(Excerpt taken from previous document of my experiences)
October, vioxx was off the market so my gi doctor suggested using Aleve. He had also previously prescribed Percoset, if and only if I really really needed it. Well, I did need it. The pharmacy filled the generic brand for Percoset, which I think is called Oxycyclene. During my October period, I was taking, Aleve, Oxycyclene, Zelnorm, Pamine, and Lexapro. Oh, and by the way, I have high cholesterol so I was also taking Lipitor.
Not long after, by skin broke out into excessive itching and redness. I didn’t know what was causing this and thought it could have been something I’d experienced many many years ago. So I called my general doctor for a prescription of Lac Hydrin lotion. I had to use this several times a day. Without it I would break out in this maddening itching.
A thought came to me, and I stopped taking all the medication that the gi doctor gave me. I only continued taking the lipitor. Within a day or two, the itching stopped. All of this medication had also taken a toll on my hair. My stylist informed that my hair had gotten really dry and was thinning.
Now that I think back on this time in my life, I just shake my head and thank God. What was a putting my liver and my body through in taking all of those medications? What in the world was I thinking? I guess I just wanted to stop the pain and be well.
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