What are some "prescription cascades" which Crohn's patients have faced?
I'm reading a book called "Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?" which is written by a pharmacist. He mentions "prescription cascades" which refers to when one drug leads to side effects and then another drug etc... It's more common in elderly patients but it definitely pertains to everyone. I know it's happened to me when I was first diagnosed with Crohn's. My prescriptions were Prednisone, Levaquin, Pentasa, Flagyl which led to a drug induced psychosis. That led to a stay in a psych ward which I luckily survived but other drugs were given to me during my hospital stay.
I'm reading a book called "Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?" which is written by a pharmacist. He mentions "prescription cascades" which refers to when one drug leads to side effects and then another drug etc... It's more common in elderly patients but it definitely pertains to everyone. I know it's happened to me when I was first diagnosed with Crohn's. My prescriptions were Prednisone, Levaquin, Pentasa, Flagyl which led to a drug induced psychosis. That led to a stay in a psych ward which I luckily survived but other drugs were given to me during my hospital stay.