Category: Side Effects

Bath Salts’ Dangerous Effects to Your Health: Worse Than Cocaine? Are bath salts dangerous to your health? Well, it depends on whether you are talking about your regular bath salt which is safe or “bath salt” which contains Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) which, according to the San Francisco Examiner, can “cause hallucinations, paranoia, rapid heart rates and suicidal thoughts, leading to overdoses and possible death”.

According to law enforcement authorities, the MPDV-laced “bath salt” is actually cocaine masquerading as a “bath salt”.

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Paracetamol for Babies: Bad Side Effects – Allergies and Asthma? If you give your baby Calpol or other forms of paracetamol, you are increasing his/her risk of developing allergies and asthma, a recent research from the Otago University in Wellington (New Zealand) suggests.

However, the benefits of the drug far outweigh the risks it poses so this should not stop you from using the medicine if it is what your baby needs to get well.

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Teflaro Side Effects: Diarrhea, Nausea, Rashes. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new antibiotic drug, Teflaro, to “treat adults with community acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)”.

What are the Teflaro side effects? According to the FDA media release, the drug can cause “diarrhea, nausea and rash”. The agency also warns that patients with sensitivities to cephalosporin antibiotics should not use Teflaro.

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Facial Dermal Filler Side Effects: Lumps, Bumps, and Duck Lips. When you have a facial filler cosmetic procedure, you could end up looking younger or you could transform into an ugly duckling. Lumps, bumps and duck-lips were among the complications patients have ended up with after undergoing the procedure.

Facial fillers, administered by injecting soft tissue fillers to plump up wrinkles, is considered as the second most popular non-surgical procedure used by people to maintain a youthful appearance. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 1.5 million were performed in 2009 alone. Some patients, however, are now complaining about the procedure’s side-effects. According to an MSNBC report, some of these patients approach other doctors to fix their unexpected ugly appearances resulting from the procedure.

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