-=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 03-08-18  15:09 <=-
 -=> Quoting Nancy Backus to Michael Loo <=-
 
 NB>> Like so many other drugs, in the fine print it states that this drug
 NB>> may cause the very problem it's supposed to be fixing... For some it
 NB>> works as it should, for others, not so well... and after taking for a
 NB>> long time, sometimes they just stop working properly....
 
 BS> Hmm...lets see...Cipro gives me heart palpitations...Some antibiotics
 BS> make me sun sensitive (ask Michael)...

Most of my personal experience with drugs has been to find ones that
don't work and that give me side effects... Fortunately, antibiotics
have been the exception, and I don't need them all that often... 

 BS> One of the heart drugs (which will not be named) made me sun sensitive,
 BS> maybe caused a bit of minor nerve damage in my right eye, and gave me
 BS> symptoms of pheripheral neuropathy (but other than that it did work for
 BS> my heart, walking and climbing stairs are overrated anyhow).  I'm not
 BS> taking that last drug anymore (taking another in its place), I'm not as
 BS> sun sensitive and the neuropathy seems to be almost gone. 

Apparently the new heart drug is a better fit for you... ;)

 BS> As someone said "I take enough pills to skip a meal",

Most of mine are supplements... only one regular med (twice a day), but
some of the supplements are instead of medications I'd otherwise be
taking, assuming that they'd work for a change... which, I decided,
wasn't a good assumption... my doctor is willing to let me take
alternatives...

 BS> combined they have made me borderline hypotensive (88/54 this morning
 BS> and I eat extra salty things).  I've decided I'll have them kick up
 BS> my heartrate by 1 for each birthday now.

Will they do that for you...?  That's rather low blood pressure, too...
it would seem that you aren't particularly salt-sensitive...  :)

ttyl        neb

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