this is too easy
this is going to be quite lengthy citing a few sources, i dont see how you can possibly read this entire post without miscomprehending something, but please do try
for starters, from mayoclinic
https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/steroids/HQ01431
Working with your doctor, you can take steps to reduce these
medications' side effects so that the benefits of treatment outweigh the
risksmoving on, lets ask ourselves, why in the world would a dr prescribe a drug for something when there are OTC options? one can only conclude the dr is either extremely crooked or the persons symptoms are so severe that extraordinary measures must be taken.
googling prendisone and posion ivy did not yield many results, could it be bc its not a common treatment? could it be that only extreme cases where extreme measures need to be taken warrant this drug?
this was one of the first results
https://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02773/poison-oak.html
Do not take oral prednisone for poison ivy or oak unless the cause is so
severe that you become systematically ill (fever, difficulty in
urinating, etc.) this was also a result
https://knol.google.com/k/poison-ivy-and-poison-oak#
If you have poison ivy or poison oak limited to a small area, you can
sometimes treat it by using creams that you can buy in your local drug
store. If the rash occurs on more than one arm and leg, if it
occurs on your face, or if it causes you to scratch at all hours of the
day or night, you probably want to talk to your doctor about getting a
prescription medication called corticosteroids. For severe itching or disease that involves many parts of the body,
doctors usually recommend oral corticosteroids, usually called
prednisonenow one might start asking themselves, boy this seems like an awfully potent drug to treat poison ivy, which leads me to my next point. this drug is used for a wide variety of illnesses including leukemia and cancer. im not even going to debate the worthwhileness of this drug vs those extreme diseases.
so your whole argument here is, that there is a drug out there the can treat some pretty nasty diseases with some side effects, the only bad one being the possibility of convulsions. when treating the nasty diseases, no one is going to argue the possibility of having an episode of convulsions is worse than having leukemia or cancer. this drug was also found to be successful in treating a wide variety of other diseases, including poison ivy. patients, who cannot be cured by normal medicines and have symptons so severe that additional medical treatment is needed. a doctor, along with the patient, determine that the risk of using a drug, that will cure the severe case of poison ivy that cannot be cured with normal medicine, outweigh the possible risks. thus the doctor, and the patient, determine that the sever case of poison ivy is worse than the worse possible side effect, which is convulsions.
here are the possible symptoms of poison ivy from webmd
https://www.webmd.com/allergies/tc/poison-ivy-oak-or-sumac-topic-overview
Serious symptoms may
include:
- Swelling of the face, mouth, neck, genitals,
or eyelids (which may prevent the eyes from opening).
- Widespread,
large blisters that ooze large amounts of fluid.
directly addressing the side effects....
if your eyes are swollen shut, why in the world do you care if the drug would give you blurry vision? are you really saying blurry vision is worse than no vision????? even you cannot be that stupid, i hope
https://www.primehealthchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Severe-Poison-Ivy-Rash.jpg
i dont know about you, but walking around with my body looking like that would probably not make me happy? are you saying that given one is already down in the dumps, but can take a drug that will cure the ailment, but while on the drug, may make you depressed is bad? so what, your mood decreased a little bit for a short while, but you got cured, and if you didnt get cured, you mood would stay low.