Drugs are funny stuff...

[DMNTD:Me]

The side effects of the illegal ones don't seem nearly as harsh..

Hence why I choose to utilise weed (very small amount) at night instead of the barrage of BS prescribed drugs they have me on at the for the last 25 years.

Morphine was the worst by far! Had Tinky Winky, Poe and definitely Mr LaLa going on with me. Those lads can party I must say

[scissorhands]

They want to medicate me for the bad monkeys inside my head

But I say, 'no no no'.

[ynot slow]

Have endured chemo,wasn't bad my side effects,as the dosage varies,but also I decided at the first session I wasn't taking any crap from it,firmly believe the brain is able to help if you want it to,me I'm pigheaded so it helped.

After having another shot with lung cancer 2 yrs ago I left Wellington hospital on pretty strong pain relief,the doc said side effects can kick in,but was lucky they weren't too bad,and only used them at night for 3days.

Worst side effect was when I got totally pissed one night whilst having my bum bag pushing chemo into bloodstream,had wicked hangover,not to mention chucking heaps,blamed it on the side effects of chemo that day.

[Virago]

...I was on Lipex (simvastatin) for a while and had the headaches, depression and chronic forgetfulness. Tried another but that gave me muscle pain and weakness...

Interesting. I started on Lipex, but got severe leg cramps. Was then put on Lipitor.

...Atorvastatin = Lipitor. Side effects are depression, forgetfulness verging on dementia levels, feeling of mental dysfunction, muscle cramps and pain, low libido, heart palpitations, headaches...

Hmmm, okay. Perhaps I'm not so side-effect free after all. I had put my mental dysfunction down to getting older... Conversation involving mental dexterity has suddenly become rather frustrating - which is not really a problem when you've got a wife and daughters to finish your sentences for you...

I'll be looking harder at my own regular meds - cheers.

[Kickaha]

Atorvastatin = Lipitor. Side effects are depression, forgetfulness verging on dementia levels, feeling of mental dysfunction

That explains quite a lot about Virago

[Virago]

That explains quite a lot about Virago

Fuck you too - whatever your name is...

[XxKiTtiExX]

vertago... that is so debilatating, suffered it for 20 odd years, at its worse it drops you to the floor holds ya like a magnet, midely its like being drunk and hungover at once. Nothing to do with medacation tho and theres been many a test done on me from MRA to sticking electrodes in the ear drum.

Doctor informed her it was to do with her inner ear (at first glance). When she refused to continue taking the blood pressure medication it stopped, two years later she hasn't experienced what she went through again. (It started when she began taking the medication, and stopped once she stopped taking it). So was put down to being medication related vertigo.

And yes very debilitating. She was ready to quit her job as a result of it.

[kiwifruit]

http://timmoore.co.nz/misleading.html

[marty]

Friend of mine is on Tramadol 4hrly - has been for 10 years. ACC wants to change her to Gabapentin (cheaper? more directed neuropathway pain relief?) We've done heaps of research, but does anyone have some real life experiences?

[Edbear]

Friend of mine is on Tramadol 4hrly - has been for 10 years. ACC wants to change her to Gabapentin (cheaper? more directed neuropathway pain relief?) We've done heaps of research, but does anyone have some real life experiences?

Only anecdotal, but most reports are negative with Gabapentin, not well liked but it would pay to see if anyone actually has experience with it. I find the Tramadol fine, I had the usual nausea and dizziness at first, but cut it down to one twice a day and the body gfot used to it and now I can take two at a time. I'm going to try to cut down again to one at a time, and see if I can manage.

It is addictive to an extent, not nearly as bad as DHC which is really, really, bad!

Having had to withdraw from DHC, I know how bad it can be and it really was hell to get off it!

I'm probably not a great person to ask about side effects as I've been on so many different drugs over the years, I don't think my body and mind really know what normal is these days...

[Oakie]

Mrs Oakie was on some sort of anti-depressant a while ago (not for depression but something else ... can't remember.) Instructions were not to use alcohol which was all good until one Saturday night she forgot. Side effect was splendid! She got as horny as hell and became quite the Amazon for a while. I just had to lie back and think of England. Can't remember the name of the pill but if she's ever on it again I'll be offering her a drink ... although I don't know if I could handle the excitement now.

[rainman]

http://timmoore.co.nz/misleading.html

tl;dw

Got a summary?

[kiwifruit]

tl;dw

Got a summary?

drugs are bad

[Usarka]

I'll swap some prescription dexamphetamine for some of your prescription ketamine, morphine, or oxy, or pethadine.

[Mom]

*snip* and most recently in hospital, Ketamine. This was an interesting drug, I halucinated on it consistently, and while in ICU in Auckland when my lungs decided to shut down after my accident where I broke my back.

Dang you were funny on that shit! I should not laugh, but you really were not in the reality Dont you ever, ever, EVER! Get that sick again!

I do tend to go to bed rather early and have some trouble with fatigue, I am having a real problem getting those extra 5kg off, I'm as absentminded as someone with Altzheimers and my poor wife is despairing at times how forgetful I can be.

Yeah, I read a little(a lot) bit, about the side effects of some of my life support regime and find similar issues, and like you will be making a real effort ot wean myself off the ones that I can. Altzheimers is nothing to worry about, I am convinced that I dont have it, Though I have been known to make mental notes on paper and forget to read them

My ankles swell with the fluid retention and I tend to sweat a lot at night, sometimes soaking my pillow.

You are menapausal is all Ed, dont stress...

I have an enlarged prostate..

Never had one of them so cant comment

Sex? It's going to take a lot more than a few pills to stop me...

Me either

I wear a medic alert braclet as a result of the last encounter I had with prescription medication that did not agree with me. I am one of those people that dont do drugs well, never have done. It takes me a long time to swallow a panadol for a headache as a result.

Mind you having said that the last 2 times I have been hospitalised was the result of allergic reactions to things. Oysters, then pills. Why the hell can I not be allergic to grass pollens instead?