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Tylenol
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Children's Tylenol is very effective in reducing fever and relieving aches and pains for my children during the times they had fever or flu-like symptoms. However, I noticed that for my 11 year old daughter, she had hallucinations on two occasions after taking Tylenol. I'm not sure if that is due to Tylenol or because of her fever.
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Allegra D 12 Hr
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I find Allegra D extremely effective for combatting all allergy symptoms. The only downside is you can only take it in the morning and not when the allergies are bothering you. It will keep you up at night!
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Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
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My daughter got her first injection at age 20. Eleven days later she began having pelvic discomfort like a bladder infection. This and periodic anxiety continued for four months. Two months after receiving the second dose she began experiencing awful dizziness, headaches, anxiety/panic attacks, diarrhea. We still didn't make the connection, so she got the third shot and all the previous symptoms escalated and she also had an abnormal pap test. She had been treated on several occasions for the... View full comment
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Ortho Tri-Cyclen
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I was also put on an anti depressant because my doctor thought i was depressed because I broke down crying in his office when he asked me how i was feeling, whether i was having suicidal thoughts or not. Turns out its these damn pills that are making me feel crazy. I have almost no sex drive at all and for the longest time i thought there was something really wrong with me because i am only 25 years old! I'm freaking out at my husband all the time for little things and I go into a rage wher... View full comment
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Dulcolax
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Dulcolax has made it much easier to have a bowel movement without any intense pain
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Zoloft
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I liked that the medication made me calm but did't like that it changed my sex drive.
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Ceftin
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