I have never been a person who would be OK with having medicine. I think twice...umm OK thrice....before even having Panadol. I just don't know why, as its quite the norm now to have any medicine recommended by the doctor. I was even more apprehensive after Homeopathic medicine before marriage but the expert knowledge brought in by my wife about the field of homeopathy and how it has no side-effects really did a whole lot in building a comfort zone with homeopathic medicine.
However, I am still very apprehensive about antibiotics and other medicine. I don't like anything out of nature going into my body and me having no idea what it will do. Not to mention the long list of side-effects. They are very smart in listing the side-effects in real pharmacist terms or medical/biological names. This way it doesn't make any sense to the person who is taking them. Thank you, that is so much more useful.
So yesterday when the doc gave me a long list of medicine to take for a recent sickness of mine, you can imagine how I would have felt. Its not easy to take 4 tablets at one go which includes an antibiotic as well. Its mental torture for someone like me as to what will all of these do by going inside me.
Its a 10-day dose so this will go on for a few days. I just hope I stay sane and normal as I do tend to lose my temper a lot more when on antibiotics....at least I like to sell that image...
Haha, you are not the only one. I used to think like that when i was a kid. and even worst i was afraid to swallow the tiny pills and especially panadol becoz of the disgusting taste. But I have out grown the phobia. Learnt alot since there are tooo many doctors in the family. LoL ...
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, Then you should never fall sick ..... !!!!
ReplyDeleteMay Allah never let you fall sick, Ameen ............ :-D
lol!! i HATE medicines, more so because of their comercialization than for any other reason.
ReplyDeletebe careful of homeopathic too, my uncle has a very well established homeopathic practice and he says they often contain cortizone. my hubby was allergic to sunlight (YEAH!!)when he was born and they tried everything through the alopathic(i think thats how u spell it! -mainstream medicine!) way but only homeopathic cleared it up. alhamdolillah
Aww ... get well soon ..!
ReplyDeleteI dont have any fear from medicines but I prefer taking them not. Like this severe flu i'm suffering from right now ... after hell of coughing finally im on meds :s
Homeo is awesome ... crunchy med :)
I'm strong supporter of homoeopathy medicine.
ReplyDeleteget well soon.. :)
ReplyDeletemy my, we are the same. I hate taking medicines :( I worry too much about side-effects :|
ReplyDeleteu're like my opposite.
ReplyDeletebut some medicines in homoeopathy also conatain side effects.
ReplyDeletethose side effects are not dangerous. so dont worry about homoeopathy.
ReplyDelete@newbie - well good for you ...I dont really hate the taste of it...its just the thought of getting anything un-natural inside me...
ReplyDelete@maryam - now thats a good wish...thanks...Sum Aameen...
@sheza - commercialization for sure...do you know that doctors get paid under-the-table money for recommending a medicine over another...the biggest bidder wins...its all business in there too...
@asma - homeo rules hehhe..I m better now...thanks...
@syed tayyab - ok no worries...but thanks for the advice....
@sid - thanks i m back and much better now...
@bbZush - homeo is the way for you too....
@bubblie - which means you LOVE medicine? boy...I would love to stay away from you heheh....
yup@getting paid. look into the term 'medical industrial complex'.. it's FREAKY!
ReplyDeletethey're a quick fix for everything.
ReplyDeleteI feel ur pain. and again, as ppl mentioned it already - u aint the only one. I always hated medicines as a child & nw its even worst :s.
ReplyDeleteIn beginning of feb. , I survived from life threatin' flu, cough, watery eyes, fever, and all tht good stuff. My parents were literally after me tht I shud go2 a dr. but I refused to (I've some friends in medical field and I fear what if my dr is like them, hehe). But I was sick to the point where I was like...I cant take it anymore & I missed my lectures/school/wrk for straight 3 weeks. Therefore, I was on mediciations like lagataar & I tried from anything to everything but dnt help. I even tried desi nukhsaas i.e shaihad w/ black pepper, adrak ki chai, green tea, and pata nahi kiya kiya! Ironically, the day I was like..Im done n stop taking medications was the day when I started to get better.
I dnt necessarily fear kay what will medicine do to me but I fear for ppl around me what will they do.. 'coz its makes me hyper, low, cranky - varies.
And my hatred towards medicines was one of the few reasons tht I decided medical wasnt for me. (I dnt wanted my patient to write nasty blogs abt me or associate w/ karwi dawahiyaan, lol).
hpe ur better now! cheers!
well i am a doctor myself and let me tell you that antibiotics are our friends :P they help kill the tiny bacteria inside us that are making us sick. sure you can wait for your own body to react against them but that will take a much longer time, if youre really willing to bear the torture for days. yes they have side effects but not that much or not regularly. you should check up those medical terminologies online so you would know the unknown and it would make you feel more comfortable.and antibiotics are derivatives from natural sources.
ReplyDeletei actually like taking medicines.....homeopathic definetely, and vitamins etc....
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