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What the hell is wrong with our society that everyone is searching for a magic pill to fix their problems?! IT'S OUT OF CONTROL! Even regular physicians are able to prescribe psychoactive drugs. "Oh, you have a headache? Here, have a Valium." Well, not literally, but it's getting there. And now, the thought of using marijuana for medical purposes... good God! That is a RECREATIONAL drug! You wanna smoke it? Fine, light up and watch reruns of the Powerpuff Girls all night and laugh your **** off for no good reason. We have too many other medications available that do just as good a job as marijuana for pain relief.
Here's another thing about medications: side effects. I really hate these. Especially when the side effects are the same things you're trying to cure by taking the **** drug in the first place! That's like going to the doctor for a gunshot wound, him putting two more bullets in your leg and saying "Call back in the morning." Or "Non-drowsy" medications that list drowsiness as a side effect. That really pisses me off.
 
Side effects are ultimately inevitable...granted they don't effect everyone, but still, I agree.

As for Marijuana, there's a lot of research taking place about exactly how the canabanoid receptors in the nervous system work. I'm not too up to date on this, but there's a lot of investigation into it.

speaking of which, I'm off to walgreens to pick up a prescription :)
 
ski2bfree said:
Here's another thing about medications: side effects.
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My favorite side effect was the "uncontrollable bowel movements". I forgot which drug it was for, but I remembered that side effect because when I heard it on television, in that fast, low, announcer voice, I started laughing! Anyone remember it, or which drug it was from?
 
I always laugh at those drug commercials when the "fine print" takes longer than "selling" part of the commercial. For some of these drugs out there the side effects sound worse than the original condition.

One of my favorite side effects is the fact that when women take birthcontrol pills it can completely take away their libido as a side effect (not to mention make them 5 pounds heavier and "moody")...what's the use of being on birthcontrol if you don't want to have sex anymore?

Of course, the side effects don't occur in everyone...but the fact that it might always seemed a little silly to me.

I stay away from all percription and non-prescription drugs, unless I'm in an unbareable amount of pain (then I take advil). The bonus is that I've not built up an immunity to painkilers like my father has, so one advil will do the trick no problem for the rare times I use it.
 
GoingNova said:
My favorite side effect was the "uncontrollable bowel movements". I forgot which drug it was for, but I remembered that side effect because when I heard it on television, in that fast, low, announcer voice, I started laughing! Anyone remember it, or which drug it was from?
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FOUND IT!

What are the possible side effects of orlistat?

• Other, less serious side effects are more likely to occur. Continue to take orlistat and talk to your doctor if you experience
· oily spotting,
· gas with discharge,
· an urgent need to go to the bathroom,
· oily or fatty stools,
· an oily discharge,
· an increased number of bowel movements,
· an inability to control bowel movements, or
· orange or brown colored oil in your stool.

UM-MM! GET ME A PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS STUFF! I WANT AN INCREASED NUMBER OF BOWEL MOVEMENTS AND AN INABILITY TO CONTROL BOWEL MOVEMENTS! :laughing3:laughing1:laughing1:laughing9:laughing8:laughing7 And who can turn down the chance for OILY SPOTTING!

That's a real SELLING POINT huh? :eusa_danc

I have a better prescription to lose weight: EAT LESS! :eusa_clap But, the only side effect is you look better, feel better, and are more healthy. Sorry, NO OILY SPOTTING! :eusa_naug

:D
 
"... good God! That is a RECREATIONAL drug! You wanna smoke it? Fine, light up and watch reruns of the Powerpuff Girls all night and laugh your **** off for no good reason."

That was great, ski2bfree! I know what you're saying, though. All these drugs are being prescribed without benefit of one doctor checking with another to make sure what they've prescribed for the same patient doesn't conflict with something else. That's how so many "pill poppers" are born - they don't enough of what they want from one doctor, so they go to another and another, using different pharmacies each time. I think, too that a reason why our kids are so sick these days is the over-prescribing of antibiotics that MAY not have really been needed in the first place. You start the course of med therapy and after a couple of days you feel better, so you stop taking it. Within a week or two you're sick again and back at the doctor's, where he prescribes ANOTHER drug.
 
There were those chips with Olestra in them. A side effect of that is "Anal leakage." Not sure which is worse. I'm just waiting to see a side effect like "may cause artificial insemination." I think that would be hilarious.
I heard some funny statistic about the side effects of Viagra. Something about how they mention "If you have an erection for more than 5 hours, consult a doctor." but that side effect occurs only in extremely rare cases. So they're kinda using it as a advertising ploy.
 
"Oily spotting"??? That sounds about as disgusting as it gets. Who in HELL would risk that? Gas with discharge was good, too! Sounds like a little extra "bang for your buck"!! :Nudge: I have a friend who works in an Emergency Room who has told me stories of guys coming in for treatment of the ever-lasting hard on. I guess to some people that would (no play on words here...) sound like a dream, but I'm told it's very painful. She sees more and more of them. Whatever happened to the good old days, when people would come in to have Coke bottles removed from their orifices?
 
I've had the olestra chips, and I'm proud to say I've had no problems with them. Thank you very much!

As for the viagra/cialis/levitra--that thing about having an erection for a few hours straight is a true side effect. I'll spare the biochemical explanation.
 
Speaking of Prescriptions, just got in from Walgreens where I was picking up a Rx of my own.

I'm on a new insurance plan, so I'm not quite sure about the costs.

But my drug cost an arm and leg...so I ask about a generic--and it costs even more!
I always thought it worked the other way around, no?
 
Yea, I thought generic was supposed to be cheaper. Otherwise, what the hell's the point of having generic meds? Is it maybe that your insurance only covers name brands? I've had that happen before... something about the name brand being more reputable or some bullshit like that. It's all the same.
 
Insurance is getting more and more difficult. I just recently switched plans as well, and my understanding of it is that some meds covered on the old plan are not on the new. Not even generic. I wouldn't be surprised if the major pharmaceuticals are part owners of some of these companies, and won't allow generics. :eusa_naug
 
ski2bfree said:
There were those chips with Olestra in them. A side effect of that is "Anal leakage." Not sure which is worse. I'm just waiting to see a side effect like "may cause artificial insemination." I think that would be hilarious.
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Hmmm, no, I think I'll pass on the anal leakage, that's disguisting. :icon_puke
 
"Oily discharge" He he.

Drugs certainly have a purpose- I have to take a couple of rx's to basically save me from my medical conditions getting worse...

But annoys the hell out of me is when the doctor feels a need to give someone a script "just because" - many pts now expect it and doctors give in.

Also, doctors that give psych drugs that aren't trained in psych are really screwing people up (i.e. xanax, an addictive benzo, for depression?!!#$*%) I can't tell you how many people like this that I've come across through my profession.
 
I agree, Mosey - PCP's are allowed way too much freedom with a prescription pad. Wellbutrin, for example is being handed out like M&M's for everything from smoking cessation to weight loss, anxiety to depression. Scary.
 
But what people don't realize is that we can't talk with other Dr's or hosp.(ER's) about you. It's called the Hippa Law. We can't call another ER,Dr office,etc to ask them about what you are taking. We can get sued for that now. Here is my responce to everyone that comes into a ER. We are now giving people what they want because of all the Hippa crap. I think we should be allowed to call who ever we need to to find out what kind of med people have been prescribed. Some of the meds we give can have bad effects especially if you go from one ER to another. Bad news. Because to much of certain drug can cause liver failure,kidney, or even heart failure.
 
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