems with sleeping tablets:




  • Drug tolerance. You may have to take more and more of the sleep aid for it to work, which can lead to more side effects.


  • Drug dependence. You may come to rely on the medication to sleep, and will be unable to sleep or have even worse sleep without it.


  • Withdrawal symptoms. If you stop the medication abruptly, you may have withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating and shaking


  • Side effects. There are several side effects to sleep medications, such as drowsiness the next day, confusion, forgetfulness and dry mouth.


  • These side effects can be severe.


  • Drug interactions. If you are taking other medications, sleeping medications can interact with them. This can worsen side effects and be dangerous with medications like prescription painkillers and other sedatives.


  • Rebound insomnia. If you need to stop the medication, sometimes the insomnia can become even worse than before.




  • Masking an underlying problem. There may be an underlying medical or mental disorder, or even a sleep disorder, that if treated would provide more relief from insomnia.


Also while on sleeping tablets it is possible to end up zombie like and unresponsive coming accross as if you are not all there!





Bad "effects" of anti depressants:







  • Dry mouth




  • Urinary retention




  • Blurred vision




  • Constipation




  • Sedation (can interfere with driving or operating machinery)




  • Sleep disruption




  • Weight gain




  • Headache




  • Nausea




  • Gastrointestinal disturbance/diarrhea




  • Abdominal pain




  • Inability to achieve an erection




  • Inability to achieve an orgasm (men and women)




  • Loss of libido




  • Agitation




  • Anxiety




  • depression




  • stress




  • and suicidal thoughts


They also are very addictive and difficult to come off and have to slowly be cut down over a course of a few weeks or even months.





Given that these side effects are often so severe as to make the patient even more ill why are they handed out so readily? Many people benefit from herbal remedies to cope with a wide range of illnesses. With depression or sleep disorders it is common for one illness to lead to the other.



Pharmaceutical drugs "never" cure the illness they merely mask the symptons leaving the patient walking around in a zombie like state, SO is it worth risking all these side effects to get no results and only hide the symptons from the world?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for link sortend. Also have you tried natural health food stores? Some of the best natural remedis i know of though are, homeopathy and bach flower remedies. With homeopathy in particular, tends to have a very wide range of remedies which cover pretty much most things. I would strongly recommend it.

    http://www.elixirs.com/products.cfm?productcode=S67

    The link above is a site which shows what each homeopathy remedie is for, the only draw back is that you have to type each one in as you go, but the above one covers restless sleep. I hope the link is helpful though!

    Thanks for reading,
    Tinypuss!

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