medication plus and minus
Mar. 18th, 2006 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianOne of the people I know from school has just been diagnosed with arthritis, and she pointed out that she's now taking an antimalarial drug (since that's another thing her arthritis-suppression pills are used for), so she can go wherever she wants. Yeah. I would still rather not have to take pills every day, but they do give extra stuff.
Nortriptyline: a migraine suppressor that works pretty well for me. Also an antidepressant, though I don't notice it, and helps me sleep.
Fexofenadine: an antihistamine that reins in my pollen allergies somewhat. When I am bitten by mosquitoes, I don't get much itch or swelling.
Nuva Ring: useful reducer of hideous menstrual cramps. Additionally, it acts as birth control and allows me to slightly retime periods -- waiting to start headache-and-cramp-danger time until after finals was really good. (Seems to make PMS worse and longer, though, need to work on that in other ways.)
What side effects have you noticed from your meds? Anonymous commenting is, as always, allowed.
Nortriptyline: a migraine suppressor that works pretty well for me. Also an antidepressant, though I don't notice it, and helps me sleep.
Fexofenadine: an antihistamine that reins in my pollen allergies somewhat. When I am bitten by mosquitoes, I don't get much itch or swelling.
Nuva Ring: useful reducer of hideous menstrual cramps. Additionally, it acts as birth control and allows me to slightly retime periods -- waiting to start headache-and-cramp-danger time until after finals was really good. (Seems to make PMS worse and longer, though, need to work on that in other ways.)
What side effects have you noticed from your meds? Anonymous commenting is, as always, allowed.
