Articles for tag: Drug Side Effects

Typical and Atypical Anti-psychotic Drug Side Effects:

Conventional, older Anti-psychotic drugs were originally designed to treat severe psychosis, to chemically restrain patients in states of delusion while inpatient at psychiatric facilities, and prescribed as a daily treatment for patients suffering from Schizophrenia. In the past decade or so, however, the antipsychotic medications have been found to actually alleviate symptoms of many other ...

The Serious Side Effects of Medrol

Drugs can be lifesaving in some instances, but even the most innocuous sounding medications can have serious side effects. Who would have imagined that Tylenol would be the leading cause of acute liver failure – despite the fact that it’s sold without a prescription? Another group of medications that have benefits, but also serious side ...

The Top Four Antibiotics Used to Treat Bone Infection

Drugs – – everyone fears them to a certain degree; obviously some more than others. I personally despise taking them. That probably is a result of the many medications I had to take as a child with rheumatic fever. Unfortunately, my recent foray into severe bone infection has, to say the least, been most enlightening. ...

Karla News

“Google” for Medical Information: The New “Cyber-Chondriacs”

There are so many people these days who “Google” for medical information, that a new word has been coined-“cyber-chondriacs.” Every symptom or sickness sends them running to the computer for a do-it-yourself diagnosis. While some know more than their physicians about a researched topic, many are finding misinformation, which leads to unnecessary worry and fear. ...