Guest guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hmmm I am concerned about bias in a such a magazine. I prefer the Cochrane colloboration or other such meta-analyses than a bunch of opinions.... This coming from the girl on a bunch of those meds!!! C ----- Original Message ---- From: uca79iii <uca79iii@...> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:48:46 AM Subject: [ ] This shocked me http://health. msn.com/health- topics/articlepa ge.aspx?cp- documentid= 100205363 & GT1=31036 __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 This is a very scary article as it misses several reasons a drug might be prescribed! People need to talk to their doctors and do a risk management analysis. Drugs are not without dangers, but there are many times the benefit is worth the risk, especially when there really is no alternative. The alternatives offered for many of the drugs were more dangerous to me or my family member who are on the drugs. For example, I have a child on Nexium that didn't know what heartburn was and couldn't/didn't voice it, but had erosions in his esophagus and stomach due to excess acid production. Zantac or other OTC acid reducers did not touch it and he would have been at much higher risk of esophageal cancer without the Nexium. Now we are looking into possible surgery to get him off the Nexium. But for the general population, the surgery is an extreme. For myself and possibly my son, it is a necessary step. Interesting that they did not mention the pneumonia vaccine to help prevent pneumonia, but did push the flu vaccine. The flu vaccine would possibly kill me due to my severe egg allergy while the pneumonia vaccine has helped me so much. I used to struggle with illness triggered asthma 2-4 months out of the year, and then 8-10 months have allergic asthma issues. Thanks to both the pneumonia vaccine and Xolair I have so much better asthma control. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Shocks you as not surprised? Expect for Avandia and Advair, most of that stuff is either pulled off the market, or I would find it odd that a doctor would even prescribe the stuff. Who even takes Serevent for asthma anymore? I hate taking combination drugs like Advair. I get enough weirdo reactions from medications that it's hell trying to figure out which part of the drug is causing the problem. Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I asked my doctor about the risks of Salmeterol and he said he felt the FDA was too harsh with the Black Box warning. & nbsp; He said it's not high risk when it's used properly. & nbsp; Some patients were using this as their rescue medication, which is very dangerous. From: uca79iii & lt;uca79iii@... & gt; Subject: [ ] This shocked me Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6:48 AM http://health. msn.com/health- topics/articlepa ge.aspx?cp- documentid= 100205363 & amp; GT1=31036 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Yet again reason enough why a medicine regimen should be personalized according to each person's medical condition. I have found advair to be helpful as a part of my asthma treatment plan and am willing to take it in spite of the risk as it has helped me. I am also using a combination drug for my eyes--for glaucoma because one of the drugs is at high risk for asthmatics. The next drug did not control the pressure, so I was put on a combo drug and it has helped tremendously. So what may be a useful drug for me may not be the right drug for others. I appreciate the warnings for some of the drugs, but I do not take lightly the possible side effects of any drug I take. Nexium has kept me from having a raw esophagus as acid reflux is one of my problems. I like what Addy always warns: consult your doctor before quitting or taking any prescribed medicines. That is good advice in light of this article. Talking to one's doctor about such things as side effects versus benefits is a must. Adah --- On Tue, 6/17/08, Seychelles Fruit Bat <pteropus.seychellensis@...> wrote: From: Seychelles Fruit Bat <pteropus.seychellensis@...> Subject: Re: [ ] This shocked me Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 12:36 PM Shocks you as not surprised? Expect for Avandia and Advair, most of that stuff is either pulled off the market, or I would find it odd that a doctor would even prescribe the stuff. Who even takes Serevent for asthma anymore? I hate taking combination drugs like Advair. I get enough weirdo reactions from medications that it's hell trying to figure out which part of the drug is causing the problem. Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 That's what I now remember my doctor saying, too. And if one reads the warning on the box, that's exactly the warning: Not to be used as a rescue inhaler. Thanks for the reminder. From: uca79iii & lt;uca79iiigmail (DOT) com & gt; Subject: [ ] This shocked me Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6:48 AM http://health. msn.com/health- topics/articlepa ge.aspx?cp- documentid= 100205363 & amp; GT1=31036 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Oh, pooh. I hate these articles. Let's take the study that says that taking celebrex increases your chances of cardiovascular disease. Think about it. From what I've been told, most folks take celebrex for pain associated with physical injury, chronic or otherwise. Hmm. I bet folks with pain don't exercise a lot. Hmm. See, already they're at risk for heart disease cause they're not exercising. And, maybe if they're in pain, they're depressed, so they're eating more. OK, so, no exercise, depression and increased food intake probably means weight gain, so now these folks taking celebrex have 4 OTHER reasons for getting cardiovascular disease. Let's also take the example of PPA, I can't even remember how to spell what it really is, a marvelous decongestent that is safe for people with high blood pressure but was taken off the market by the FDA because it was found to cause strokes. I talked to 3 ENTs who said the studies were faulty and that it was causing strokes in women who were eating the the stuff like candy in their diet pills. All three of these doctors said it would be their preferred decongestent for their patients with chronic sinus issues if it were still available. So, like Adah said, talk to your own doctor who knows YOUR medical history and YOUR risk factors. Yeah, for my mom who's got mitral valve prolapse, salmeterol probably wouldn't be a drug of choice, but it's reasonably safe for those of us who know how to take it properly. This is me putting my sarcasm and soap box away, Addy Group co-owner who LOVES her Advair b/c it helps her stay off pred! > From: uca79iii uca79iiigmail (DOT) com & gt; > Subject: [ ] This shocked me > > Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6:48 AM > > http://health. msn.com/health- topics/articlepa ge.aspx?cp- documentid= 100205363 & amp; GT1=31036 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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