If you were doing fine and your Dr. gave you some pills to take that actually made you worse, would you keep taking them?

[FunkyMonkee]

Someone I know was given blood thinners which the Dr. said would keep them from having a stroke or heart attack but, when they DON'T take them, they feel perfectly fine!! However, when they DO take them, they get chest pains that make them wonder if a heart attack is coming on! Would YOU continue taking them?
They noticed that these pains were coming after they started taking these pills so, they decided to stop taking them for a week or so to see if the pain would go away, and it did! The next time they saw the Dr., they were told it's to keep them from having a heart attack or stroke!! So, they started taking them again, this time, half as often as "needed" and the pains started coming back!

[Anonymous]

Of course not. I would seek a second, a third, a fourth, and an ad nauseam opinion until one of these charlatans (doctors) respected the fact that their cure is worse than the disease. Over the past two years, my regard for doctors has absolutely gone down the shitter.

[douride2]

If the pills are causing problems go back to the doctor again. I was having reactions to some meds the doc cut them back twice then changed to something different. In the nd I'm not on any of those because of reactions were worse then what she was then the problem.

[FunkyMonkee]

After the Dr. said to keep taking them, they only took half as much and were still getting the pains. This time, instead of just one tiny spot, it was across the entire area at the top of the chest from shoulder to shoulder.

[douride2]

Maybe try a different doctor.

[FunkyMonkee]

That just might happen!!

[douride2]

Years ago after my motorcycle accident I had a doc that would give out pills like they were candy. I eventually had to wean myself of painkillers.

[FunkyMonkee]

Oh, yeah!! They LOVE giving out pills, except the ones you actually need when you need them!! I just wanted some water pills to get rid of swelling in my legs and had to wait several weeks for an appointment to get a full check-up before getting another scrip for them, which I'd been taking for most of the past 5 or 10 years. In the meantime, the swelling I'd already gotten rid of came back!!
A LOT of doctors don't know what the hell they're doing and they think all you need are pills. Then those pills cause another issue and you need more pills to fix that, then those cause more issues, and it never ends!! You're taking 20 pills a day for the rest of your life, your health is complete shit and the doctors and pharmacies are a lot richer!!

[FunkyMonkee]

My grandmother was the same way! Her Dr. had her on LOTS of pills and, eventually, her daughter got wind of it and noticed how bad all this shit was for her and eventually weened her off of most, if not all of them, and grandma was doing SO MUCH better after that!! A few years later, I ended up having to see the same guy, I swear to Buddha he looked EXACTLY like Fred Flintstone with grey hair and glasses!! He set me up with some pills that I'm told were the ones he got grandma started on and, after only taking maybe 3 of them, I stopped taking them!! They made me feel much worse than I already did!

[douride2]

Thanks for a MHO.

[RobT312]

Huh.
well I don’t take drugs unless I need them.
if I were your friend I’d explain the occurrence to the doctor, or go get a second opinion.
the dr. Is correct, blood thinners do prevent heart attacks and blood clots but obviously they are having side effects

[FunkyMonkee]

It WAS explained to the Dr. and that's when she said it was to prevent heart attack and stroke. In the meantime,. a few years ago, they were on this drug and, this time, there were no pains but, one morning, they were in the shower and, suddenly, the water around their feet was blood red!! After trying to find out where it was coming from, they lifted their feet to see if that was the source and it was squirting out of the side of their ankle like a tiny hose!! That made them stop taking those pills that time!!

[RobT312]

Yikes. Well I’d find a dr. that listens and can find a treatment without those side effects

[FunkyMonkee]

Even worse, when the Dr. was told of these things, she said it was just a coincidence.

[RobT312]

👎👎👎

[Anonymous]

Pills will never bring health. The entire system ignores what we are as humans and only treats symptoms.

[FunkyMonkee]

Pretty much!!

[Cherry234]

Hell no, especially if I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack.

[FunkyMonkee]

Exactly! What's the point of taking something that's SUPPOSED to fend off the very thing it feels like it''s giving you?

[Cherry234]

Yes. I don't get it.

[FunkyMonkee]

Me, neither.

[humanearth]

I dont take legal drug dealer pills, street drugs are safer for you

[FunkyMonkee]

I'm not big on it, either.

[Charliefretz329]

Nope, I don’t trust doctors. I’d rather die free and happy

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't put much stock in them, either!! About 8 years ago, we discovered that mom had HUGE green and purple bruises all over her chest and back!! She'd had cancer for the previous few years and never told anyone about t! It ate thousands of pinholes into the bone in her right leg and would've easily shattered at a moment's notice!! While in the hospital for a week or 3 after getting the rod put into her leg, they were gonna give her chemo and radiation and she refused it! In the meantime, I'd gone to the store right next to the hospital and bought a couple things to make her a cancer cure. I started giving it to her the next day! After a week or two in the hospital, her Dr. came in to check on her and said, "I don't know what you're doing and I DON'T WANT to know! But, whatever it is, keep doing it because your cancer is going away!!" Within 2 months, she was clean!! Now, WHAT kind of Dr. worth his degree and oath DOESN'T want to know how to cure cancer?