薬漬け Overdose

 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.