Re: Medication adverse side affects

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What is Compazine and Reglan used for?

Viv in Connecticut

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Viv -

You can look up any medication yourself very simply in the Physician's Desk

Reference online at

www.pdrhealth.com

It's written in everyday language for consumers, so you can understand it. It

will tell you what the med is used for, what the potential side-effects are,

what sizes the pills come in, when and how it should be taken (such as with food

or not), and what potential interactions exist with oher meds.

Knowledge is power, and knowing where to go to find information yourself is

really powerful knowledge. You should use sites like the pdrhealth.com site to

look up every single medicine your doctor prescribes in order to learn

everything you can about it. Too often our doctors and pharmacists don't bother

to tell us everything.

Note that the pdrhealth site also gives information on over-the-counter and

herbal drugs too. It's a great site.

Cheryl in AZ

Moderator

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Vivian B wrote:

> What is Compazine and Reglan used for?

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> Viv in Connecticut

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Viv:

Compazine is for nausea and vomiting and Reglan is for stomact motility and for

nausea.

Compazine is also used for the treatment of other disorders to include anxiety:

When used in the treatment of non-psychotic anxiety, Compazine should not be

administered at doses of more than 20 mg per day or for longer than 12 weeks,

because the use of Compazine at higher doses or for longer intervals may cause

persistent tardive dyskinesia that may prove irreversible (seeWARNINGS).

Reglan for gastrointestienal problems:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that manufacturers of

metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a

boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose

use. Chronic use of metoclopramide has been linked to tardive dyskinesia, which

may include involuntary and repetitive movements of the body, even after the

drugs are no longer taken.

Reglan and Compazine have been around for many, many years and this shows the

need to read the inserts.

April 2009 -Levaquin

The fluroquinolone antibiotic Levaquin, used to treat lung, sinus, skin, and

urinary tract infections caused by certain bacteria. FDA recently ordered the

makers of Levaquin to include a black box warning on the drug after reports of

severe Levaquin side effects related to painful tendon and ligament injuries.

The Levaquin side effects resulting in this black box warning include tendonitis

and tendon ruptures, both of which can be very painful and debilitating.

Patients may not realize they are experiencing such side effects until it is too

late.

If you are taking Levaquin you should discuss these possible side effects with

your doctor. If you have been taking Levaquin and have experienced pain in your

tendons, ligaments or joints, you should consult with your doctor immediately

about a possible link between the drug and your symptoms.

I am not telling anyone not to take their medication but as others have stated,

read your inserts, check your medications for interactions with what your are

already taking and you can check for the medication reacalls and warnings at

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm and they have a sign up and you

will be contacted when a warning is posted.

This site includes medical products and every the fda monitors. There were

recall of pain pumps last year and many people did not know it and I saw these

pumps till trying to be sold and be inserted on the medical company website.

You can't go wrong by checking your inserts, asking your pharmacist, and getting

with your doctor. This prevents you from being hurt from a medication

reaction. Bennie

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Thanks Cheryl i will use it right now to look up a new med the doc wants me to

take.

Cheryl wrote you can look up medication yourself at www,pdrhealth.co

Viv in Connecticut

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Viv in Connecticut,

I'm not sure what Reglan is used for but Compazine is used to treat nausea.

Make sure that you check with your doctor, if you haven't already, before taking

any drug. I was prescribed Compazine when I needed to withdraw from morphine

(due to chronic pain) and the compazine caused my throat to swell because it

turned out I was allergic to it. I needed to be hospitalized the swelling got so

bad. I don't want to scare you, just let you know that you should check the meds

out with your doctor before taking them. As mentioned earlier, there are also

many articles online about these drugs- just google the drug names.

Becky from New York

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