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32 has been the year I've really started getting completely random aches and pains. Most notably, my wrists, a finger, but also shoulders and neck after sleeping. I've never experienced it before, pain always came after I poked something too hard or injured myself. Not out of the bloody nowhere... I feel like I'm dying.
I just randomly came across a video on YouTube that explains that one of my meds increases the risk of dementia and cognitive decline. I cannot believe I was prescribed this when there are alternatives without that issue. It's also stupid that it's still on the market. My cognition is bad enough already without this.
Sometimes doctors slip up and make bad choices. Prescribing can be tricky though, and the drug you're being prescribed might not necessarily be so bad overall. It's pretty common for drugs to have a set of trade offs where there are some negative side effects and risks as well as benefits, with those risks and benefits not necessarily being evenly distributed across all patients. If you get into the weeds, it could be that the dementia and cognitive decline risk is chiefly for the elderly but slim or non-existent for your age group.
It's also possible that you didn't really come across this video randomly, but rather that data that has been collected about you was used to feed you this video. There might be an unethical drug company that is bad mouthing this drug in order to persuade you to buy their drug.
So for example, I've tried doing searches on youtube for "causes of the opioid epidemic", and end up getting at least some videos that still push the (discredited) notion that it's only people with a history of drug abuse that are at risk for developing dependency, and which generally promote opioid prescription. The videos are never labeled as being produced by drug companies, but there is certainly reason to be suspicious.
Drug companies know that if patients go to their doctors and say "I want drug y", there is a good chance that doctors will prescribe it without defending other choices that might actually be better. I think it would be ok to ask your doctor about this, but it might be better to ask "what are the advantages and disadvantages of the drug I'm getting versus alternatives" rather than asking for a particular drug.
It's also possible that you didn't really come across this video randomly, but rather that data that has been collected about you was used to feed you this video. There might be an unethical drug company that is bad mouthing this drug in order to persuade you to buy their drug.
So for example, I've tried doing searches on youtube for "causes of the opioid epidemic", and end up getting at least some videos that still push the (discredited) notion that it's only people with a history of drug abuse that are at risk for developing dependency, and which generally promote opioid prescription. The videos are never labeled as being produced by drug companies, but there is certainly reason to be suspicious.
Drug companies know that if patients go to their doctors and say "I want drug y", there is a good chance that doctors will prescribe it without defending other choices that might actually be better. I think it would be ok to ask your doctor about this, but it might be better to ask "what are the advantages and disadvantages of the drug I'm getting versus alternatives" rather than asking for a particular drug.
That is too true about the right drug and dosage. I was one for all I have been affected which apparently did a number on my blood pressure after 5 days of it. It seemed to knock me completely senseless and weak(always have been senseless). Tested glucose, fine. Errored out multiple digital BP monitors. Had a dental cleaning and their digital errored so they used the old style squeeze the ball pump up and pressure was 90/40. Not good, no more of that medicine for me.
of course big pharmas are greedy corporation . it's a bad business move to cure a disease. take cancer for example, if they cured cancer over years they would lose billions of dolllars. compassionate thing is work harder to cure diseases, the financial decision of course would be no cure and a lot of repeat business.
mike....
mike....
of course big pharmas are greedy corporation . it's a bad business move to cure a disease. take cancer for example, if they cured cancer over years they would lose billions of dolllars. compassionate thing is work harder to cure diseases, the financial decision of course would be no cure and a lot of repeat business.
mike....
mike....
Just can’t seem to get a meeting with my PhD advisor. Some of it’s my fault because I’ve been delaying getting back to her since I’m so overwhelmed about my dissertation, and I was on vacation the one week she wanted to meet. But I did send her a date for the meeting eventually, but she never responded and now the date has passed.
