side effects- what side effects?

I read the side effects of one of my husband’s medications a few years ago. One side effect was “sudden death” Yikes!

Have you ever read the side effects of Paracetamol? Puts things into perspective!

I don’t think it’s the reason you haven’t had any side effects Bob but I do think that some people are very susceptible to autosuggestion - placebo affect?

Tell someone they are going to die within 3 months and many will. Fake news and the disrupters (previously referred to as Propaganda) rely upon this phenomena.

I prefer to use the power of Positive Thinking - works just as well - read the leaflet and tell myself I’m NOT going to get any of those symptoms - then forget about it.

I think that we all should read them just in case your/my GP/whoever has missed a trick. If you are taking certain medication then it may not be compatible with the introduction of additional medication = problems.

I have never read any of those leaflets in 5 years of being on meds, I've got a busy enough mind without knowing what 20 things might go wrong any minute! Just keep chucking them in the bin Bob and you'll be fine 👍

Good one Bob. I must plead guilty. All my meds got blamed for what probably was a misbehaving gallbladder, lol. I apologized to them and thanked them for doing their jobs👍🏻

I try not to read the leaflet until I have taken the medication for a while and then ask myself if anything new has happened and if it is permanent. If in doubt I ask a pharmacist especially after my GP told me 'I don't know, pharmacists are the experts'!

My husband always tells me off for reading those leaflets Even my doctor has told me not to as I'm always worried when I do

Guilty as charged. Since my system is quite sensitive I do read it all but try not to go down the rabbit hole about it. "Managed Risk" is the word that keeps me balanced.

Hi guys,

I never read junk mail 😂😂

That said our ageing tortoiseshell rescue cat, aged 19 plus, has developed hyper thyroidism. She is very strong willed and refuses to take tablets or even a syringe of liquid medicine in the corner of her mouth. Guess what I did ...... I read the junk mail in the packet. It said, not to be administered with food as medication testing was inconclusive. No other choice. We administered it with food and her T4 levels over some 6 months have dropped from 95 to 29, the low end of the normal range.

Still bosses her two humans.

Me, I still don't read junk mail.

John

A strange situation! People who will read up on what nasties are in their food/drink - and then.........a big NO when it comes to their medication 😨

I really do NOT want to know what was in the curry I ate at our local Hindu Restaurant this evening. I just wont have that again as it was little too hot for me. Think I might sit in the freezer for a while now. (Sorry trust me to make a joke of it but it was my thread.)

Hi, doesn't food like hot stuff bring on an af episode for you? Just a little curious? Had always believed you had to avoid so many foods that can bring on an episode!!.

I very rarely read the accompanying leaflets! I used to be a nurse and apparently we are not very good at reading the leaflets. I’m not good at reading instructions either 😂😂😂

Never ever read them, throw them straight in the bin as if you

Eave them in the box it is a pain to get the strip of tablets back in.

Totally agree with you Bob the mind is a powerful thing.

Mine are all in french! And they seem to put double the paperwork in the box, I bin it like you.........but yes there’s still dear old internet to check...and I succumb.....you could be right!!!

Being an ex nurse I do read briefly. Interested in the theory as my OH never reads any of them and never has a problem. Ditto after his hernia surgery, while I worried about anaesthetics,heart disease etc he sailed tbrough it so I think you are spot on Bob.

You're very fortunate Bob, I'm currently off work with a banging headache, blurred vision, dizziness and fatigue. I wish my mind had the power to override these side effects

Hmm, the (apparent) power of the mind (over) proven facts! I guess each to their own, until (in my case) the facts are proven wrong regarding known problems. I tend think that if at anytime in the future a medic asks if you have ever displayed xx xx symptoms, with the reply being yes - you are going to look pretty foolish if your leaflet pointed it out.

Possibly a slating coming up - I'll take it.

Imo we are all generally not functioning as we should. On the basis that the medics are trying to help us - do you not think that we should be doing our bit, by at least reading warnings? Incidentally warnings that may very well be innocuous but nevertheless relevant.

I search all through these leaflets but never seem to have any of the problems. i once was given glaucoma eye drops and the side effects included a condition called Peyronie's disease! (look it up if you must!). Told my GP and he fell over laughing!

I like the leaflets, as I usually look and find my side effects, often in the 1 in 1000 area LOL.