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Chantix
User Ratings:
5.8
Effectiveness
6.4
Side Effects
5.6
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I am in my final week of the 3 month treatment. I've decided to stretch the final week into 2 weeks - taking one dose a day, instead of two. I believe the withdrawl will be a little easier (hopefully). Chantix certainly did take away the urge to smoke, I haven't had a cigarette since October 24th. (I actually stopped the first week). The side effects were many, but nothing too severe. Any time a drug works on the brain, you never know what to expect. The worse side effect I experienced was sl... View full comment
Levoxyl
User Ratings:
1.8
Effectiveness
6.6
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3.9
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My thyroid shut down 15 years ago, but after treatment with Levoxyl it started working again and has TSH, free T3, T4 levels have fluctuated ever since (though that was not recognized as normal 15 years ago). It supplies needed thyroid hormone, but does not address autoimmune problem that started it.
Carbimazole
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2.9
Effectiveness
6.2
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3.9
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Not 100% sure if all symptoms are due to taking carbimazole but have stiffness and pains in leg muscles and knees and also arms. Also seem to be bruising more easily and have hemaeroids and though not causing pain they are bleeding which is not coinciding with a bowel movement bleeding when passing urine, in between going to the toilet and when asleep. I am asthmatic had a cold and chest infection treated with antibiotics but still coughing and although still taking 4 times my usual dose of s... View full comment
Percocet
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7
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like percocet but low dosage doesnt seem to work. for severe pain only feels like taking ibprofen
Vitamin C
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Effectiveness
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Side Effects
6.6
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I take vitamin C to improve my immune health. Overall, I think it works but can't really prove it because I never had frequent cold symptoms to begin with. I figure a pill a day can't hurt.
Cymbalta
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Effectiveness
7.1
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I have been on cymbolta for years. I am tired of gaining weight and not being able to get rid of it. (no matter what I do) my friend told me her meds. made her metabolism slow down Cymbalta doesn't have a side effect of weight gain but I wondered since i have been on C for so long maybe it is effecting me. My sister went off C and she said the weight just dropped off her. I have never struggled with weight gain in my life. I hate it. I am scared of getting off c for all the hype I hear o... View full comment
Prednisone
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Effectiveness
5.4
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5.9
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My mother, age 85, was taking Prednisone for pulmonary fibrosis and it caused congestive heart failure and she died about 3 wks after she started taking it. It also had a host of other unpleasant side effects, but death trumped those. It made her irritable, prone to emotional outbursts, skin breaking open and oozing, and more. Gordon Caldwell Fund
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