Reply #21: What's a Patient to Think?? [View All]

[Magginkat]

I think it's a good argument to question everything your doctor prescribes for you, especially the known side effects. It is surprising how many times the doctors don't know squat about side effects.

About 4 yrs ago, my doctor prescribed Celebrex for my arthritis. About fives minutes after taking the first pill, I started having a strange fluttering sensation in my chest. The next day and the next pill it got worse. I pulled out the info sheet that the pharmacist had stuck in the bag and there it was. These pill may cause heart palpations (sp?) I called my doctor who had never heard that but he changed my prescription immediately. The Pharmaceutical company knew about the problem and still kept that crap on the market.

Next came Vioxx which didn't seem to help a whole lot but I took it until it was pulled from the market. On the advice of the Pharmacist I switched to Naproxen (Aleve) only to hear that they were just as bad.

Prior to this Baycol, a cholesterol medication that I was on was recalled.

Ok people, I am back to taking aspirin! Guess what? The swelling in my hands is less than one half of what it was with Vioxx. The Vioxx was about $3 per pill. The aspirin is about $3.00 for a large bottle that will probably last a couple months.