Monday, July 19, 2010

Terrifying Side Effects of Prescription Drugs

The following is a list of some of terrifying side effects that come with many prescription drugs currently on the market.

  • Drainage, crusting, or oozing of your eyes or eyelids
  • Swollen, black, or “hairy” tongue
  • Changes in the shape or location of body fat
  • Decrease in testicle size
  • Sores or swelling in your rectal or genital area
  • Blue lips or fingernails
  • Purple spots on the skin
  • White patches or sores inside your mouth or on your lips
  • Irregular back-and- forth movements of the eyes
  • Enlarged breasts in males.
  • Unusual risk-taking behavior, no fear of danger
  • Extreme Fear
  • Hallucinations, fainting, coma
  • Fussiness, irritability, crying for an hour or longer
  • Paralysis
  • Thoracic Hematoma (bleeding into the chest)
  • A blood clot in the lung
  • Liver damage
  • Kidney damage
  • A lump in your breast.
  • Decreased bone marrow function
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Shingles
  • Nerve pain lasting for several weeks or months
  • Bleeding that will not stop
  • Coughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds

Finally, there is one drug on the market, EvaMist, which includes all of the following possible side effects:

  • Breast cancer
  • Cancer of the uterus
  • Stroke
  • Heart attack
  • Blood clots
  • Dementia
  • Gallbladder disease
  • Ovarian cancer
  • High blood pressure
  • Liver problems
  • High blood sugar
  • Enlargement of benign tumors of the uterus (”fibroids”)