My Advice to You About Prescription Medication
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (63)
United States
July 16, 2026 4:40pm CST
I’m offering unsolicited advice here.
Whenever your doctor prescribes you a new medication, research it thoroughly before you agree to take it
You know your body better than anyone else and you are responsible for being your own advocate. Doctors aren’t perfect.
I’ve just stopped taking a medicine that I’ve been taking for more than 10 years. I researched any potential withdrawal symptoms. That’s when I found out all of the negative side effects of taking it. I recognized that I’ve been suffering from many of them
I normally check out all about a new prescription before I take it but I missed the mark on this one. If I knew then what I know now I never would have started taking it.
So please be careful what you take
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@AmbiePam (122949)
• United States
2h
@LooeyVille Oh, the side effects WHILE you were taking it. Oh, my. That is terrible.
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@Ineeddentures (38437)
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2h
And are you going to discuss this with the doctor who prescribed you the medication?
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@GardenGerty (170082)
• United States
1h
And sometimes a very good medicine will help one aspect of your health while messing the other up completely. I do try to research what we take. It is good advice.
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@toniganzon (77798)
• Philippines
1h
That's so terrible. I don't take any medicine at all. Unless I am seriously ill and hospitalized. My sister is a doctor but she's an OB GYNE. But whenever we are sick and badly needing medicine, she would just text our symptoms to her friends that are specialists on what meds we should take.
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@MarieCoyle (60451)
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50m
I always considered myself proactive about checking medications, and then when the son's blood disorder surfaced along with the accident, I really got strict with myself on it. It's best to check and be sure than not to check at all.
Good post, Loo. You might have saved someone being sick or having a really bad reaction.
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@RasmaSandra (99078)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3h
I can understand that very well and so glad I don't have to take any.
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@Deepizzaguy (123307)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3h
Thank you for sharing the advice about medication.
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