“the FDA will approve the drug if it deems that its benefits outweigh its risks.” http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drug-side-effects-explained
^ WHO exactly decided what is worthy or not? Not me! I bet it is not a person suffering with a facial twitch that can be maddening, or the man that went up two breasts sizes... Do ANY of these people SUFFER from any of the side effects when they make these decisions? In my search to try to ‘get better’ over and over I read about Tardive Dyskinesia -more and more common in medications, if you think it is nothing to think about GUESS AGAIN! A twitch in my eye.. I can handle that - ‘IF” this medicine helps... We MUST stop and really weight the difference. I had someone recently tell me “well, I have to finish the prescription - I paid for them!” What kind of mind set is that? We are killing ourselves because we don’t take the time to educate ourselves on WHAT we put into our bodies.
Then I read this;
“Still, sometimes not everything is known about a drug’s side effects until after it enters the marketplace and more people start using it. That’s where MedWatch comes in. The FDA’s post-marketing surveillance program seeks voluntary input, mainly from health care professionals, on adverse effects they may be seeing in ''the real world.'' Sometimes these reports are numerous and/or serious enough for the FDA to take regulatory action, such as adding warnings to a drug’s label. One example of that involves the psoriasis drug Raptiva. The FDA required that the drug carry the agency's strongest warning, known as a black box warning, after it received reports of brain infections and meningitis in patients taking the drug.”
I have Psoriasis ;( It is another issue all on it’s own, in every crack, visible, ugly, I shed, uncomfortable.. worth a brain infection! OMGod NO! HOW many people found this out the hard way??? I’ll stick to coconut oil, meditation & CANNABIS thanks.
When I wake up from my twitch every morning (for the past 4 years) I lay there and think... why? What did it? Then I remind myself - everything happens for a reason - learn to live and deal. Some days easier than others. I am still exhausted and tired of being exhausted - lol Surgery 10 months and I guess I have recovered as good as I am going to. So what have I learned? READ the FUCKING labels! IS IT WORTH IT!? ASK yourself. Seriously. Even after you do that ask yourself, I wonder if they really know what will happen long term?
What should you do? EAT healthy!!!! Natural medicine and organic when ever possible. That or don’t. But don’t say you did not know, because NOW you do. YOUR future is in your choices.
xox <:><
^ WHO exactly decided what is worthy or not? Not me! I bet it is not a person suffering with a facial twitch that can be maddening, or the man that went up two breasts sizes... Do ANY of these people SUFFER from any of the side effects when they make these decisions? In my search to try to ‘get better’ over and over I read about Tardive Dyskinesia -more and more common in medications, if you think it is nothing to think about GUESS AGAIN! A twitch in my eye.. I can handle that - ‘IF” this medicine helps... We MUST stop and really weight the difference. I had someone recently tell me “well, I have to finish the prescription - I paid for them!” What kind of mind set is that? We are killing ourselves because we don’t take the time to educate ourselves on WHAT we put into our bodies.
Then I read this;
“Still, sometimes not everything is known about a drug’s side effects until after it enters the marketplace and more people start using it. That’s where MedWatch comes in. The FDA’s post-marketing surveillance program seeks voluntary input, mainly from health care professionals, on adverse effects they may be seeing in ''the real world.'' Sometimes these reports are numerous and/or serious enough for the FDA to take regulatory action, such as adding warnings to a drug’s label. One example of that involves the psoriasis drug Raptiva. The FDA required that the drug carry the agency's strongest warning, known as a black box warning, after it received reports of brain infections and meningitis in patients taking the drug.”
I have Psoriasis ;( It is another issue all on it’s own, in every crack, visible, ugly, I shed, uncomfortable.. worth a brain infection! OMGod NO! HOW many people found this out the hard way??? I’ll stick to coconut oil, meditation & CANNABIS thanks.
When I wake up from my twitch every morning (for the past 4 years) I lay there and think... why? What did it? Then I remind myself - everything happens for a reason - learn to live and deal. Some days easier than others. I am still exhausted and tired of being exhausted - lol Surgery 10 months and I guess I have recovered as good as I am going to. So what have I learned? READ the FUCKING labels! IS IT WORTH IT!? ASK yourself. Seriously. Even after you do that ask yourself, I wonder if they really know what will happen long term?
What should you do? EAT healthy!!!! Natural medicine and organic when ever possible. That or don’t. But don’t say you did not know, because NOW you do. YOUR future is in your choices.
xox <:><
Thank you to my good friend Mike for sharing this medication side effect with me. ❤
