Most medicines have side effects. Side
effects produced by medicines taken for long durations should be of more
concern. Doctors generally do not discuss the side effects when they prescribe
a medicine. Some patients may be affected, others may not.
Once, I was prescribed a steroid inhaler
for asthma. After using it I started feeling uneasy and had palpitations but I
did not connect it with the new inhaler. I consulted another doctor and told
him I was feeling uneasy. He told me to continue with the same inhaler and
changed my medicine for hypertension. Only later, after searching the net for
information did I come to know that it was the new inhaler that was making me
feel uneasy.
