Monday, June 7, 2010

Side Effects Include Death

I can't say I've never done drugs, but I can say I've never done prescription drugs. I guess I could classify myself as a young lady, and I feel the normal perspective on using chemical drugs is a little too lax for me. It's very normal for girls my age to be taking birth control among other things, and I cannot see why! Have you seen the list of side-effects for those things? Magazine ads need a whole other page to fit it all, and it's in a font size 2, maybe. So, I'm just wondering, why?

I mean, I know the entire purpose is to eliminate all chances of you getting pregnant, but at what cost? First off, you never know what it's gonna do to your body, not only in the present but in the future. And they have those shots now that stay effective for 3 years! Is it just me or is getting a needle to make you infertile for years at a time really weird and fucked up? Is it really that hard for you to avoid getting knocked up? Have you not heard of condoms? They're free at the clinic.

But it's not just birth control that concerns me, cause it seems people are taking medication for everything. If they're feeling too sad, or if they're too hyper, too active, too lazy or too fat. And think about it, all the latest celebrity deaths have had something to do with prescription medication. Nobody naturally gets a heart attack at the age of 30 when they are seemingly healthy. And yet these drugs are portrayed to us as a completely normal thing. Here, you're tired? Take an ambian. Stressed? Here's some Xanax. Can't get it up? Don't worry, there's Viagra!

I know it's cool how much we can do now-a-days with science, but at the same time, it's kinda scary. I'm not so sure all these chemicals are supposed to go in our bodies, and it's really surprising that some of them are even allowed to be sold, if what they're printing is true. Here are some scary (and kinda funny) effects that could happen to you!

~Birth Control
A treatment for fertility
Heart defects/disease, blood clots, liver tumors, stokes and severe migraines. (not headaches, MIGRAINES! Like they're not severe enough on their own! They've already got their own category pertaining to the pain level difference!)

~Xanax
A treatment for anxiety
Blurred/changed vision, nausea and vomiting, problems with urination, changes in sexual desire or ability, lack of memory of events taken place after a dose, and of course, anxiety.
Changes in sexual desire and ability is probably the strangest one. What does that mean? You'll suddenly be very willing to fuck a toaster? Or do you turn from straight to gay? Or incest isn't so unacceptable to you anymore? But then when you do realize you wanna have sex with your cousin, you won't be able to! Or you'll just experience a "change" in your sexual ability. Oh, and it makes me laugh when one of the side effects to an anti-anxiety pill is more anxiety. Great.

~Ambien
A treatment for insomnia
Strange behavior (overly angry or outgoing), hallucinations, depression and suicidal thoughts. It's also reported to give some people horribly scary, vivid nightmares. Also, people have said to notice complete changes in their whole personality and it's not rare for them to try and commit suicide. It also dangerously heightens your blood pressure level, as well as Xanax.

Other than birth control, these drugs are extremely addictive and if you stop using them after regular use, you WILL go into withdrawal. Not only that, but you can overdose and die!

~Viagra
A treatment for flaccid penises (or ED)
Changes in the way you perceive certain colours, headaches and a large risk of a heart attack. You may develop a dependency and, if used too often, even if you're a healthy young man in his 20's, you will be physically unable to ever get and/or maintain an erection without it.

Just for fun I'm gonna add the one of the only drugs I think anyone can do if they ever wanted to, without the risk of death.

~Marijuana
A treatment for pain, loss of appetite and loss of inspiration
Anxiety, red eyes, dry mouth, increased heart rate. Induces a sense of well-being and a dreamy state of relaxation. You are in danger or being able to enjoy things you wouldn't normally, losing track of time, and more seriously, damage to your respiratory's, which is simply from the act of intaking smoke into your lungs. There are claims of diminished short-term memory, psychological dependency, loss of motivation and impaired judgement. There is still no solid evidence that marijuana has any long-term side effects at all.

So, be careful about what you put in your body because you never know how it will affect you. My advice would be: don't do it in the first place. Don't even try it! Except for weed. Everyone must TRY weed.

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