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Grand-pa
User Ratings:
8
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3.3
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4.8
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This is an indirect experience i would really like to share. My cousin, she takes grandpa three time a day every single day. She wont sleep without having it, so hoocked. She has been taking the drug for about 20yrs now. she is struggling from sleeping as a result she has got blemishes due to less to almost no sleep at all for days,just too bad.
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Carbimazole
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2.9
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6.2
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3.9
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Huge weight gain over a period of one year . I gained four stone in this time and then insisted on having my thyroid removed .
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Ritalin
User Ratings:
6
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6.5
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6.5
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Ritalin helps me to stay focused however it keeps me up at night, it's hard to sleep when I take Ritalin.
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Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
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-1.3
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7.2
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1.8
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Based on my experience I'd recommend that you consider whether to avoid the vaccine or wait for further testing, expecially if you have a family history of autoimmune disease. For me, my vaccine with Gardasil was followed by or triggered an auto immune reaction- arthritis, fatigue, painful swelling of joints, etc.
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Fanapt
User Ratings:
3.7
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6.8
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5.6
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I am much better with this medicine with less side effects.
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Metamizole
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I have taken Analgin, which is sold in many European countries as a pain killer for, toothache, stomachache, headache stuff like that, to releif some pain. Well, now im developing Hives (urticaria), and while taking steroids to treat the hives, i come across to take Analgin (Metamizole) twice, and my whole face swelled up,and the rash worstened a lot, i am starting to think i have become alergic to Metamizole sodium which is present in the Analgin pill. Even though ive been taking Analgin sin... View full comment
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Lipitor
User Ratings:
4.5
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5.2
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3.7
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Lipitor is relatively effective for high cholesterol. It works much better when I watch what I eat.
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