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

by Irvi Torremoro

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I had a rare skin reaction to a medicine called Toxic Epidermal Necrolisis or just TENs for short. Do not look it up if you have a weak stomach. Most of the top layer of my skin died at the same time. The stuff is nasty.

18.

I take Gabapentin, which is an epilepsy medicine oftentimes used to treat neuropathy – burning and tingling of your extremities, oftentimes the feet.

19.

When I was on risperidone, I would have conscious seizures. My eyes would roll in the back of my head and I couldn’t control my neck or speak in completely sentences. It was awful.

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Dilaudid. Had a spinal fusion and was constantly on it. Made me vomit continuously. I hadn’t been eating so there wasn’t even anything to throw up, just fluids. It was the worst.

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.