So yesterday I blogged about a terrible cough I currently have. It's been one week, and I am not feeling any better. After a sleepless night and a really crummy day, my defenses were down and I let my mother convince me to go to the urgent care center (or "doc in the box" as it is known in my family). It was a good idea. Turns out I have bronchitis. Hooray for me. I was sent home with 3 separate prescriptions. Since I am a nerd, I used the online drug reference guide to look up information on the drugs and all the crazy side effects (one perk of living on campus and bootlegging the school's internet = unlimited access to library references). Here are some highlights:
"Isolated cases of abnormal behavior including mental confusion and visual hallucinations have been reported; may be related to prior sensitivity to related agents (eg, tetracaine, procaine) or interaction with concurrent medications."
"May cause CNS depression, which may impair physical or mental abilities; patient must be cautioned about performing tasks which require mental alertness (eg, operating machinery or driving)."
Sounds like a good time, right? Mental confusion? Drowsiness? Not performing tasks that require mental alertness? Guess I should let Tom do most of the drilling and filling this week. Or maybe not...could be fun...
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