Why Doctors May Prescribe You More Side Effects Than Rx.

It's an all-too-common scenario. A patient is put on a drug and proceeds to develop a litany of effects to body and mind. Many patients ride it out, depending on their level of discomfort. Others return to their health care provider only to be told that they have never heard of such effects and that their current maladies are a separate entity, or another manifestation of the primary illness for which they were prescribed the drug. The patient may go away unaided, or may be given a new prescription to treat the new symptoms. A close friend developed serious anxiety and was put on Paxil. He developed severe burning of the skin, flu-like symptoms, anguish of soul, and for the first time, suicidal depression. Complaints to his doctors were treated as new manifestations of the anxiety disorder, this because, as his doctor said, such side effects weren