Because when you’re suffering with COPD, obviously the last thing you want to have happen is to have your respiration compromised even more than it already is.īut wait, it gets worse. It may seem like the right thing to do, but when you find out a potential side effect of beta blockers is airway resistance, the problem becomes clear. But then you develop a heart condition and your doctor prescribes a beta blocker to lower your high blood pressure. For example, let’s say you’re being treated for COPD.
In fact it’s so common they even have a fancy name for it, “therapeutic competition.” (Although I have no idea what’s “therapeutic” about this situation!)īut what it really means, of course, is that your meds could be making your condition worse instead of better.
A study published in the journal PLOS One revealed another “side effect” of that drug mix, and this one could turn out to be deadly! The prescription med mistake that killsĪccording to researchers a shocking 23 percent of older Americans are being given prescriptions drugs that are in direct conflict with each other. But it turns out those standard side effects aren’t all we should be worrying about. That typically translates into a medicine cabinet overflowing with prescription drugs and the side effects to go with them. In fact, it’s estimated that 3 out of 4 seniors are dealing with several chronic health issues. And climbing out of bed with joints so stiff that you feel like the Tin Man caught in a rainstorm.Īnd then there’s the climbing risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and more. A growing belly that seems determined to make you buy a new wardrobe every couple of years. Hair thinning where you want it thick and sprouting up where you’d rather it not be. I don’t’ know about you, but no one bothered to tell me that getting older was going to be so darn tough.
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