I was at the doctor's a few weeks ago, and she was running late so I was stuck flipping through the ladies magazines, and every two pages was a 2 page ad for various meds. The thing I found especially interesting was the ad for Lyrica that has 'feeling sick' as a side-effect. The reason this caught my attention was because when I first went on meds 23 years ago, I had some health issues and felt strange at times, but once I got on a bunch of meds I started feeling sicker and sicker and sicker to the point I was almost bedridden for 5 years. It wasn't anything specific, just a yucky feelings. When I went off the meds, the feeling went away. Of course I was far too naive to ever consider that what I was experiencing was a side-effect!!!

I also love how antidepressant ads note that they can make your depression worse!!! I say that all the time on here, and I truly believe that a lot of people who can't seem to pull out and stay out of a depression while on meds are experiencing a side-effect.

There are some meds people just have to be on or their quality of life is going to be horrific, but I still find it interesting how you see side-effects like 'drug resistant TB' and the like with meds that suppress the immune system.