Re: Claritin and a new question

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I absolutely agree. All meds affect all people differently..don't

get me wrong. I was just passing on what the allergist said. It did

nothing for my daughter. There is a lot about meds that drug

companies try to pull over on people. Newly marketed drugs scare the

crap out of me. Everyone knows about these ones that have been

recalled, but I think a lot of the time people are their testing

guinea pigs for a few years after they're approved by FDA. Gimme the

old tried and trues anyday over the new ones.

About the depression. I don't feel depressed. I get upset at my

disease but I don't consider that actual clinical depression. As far

as sleep, I get my best sleep during the day. If I don't get a nap,

then I just don't function and I MUST have my energy to get stuff

done. You can always tell if I'm rested if my house is clean

NEW QUESTION: I know how my joints and bones ache...but does anyone

else always feel 'tight' all the time? I stretch and stretch, pop my

joints, it always feels tight.

> >Just a little remark about claritin...my daughter goes to a

> >specialist in allergies and he told me claritin is about as

worthless

> >as sugar pills. I'm sure claritin d has decongestant in it, but

same

> >claritin med.

>

> Unfortunately a lot of doctors say that about various medications,

and it

> isn't always true. Claritin sure didn't do a thing for me, except

make me

> feel a lot more miserable than I was before I took it (!), but it

does seem

> to work well for some folks. It's one of those " one man's meat,

another

> man's poison " situations, I think. But then I can take two Tylenol

3 tabs

> and work 8 hours, and my mom can fall asleep after one extra-

strength

> Tylenol.

>

> After a lot of doctors in my life -- working with 'em and

seeing 'em --

> I've kind of come to the conclusion that they, like just about

anyone else,

> develop their own favorite treatments. A doctor may have a patient

with a

> bad reaction, and somehow label a drug as poor or ineffective in

his/her

> head. It doesn't mean the drug IS good or bad, necessarily, but

simply

> that doctors probably lean toward the drugs with which they

personally have

> seen the best results, and it sounds like your daughter's allergist

hasn't

> had good results with Claritin. I've kinda learned to do two

> things. First, consult my pharmacist. I see the same one for all

my

> prescriptions, and she's marvelous about pointing out interactions

or just

> giving me the poop on a new med. Second, I learn a lot about my

> medications, because I do have allergic reactions to some types of

> meds. This last doc wanted to put me on Biaxin. I said, Hell no!

But

> that's experience speaking -- like I learned from the Claritin

Experience

> not to take it or related meds again.

>

> Best,

> Em

>

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> " Even in nice Mr. son's stories, each boy's life only catches

> your deepest interest when a pirate is about to slit that sweet

child's

> throat. What makes a story good ain't what makes a person good. "

> (Allan Gurganus)

>

> " Cut a good story anywhere, and it will bleed. "

> (Anton Chekhov)

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