Cindy said, in response to a question from Audrey about getting educated about allergy medicines:
<< Please don't take this amiss, but is it really your place ( or our place), to educate others about specific medications if we are not physicians, pharmacists or chemists? I understand your concern regarding the use of cortico-steroids but for many allergy-suffering singers it is a first line of treatment. Is it really your place to second guess your student's physician? I agree that we need to educate ourselves about medications but is it appropriate to "educate" your student's parents? I think not. >>
I canNOT agree. Because of years of prescription allergy medication(Seldane, Hismanal, Claritin), which finally culminated in steroidal sprays (Beconase and Rhinocort), I now have a huge range of health problems, including Cushing's syndrome, Candidiasis, leaky gut syndrome, and overweight. I have lost several singing jobs because of the weight, and it is also causing other health problems with my back, legs and feet. I WISH my voice teacher or someone had questioned my doctors about long-term effects of these seemingly helpful and harmless medications.
Audrey, you go right out there and find out anything and everything you can! For me, those medications are no longer an option---I won't even take antibiotics anymore because of my Candida. I had to investigate alternative medicine after unquestioning use of traditional methods of treatment, and am almost allergy-free due to acupuncture and other herbal and chinese remedies. So, now my allergies are gone, and in their place are all the other, bigger problems!
btw, I have a degree in chemistry and that didn't help me, did it?
Elise Curran Orlando, FL
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