Evil Drugs
I went to see the doctor yesterday to take care of an ankle pain which had been persistent for the past 3 weeks. He diagnosed it as a burst tendon and to reduce the inflammation he gave me prescription for the following drugs: Etoricoxib, Allopurinol, Pantoprazole Sodium.
All these drugs have stupendous side effects. I can understand if they say side effects like nausea, headache, fevers, chills, loss in appetite, drowsiness, dizziness,… but heart attack?? eye damage?? Who wants to gamble with a heart attack or any organ damage? When did people start setting the bar so low? Also, what does it mean when these drug companies say “extremely rare”. These crooks don’t tell you what exactly they mean by “rare” (like what is the percentage?). Probably they don’t even know, and even if they do, they probably biased the research in order to get the drug approved. And often, in the rat race to get their drug out before the competitor they really cut corners.
Etoricoxib
The first surprise in looking up this drug is that the FDA had refused to approve Etoricoxib! So, technically it is drug banned for sale in the USA (but being sold and prescribed in India!). Merck is mad at FDA’s decision and is trying again to get it approved. Etoricoxib is a COX-2 inhibitor NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) that is supposed to selectively block COX-2 production. Side effect? how does heart attack sound? Yes, in very rare cases… but who wants to gamble with a heart attack?? It is in the same family as another drug, Vioxx – a drug that was taken off the shelves in the USA because of a number of deaths. Not to mention drugs.com says: “Your doctor will prescribe Arcoxia [etoricoxib] for you only after you have used other medicines for your condition and they have not been suitable for you.”
- Etoricoxib
- FDA Rejects Etoricoxib Drug – webmed.com
- Merck going to try to get it approved again – drugs.com
Allopurinol
Allopurinol is used for treating any swelling/inflammation in your feet – it works by reducing uric acid production. It has all sort of crazy side effects – including kidney failure. Not to mention all these drugs have a warning that it can be transmitted to fetus – but no such warning accompanied the medicine that I bought – because they give it to you in strips (it’s probably written on the box), nor was it mentioned on the prescription print-out.
It also has a strong warning about not splitting your tablet in half. Doing that is as good as over-dosing, as these are time-release tablets, and by splitting it, you’ve exposed it and you’re just dumping it in one-shot in your body (instead of slow time-release over couple of hours). Your kidney, liver, pancreas will not be able to handle the sudden influx of this powerful drug and so can be severely damaging. Again this simple but vital point of not splitting the tablet is not mentioned. A lot of people split the tablet thinking just the opposite – that by reducing the dose they’ll do less damage, when reality they’re doing more!
Pantoprazole Sodium
Pantoprazole Sodium is a “proton pump inhibitor”. Here’s a quote (from drugs.com): “Protonix has been known to cause several extremely rare–but very serious–side effects, including severe allergic reaction, severe swelling of the face and throat, eye damage, dangerous skin reactions, and inflammation of the pancreas.“
And another site mentions arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, heart attack, glaucoma.