Posted by bookgurl99 on June 1, 2003, at 21:30:30
In reply to Does Med Education Correlate With tx Resistence?, posted by MB on June 1, 2003, at 18:57:07
Maybe we can become resistant, but only to certain meds. For example, I have a family history of diabetes and several other risk factors to develop diabetes. Hence, when my GP suggested I take Zyprexa, I refused because I already knew -- both due to PBabble and other sources -- that Zyprexa has been associated with weight gain and onset of diabetes.
I view this as an intelligent informed choice. With the market having created so many medications, we may as well choose the ones that are the best for us individually. This could take trial and error, but sometimes extra information is useful.
If you feel that focusing on the side effects of your meds will keep you from sticking to treatment, then you have choices:
1. Choose no treatment.
2. Choose the old treatment (Prozac), while also consciously choosing to live with the side effects.
or
3. Keep searching until you find a med that does not have discomfort-causing side effects for you.
It sometimes can be useful to pay attention to the experience of someone who has experiences that are similar to yours, because what works for them _might_ work for you. However, I've seen people make blanket statements, like X drug gives _everyone_ mania, that I know not to be true. Obviously, you have to consider the quality of the info.
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