Have you experienced side effects with medication?

Hi everyone,

Have you taken medication - even over the counter drugs and experienced any side effects? Did you report these to your doctor? Did you get a satisfactory response? If you did, all well and good. But now if you got a satisfactory response or not, you can report your side effects to the bodies responsible for the regulation of medication in Europe and the United States. The EU passed a new law in September this year to enforce this. In the UK, the MHRA has an online reporting system:  http://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/  - the online Yellow Card system. In the USA, the FDA has the MedWatch system online also -

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/HowToReport/ucm053074.htm.

In other countries, there are various mechanisms to report unwanted  effects of medication - contact your local health authorities, do not take no for an answer. One good reason to report these side effects is for statistical reasons. Such statistics can be helpful in make informed decisions - like stopping the prescription of harmful drugs, or helping with research, decisions on where to intelligently and rationally target scarce medical resources, to mention  a few. So get reporting today - it just might save a life and reduce misery. Also, before I forget - please pass this information on to your loved ones and friends.

To your abundant health,

Dr Ike,
Functional Health Expert.