Insomnia…Symptom or Side Effect?

Send us Fan MailSummary:  Knowing when a “symptom” is actually a side effect can save you a lot of trouble.  By participating, by providing your physician and pharmacist an accurate accounting of when medications were started - and when possible side effects occurred – any changes to your medications will be based on a more accurate picture. It’s a process.  And it can be complicated, but the accurate and timely sharing of your observations, whether they be signs, symptoms or side effects, is how you can work with your physician to provide the best treatment for you. Topics:·       Side Effects, Symptoms, Signs Definitions 01:30·       Risk-Benefit? 05:30·       CHF & Beta Blockers 07:00·       Confirming Cause & Effect – Statins 08:30·       INSOMNIA 11:00       (primary, secondary, onset, maintenance, mixed)·       INSOMNIA Secondary Causes 12:30·       Worry 15:00       (meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy…)·       Your Pharmacist (research possible SEs) 18:00·       INSOMNIA Primary Causes 19:15      (Depression, anxiety, hyperthyroid, sleep apnea      Restless leg syndrome, Alzheimers…)·       ??? Symptom or Side Effect???  21:00*      JOURNAL.  JOURNAL.  JOURNAL.·        Medwatch FDA 23:00·       Adverse Drug Reaction 23:30Questions and comments to  [email protected]