Date: 2010-08-19 15:16 Subject: Some food for thought.... Security: Public Location: Parents' Pad Mood: thoughtful Music: None

Hm, man I sometimes wonder why people don't read the fine print with medication.

Birth control (the pill verity) has shown some pretty amazing side effects. Here are some examples of people I know personally's side effects: strokes, brain cancer, severe respiratory problems (i.e. not being able to walk up a flight of stairs because its as winding as running a mile), extreme hormonal instability (i.e. getting all of the hormonal crap from a particularly bad period but for everyday, all day, with/without the bleeding), and new allergies.

Vaccines have some pretty interesting side effects too. Cancer, serious immune system damage, new allergies, getting the illness it was supposed to prevent, poisoning, and allergic reactions. And no, Autism is not a side effect but having it does heighten your chances of having one of the more severe side effects.

My point: be a weary consumer. Just because it's all the rage does not mean its the right thing for you.

(My inspiration to post this was an interesting conversation I had had with a friend of mine who's mother suffered some of these side effects.)

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User: bar_ohki Date: 2010-08-20 00:08 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Well if you're healthy, I recommend not getting one of those. But vaccines in general run the risk of weakening immune systems and getting you sick. Most people don't read the FDA stuff on vaccines partly because a) they are so common things to get and b) the doctors give them to you- you don't administer them yourself.

I won't take the HPV vaccine because I don't like shots and I don't see much of a point. I'm not the kind of person that puts myself in a position where I can be raped and I'm having any sex. Ergo, there's no real need for me to be proofing myself against sexual transmitted diseases. Also, that vaccine doesn't have a whole lot of well, use in our society. And I am susceptible more so than normal people to having real problems if I take one.

Took me a good month to convince my mom it was okay for me to not get one.

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