Please, please, please follow this rule about medications! Only start or stop long-term medications one at a time. This is the absolute best way to pinpoint positive effects or problems.
It’s such a logical precedent but, all too often, this isn’t what happens in today’s healthcare arena. To make the most from every doctor’s appointment, you address several issues which results in multiple changes. That’s where confusion can start; the perplexity of good vs. bad.
It takes time to see if starting or stopping something is positive or negative. When more than one pill is started or discontinued simultaneously, then identifying the benefit or side-effect becomes difficult or impossible. But, you can be the difference-maker.Healthcare is a team sport where you’re the most important member of the squad. Know it or not, you have more answers about yourself than anyone else. You are both the investigator and reporter.
Healthcare is a team sport where you’re the most important member of the squad. Know it or not, you have more answers about yourself than anyone else. You are both the investigator and reporter.Do your internal research as objectively as possible. False hopes or fabricated fears can skew your self-assessment. Listening to experiences of others can do more harm than good because what works fabulously for one person, can be a problem for the next.
Do your internal research as objectively as possible. False hopes or fabricated fears can skew your self-assessment. Listening to experiences of others can do more harm than good because what works fabulously for one person, can be a problem for the next.With the rare exception of a true allergic reaction, most medications take With the rare exception of a true allergic reaction, most medications take
With the rare exception of a true allergic reaction, most medications take time to obtain a therapeutic effect and evaluate if it should be continued. It helps to ask your doctor when you can expect results. Some take mere hours, others can take weeks. Resist the urge to jump to conclusions. Give it the needed time.
And . . . if things don’t work as anticipated and a change is required, remember the rule: one by one. Making sure this happens may take you standing tall and directing the team, easier to do when you remember this is your team and your body.
Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. With a sudden acute illness or infection, a combination of drugs may be required to halt the sickness. That’s often the standard of care and completely fine for short-term situations.
Bottom line on all of this – your team, your body, your rules!
