薬漬け
この４年ほど、前立腺肥大の薬を毎朝二種類ずつ服用して来た。尿の出が悪かったり、頻尿を治すためだ。３ヵ月ごとに病院で尿と血液の検査をしてきたが、これまで前立腺癌とかにはかかっていない。
ところで、最近、歩行がふらつくようになって来た。真直ぐに歩こうとしても左や右にずれる。脳のスキャンをしてもらったが異常はない。
テレビで、薬漬けは身体によくないし、副作用があると聞き。ふらつきは薬のせいかと思い、試しに薬を飲むのを止めた。
ところが、薬を１ヵ月ぐらい服用してなくても、排尿の具合は薬を飲んでいる時とあまり変わらない。それで、服用を全く止めた。
そのせいか、どうか分からないが、歩行時のふらつきが、やや治まったような気がする。
先日、病院で尿の検査をしたが、特に異常はなかった。ただ、膀胱炎らしく、抗生物質を処方してもらった。
薬を服用したほうがいいのか、しなくてもいいのか分からない。
Overdoze
I have taken two kinds of tablets
for prostatic enlargement every day for the past few years. They have made urination
easier, decreased urination frequency, and controlled urinary urgency. I have
seen my urologist once three months and had my blood and urine checked. I do
not suffer from prostatic cancer.
Recently I have come to feel
unsteadiness while walking. My feet do not move as I want them to. They somehow
wobble. I had my brain scanned, but it was normal.
Meanwhile,
I learned from a TV program that taking too much medicine develops side effects.
I thought my wobbling was caused by the medicine. So, I stopped taking the
tablets. I thought not taking the tablets would cause some urinary problem, but,
to my surprise, no problem occurred. My urination was almost the same as before.
Since then I have not taken them for the
past three months.
It seems my
wobbling has been a little cured. I do not know why. Maybe because I stopped
taking medicine.
The other
day, I had my urine checked at the hospital. It had no serious problems. I told
the doctor I had stopped taking the medicine. He heard me and prescribed
no medicine.
He said, instead, I
had bladder inflammation. He prescribed antibiotic drug for five days.
Fortunately,
now the bladder inflammation has been cured.
I do not
know whether I should take medicine or not.
