Originally Posted by Av8rgirl

You all make good points about medications.

Things to keep in mind:

Interactions between meds you are already on
Not everyone reacts the same way to every medications
Some medications may need to be dosed differently for some people

I've had some pretty bizarre reactions to medications that have been "the safest" medications on the market. For instance, Zantac almost killed me. I had a severe anaphylactic reaction to it and the drug company, along with my doc and the ER, were totally shocked. In fact, the FDA and the drug company did a complete work up on me b/c no one had ever had a reaction to this drug during all the trials. I was the first. Lucky me...NOT!

I am also severely allergic to iodine. Not just a little bit, but a lot.

I have to take smaller than usual doses of a lot of the meds I take to treat my MS...b/c I am so med sensitive. We don't try new stuff on me.

So why am I in a clinical trial? Well, it's an autologous vaccine. They use my own blood to make the vaccine. Pretty safe, no side effects.

Being careful is a good idea.
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