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Part of my cancer series.
I read the side effects to one of my medications it said it may cause suicidal thoughts which was a concern to me so I called my doctor and she seemed insulted that I raised this concern asking me "What kind of doctor do you think I am? Do you think I would prescribe a medication that I thought would make my patients commit suicide?" How does one answer that? "Maybe if you didn't know it was one of the side effects." But I didn't say any thing, I also didn't take the medication until I asked another one of my doctors who calmly explained that one of the problems with warning labels on pills is that they don't give you the percentage of likelihood that you might experience a side effect if the label said it was less than 1 percent chance people might feel more comfortable taking the medication. The pill companies don't want to get sued so they list any thing that people during the trial runs experienced even is it's unrelated, if someone broke their arm during a test trial for a medication they would list it as a possible side effect. So after that I felt more comfortable taking it and the medication helped a lot. Reading those warning labels can be scary so it's nice to have a doctor that can put it in perspective.
If your a light painter or interested in light painting check out this new light painting group Shining Light on Cancer. Thanks.
IMG_5698_2
Part of my cancer series.
I read the side effects to one of my medications it said it may cause suicidal thoughts which was a concern to me so I called my doctor and she seemed insulted that I raised this concern asking me "What kind of doctor do you think I am? Do you think I would prescribe a medication that I thought would make my patients commit suicide?" How does one answer that? "Maybe if you didn't know it was one of the side effects." But I didn't say any thing, I also didn't take the medication until I asked another one of my doctors who calmly explained that one of the problems with warning labels on pills is that they don't give you the percentage of likelihood that you might experience a side effect if the label said it was less than 1 percent chance people might feel more comfortable taking the medication. The pill companies don't want to get sued so they list any thing that people during the trial runs experienced even is it's unrelated, if someone broke their arm during a test trial for a medication they would list it as a possible side effect. So after that I felt more comfortable taking it and the medication helped a lot. Reading those warning labels can be scary so it's nice to have a doctor that can put it in perspective.
If your a light painter or interested in light painting check out this new light painting group Shining Light on Cancer. Thanks.