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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 132680" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>If a drug or natural remedy is completely safe, then by definition it is completely lacking any benefit. EVERYTHING ha potential side effects or adverse reactions.</p><p></p><p>We take medications because we want to effect some sort of change in our bodies. Maybe we're in pain - the medications are supposed to work on the pain receptors in the brain, so they don't register. But too much of this can also reduce other nerve signal effects, or cause problems elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>Insulin lowers blood sugar. But if you take it when your blood sugar is normal, or already low, it can kill. </p><p></p><p>If your blood pressure is high, medication can save your life. But if you take too much of it, it can lower your blood pressure too far and you pass out.</p><p></p><p>A small amount of alcohol has been shown to be beneficial. But it doens't take much to cause harm in a number of areas.</p><p></p><p>Paracetamol is good stuff, for easing pain. But 8 tablets a day for more than a few days can damage your liver. The other problem is, you could be taking paracetamol according to the box instructions. And you could add in a cough mix which (you don't realise unless you read the label) also contains paracetamol. it is so easy to exceed the dose this way and it takes very little more, to permanently damage your liver.</p><p></p><p>I know this and watch it carefully, because my medications contain paracetamol and I've been taking them for over 20 years. I have liver problems and at times, my medications have been blamed. I'm currently being checked out to find out why my liver is such a mess, but because I've been keeping my paracetamol dose down to about 2 g a day max, the docs don't think it's the cause. However, I have stopped all alcohol intake, to make sure I'm not adding to the liver load.</p><p></p><p>An alternative to paracetamol is aspirin. But it can cause stomach problems. Also, every aspirin affects your blood clotting because it affects the platelets currently in circulation. The combination of these problems can be nasty.</p><p>There used to be an aspirin combination which damaged kidneys. Many people who abused these aspirin powders died of renal failure, or ended up on dialysis.</p><p></p><p>Heath Ledger died because he was taking a range of prescribed medications which were not good together. It was a similar situation to taking pain killers, plus a cough mix also containing pain killers, plus other ingredients which also suppress cough entirely but can also suppress CNS functions. If you have pneumonia and you are building up mucus, suppressing a cough which you need to remove that mucus can be life-threatening. If that medication also sedates you so you don't wake up to cough (so you can breath) it's a fast way to die.</p><p></p><p>medications are serious business, even OTC medications. It's so sad when someone dies for such a preventable reason.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 132680, member: 1991"] If a drug or natural remedy is completely safe, then by definition it is completely lacking any benefit. EVERYTHING ha potential side effects or adverse reactions. We take medications because we want to effect some sort of change in our bodies. Maybe we're in pain - the medications are supposed to work on the pain receptors in the brain, so they don't register. But too much of this can also reduce other nerve signal effects, or cause problems elsewhere. Insulin lowers blood sugar. But if you take it when your blood sugar is normal, or already low, it can kill. If your blood pressure is high, medication can save your life. But if you take too much of it, it can lower your blood pressure too far and you pass out. A small amount of alcohol has been shown to be beneficial. But it doens't take much to cause harm in a number of areas. Paracetamol is good stuff, for easing pain. But 8 tablets a day for more than a few days can damage your liver. The other problem is, you could be taking paracetamol according to the box instructions. And you could add in a cough mix which (you don't realise unless you read the label) also contains paracetamol. it is so easy to exceed the dose this way and it takes very little more, to permanently damage your liver. I know this and watch it carefully, because my medications contain paracetamol and I've been taking them for over 20 years. I have liver problems and at times, my medications have been blamed. I'm currently being checked out to find out why my liver is such a mess, but because I've been keeping my paracetamol dose down to about 2 g a day max, the docs don't think it's the cause. However, I have stopped all alcohol intake, to make sure I'm not adding to the liver load. An alternative to paracetamol is aspirin. But it can cause stomach problems. Also, every aspirin affects your blood clotting because it affects the platelets currently in circulation. The combination of these problems can be nasty. There used to be an aspirin combination which damaged kidneys. Many people who abused these aspirin powders died of renal failure, or ended up on dialysis. Heath Ledger died because he was taking a range of prescribed medications which were not good together. It was a similar situation to taking pain killers, plus a cough mix also containing pain killers, plus other ingredients which also suppress cough entirely but can also suppress CNS functions. If you have pneumonia and you are building up mucus, suppressing a cough which you need to remove that mucus can be life-threatening. If that medication also sedates you so you don't wake up to cough (so you can breath) it's a fast way to die. medications are serious business, even OTC medications. It's so sad when someone dies for such a preventable reason. Marg [/QUOTE]
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