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Is it normal to develop adverse reactions and allergies to most medicines?

Almost every medicine I've ever been put on has resulted in either a full-blown allergy (bad rash) or pretty bad adverse reactions. When I don't have bad reactions, I still react in someway, which makes me not want to take medicine for most problems. It's not just drugs that my body has bad reactions to. When I was allergy tested as a teenager, I tested positive for allergies to everything, including the saline. Is there something wrong with my system?

Public Comments

1. no you can't. unless you are allergic to corn starch, talc, etc that are used as binders and fillers the drugs themselves are so diverse they are not physically similar at all. as for the saline it is purified water and salt. you would have been dead long ago if you were allergic to them.
2. yeah
3. sure -avoid meds, keep yourself healthy, and avoid processed foods. consult a nutritionist for a diet change & get counseling as your mental health is as important as your physical health.
4. When my liver started to become severely weakened the first signs was rashes and itchings first in the backs of my knees and inside the arms that eventually spread to other places. I would react allergically to meds or a lotion or the chlorine/fluoride that is being re-absorbed through the skin after the hot water washes out all the skin oils. IF I may let me explain why if I were you I would make the choice to look for "toxic-triggers" and to reduce them in order to make the skin-organ stronger. In the past I also have had many problems with asthma and with skin rashes and itchings. I have learned that all the things that trigger these problems are very very toxic to everyone's health and I have learned to ‘run’ from them. I also 'eventually' learned that my nutrition was below what it needed to be, so that I could easily have an allergic reaction to something that was toxic, AND my skin and/or lymph and/or kidney and/or liver organs were not strong enough to deal with it quickly, so the rash/itchings were a continual 'warning.' I have since learned that better nutrition will make the skin and 'purifying' organs stronger in order that they can more easily deal with toxins that we all might have a hard time identifying and running from. (Google browse: “Pellagra-Wikipedia”) I know this from my own experiences with myself and others since these were also my triggers and when we are all under stress we usually consume-apply things that are more toxic to us, whether alcohol, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals, or eating too many calories or high- glycemic calories from carb-sugar-starches. Toxins include chlorine and fluoride in the drinking and shower water, or pesticides preservatives nitrates chemicals synthetics or enrichments in foods, or pharmaceuticals you have consumed or applied on your skin, or molds or smoke or aerosols. I hope you learn your triggers and make the choices to become stronger. A1 Source: IF you are interested, I feel I have become an expert on rashes and pruritus itchings after many years of off and on flare ups. So to do my part to make a difference in the world I now take a little time each week to help others understand why better nutrition is so important, and I have posted much of my own story via the link at: <> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091016160457AAkysKW <>. I hope you will have learned something today from my own mistakes and would not duplicate them. My best to you and yours. A1- nutritionist