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Paxil
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4.5
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7.2
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5.8
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This was a very, very bad experience. I was completely unable to sleep longer than 1 hour at a time. Over the 5 months I was taking this, that sleep loss added up. I was tired all the time, could not eat due to severe nausea, and saw things that were not there (this was confirmed by my husband). I was nervous all the time, and in fact, the only thing that calmed me down was coffee. I could not feel anything and my emotions were totally inappropriate. Two of our close friends were killed in a... View full comment
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Aspirin
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This works really well for headaches
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Mirena
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5.7
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I have been on Mirena since November of 2009 and I have never been so disappointed in my life. I am not a person that usually writes on these blogs and bashes products, because I believe that every person is different and reacts differently to medications! But OH MY GOSH! I have never been so moody in all of my life, I can't figure it out, I actually thought I was depressed, I am not! It is just uncontrolable mood swings! I have acne like I have never seen before, I have never had acne not ev... View full comment
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Darvocet
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I was taking Darvocet as a substitute for Vicodin because I was having too much Delirium and Nausea with Vicodin. I have a high tolerance to pain killers and when I was taking Darvocet it had no noticeable effect on the pain. I eventually stopped taking the pills because the small amount of pain relief I received was not worth the nausea and delirium I was getting from the drug.
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Adderall
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I took to lose weight, It decreased my appetite however i was not able to get much rest when taking this. I constantly had dry mouth.
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Flonase
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3.3
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I get allergies that make my nose stuffy and the flonase helps to rid the stuffiness. It makes my nose flow, sometimes more than I would like
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Avastin
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