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Aprodine
User Ratings:
9
Effectiveness
4.8
Side Effects
8.2
Holistic Benefits
After about 30 days of taking aprodine (like with many other allergy meds), my body seems to get use to it and it is not as effective as when I first took the medication...As a result, I often have to change to a different med.
Zoloft
User Ratings:
5
Effectiveness
6.3
Side Effects
6.1
Holistic Benefits
I have been taking zoloft for 4 months and started off with 25mg then increased to 50mg and now I am on 100mg. I can definately feel a difference with anxiety and feel more outgoing. I took another medication which made me have hallucinations for 5 days. I then had to seek a phychiarist who put me on the zoloft. I didn't take the zoloft for the first week because of what might happen to me again but my therapist convinced me otherwise. If anybody wants to consider and take the zoloft it has c... View full comment
Lexapro
User Ratings:
5.7
Effectiveness
5.2
Side Effects
6.6
Holistic Benefits
Side effects only lasted for the first week or so since then it's like I'm not even taking anything except for the fact I don't have panic attacks anymore. I consider Lexapro a wonder drug and wish I had started on it earlier.
Doxycycline
User Ratings:
6.3
Effectiveness
3.3
Side Effects
5.4
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it was kind of annoying have to take the antibiotics 2 times a day. plus the added fact that it messes with birth control, made things difficult. other than that it was better taking the meds instead of getting lyme disease
Focalin XR
User Ratings:
7.1
Effectiveness
7.1
Side Effects
7.6
Holistic Benefits
although focalin xr hsa changed my appetite, it has done so for the better... i am still healthy, but i eat less, allowing me to lose a little bit of weight. i do have diarrhea sometimes but it is not often, and besides that, the only other side effect that i have noticed has been insomnia; if i take the focalin less than about 4 or 5 hours before i go to bed, i sometimes have trouble getting to sleep. other than that, it has worked wonders for my stress and ability to get things done.
Crestor
User Ratings:
5.5
Effectiveness
4.3
Side Effects
4.4
Holistic Benefits
Works well. The only side effect is that my appetite has increased considerably. I have become obsessed with food since starting on Crestor. I am left with the choice of either increasing daily exercise (which I already do considerably jogging 4 miles a day) or accepting the discomfort as I ignore my frequent hunger pangs. If I give in to my appetite my weight increases in spite of jogging 28 miles a week.
Metformin
User Ratings:
6.1
Effectiveness
5
Side Effects
5.2
Holistic Benefits
The problem is that, the food is highly selective. I have to constantly choose what to eat, and what not too. This is seriously annoying, because carbohydrates are almost everywhere. When my blood sugar is too low, I take some malt or any sweet drink to balance it. When it is too high, it has side effects too, such as loss of your mind, fever, hallucinations, etc.
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