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People Are Sharing The Worst Side Effects Of Their Medication (23 Stories)

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One side effect is I’m very sensitive to antibiotics, I had an ear infection two weeks ago and was put on them and now I’m still getting over the extreme flu like symptoms, my intestines being inflamed and causing me to be sick every twenty minutes like clockwork, it’s not fun!

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Worst was Morphine/Fentanyl: Extreme nausea, vomiting, zombie like state, insomnia to constantly sleeping, not making pain go away properly (was given morphine for an extreme migraine in hospital following brain surgery, it did nothing, dad asked if I could feel him pinching my hand and I couldn’t at all though)

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The worst is the first night I took Lyrica and Cymbalta. I woke up the next morning and I couldn’t remember which door led to my bathroom and which one led to the kitchen. I sat on my bed for about 10 minutes trying to sort it out. I then had my gf call my job and tell them I wouldn’t be in. Went back to sleep and slept another 9 hours. Never took them again.

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When I broke/dislocated my shoulder, I fainted and experienced visual hallucinations due to the morphine they gave me. Afterwards, I was prescribed Oxycodone and fainted a few times, but had been warned that this could be a side effect. However, I soon began to get delusional and paranoid which culminated in me attempting suicide by taking the rest of the bottle. Yeah, I avoid opiates now.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.