Medicines can also be deadly

Equal amounts of drugs should be taken as the doctor has written. Taking more or less medications can be harmful andmost of which may have some side effects. So, always keep in mind not to take any medicine by own, these could also be harmful for you.

Medicines to protect the lives are always not safe. If you are taking them arbitrarily manner without any medical advicethen they can also be dangerous. If any one of these the amount of medicines and its frequency are not taken care of then these medicines can be harmful to the body and sometimes could be fatal. For immediate relief form acute Asthma attacks doctors prescribe the Oral Steroids to the patient, but found that about 5 to 10 per cent of patients keep thoseprescriptions with them from eating the same drug again, when if ever a small attack take place.

Many patients, without their doctor’s permission take that medicine’s dose for a number of weeks and even months. There are serious consequences. Similarly, the blood pressure drugs without measuring the blood pressure should not be taken more or less.

Many families of patients are heard saying in the ICU of hospital that our patient has blood pressure problem from long time and he take regular drugs for this. Now, during headaches also they felt that the blood pressure has increased and take the same blood pressure pills. Because of that the blood pressure has dropped rapidly and has to admit in the ICU. Manypeople for headaches, body aches take aspirin or other pain reliving medications for several years continuously withouteven any diagnosis.

These medicines relieve from pain for some time but do not correct the root cause. And if took for long time then can cause fatal diseases like stomach ulcer, Anaemia, kidney damages, etc.

Many people take variety of vitamins and tonic for weakness. B - Complex and vitamins – C pills, if taken too much are released by the body with urine. But some soluble vitamins such as Vitamins A and vitamin D if taken more then it can hamper the body's natural process.

Likewise, one should avoid taking antibiotics by our own. Sometimes there is not at all any need of it. History of the number of patients depicts that on similar symptoms such as last time, they take the same medicines without even consulting their doctor. Any antibiotic if taken from time to time help body to generate resistant for the disease. In such a situation the lighter antibiotics won’t work to the body and doctors have to give high power antibiotics.

There are many more medicines which people usually take without consulting their doctor but we should avoid those doses and always refer your doctor before taking those easily available medicines.