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Friday, 11 August 2006 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keaaluWhat is it with people not asking questions when it's about something as important as a medicine, something DESIGNED to have a BIOLOGICAL EFFECT on your body?
*le sigh* Granted, not all medicines are suitable for everyone, but hey, that's why we tell you to read the goddamn leaflet (not say "oh I didn't read the leaflet because it scared me so I didn't realise") and report ANYTHING that doesn't feel right (even if it's not on the leaflet) WHEN IT OCCURS. Don't ignore them and hope they go away, if you feel funny and you've just started a new medicine then REPORT IT, ASAP. Don't wait for it to get severe before you go "hey I wonder if this is to do with my new medicine", and don't assume that if it's not on the leaflet it's not your medicine - not all side-effects are obvious from testing, and how is anyone going to know it there's a potential new one if you don't tell them you're getting it? (We have the yellow card reporting scheme for a reason.)
Yeah, I'm biased, I'm a pharmacist, medicines is what I do - but damn, people, don't blindly trust your healthcare practitioner, if you're not sure about something or you think something's not quite right then you ASK THEM. It's what they're PAID FOR. Better to ask and waste a few moments of a GPs time than to NOT ask and suffer for it. Your health is too important to take chances on, people. Please.
*le sigh* Granted, not all medicines are suitable for everyone, but hey, that's why we tell you to read the goddamn leaflet (not say "oh I didn't read the leaflet because it scared me so I didn't realise") and report ANYTHING that doesn't feel right (even if it's not on the leaflet) WHEN IT OCCURS. Don't ignore them and hope they go away, if you feel funny and you've just started a new medicine then REPORT IT, ASAP. Don't wait for it to get severe before you go "hey I wonder if this is to do with my new medicine", and don't assume that if it's not on the leaflet it's not your medicine - not all side-effects are obvious from testing, and how is anyone going to know it there's a potential new one if you don't tell them you're getting it? (We have the yellow card reporting scheme for a reason.)
Yeah, I'm biased, I'm a pharmacist, medicines is what I do - but damn, people, don't blindly trust your healthcare practitioner, if you're not sure about something or you think something's not quite right then you ASK THEM. It's what they're PAID FOR. Better to ask and waste a few moments of a GPs time than to NOT ask and suffer for it. Your health is too important to take chances on, people. Please.