Some drugs to approach with caution (especially if you are elderly).

I was onced prescribed medication to help me sleep, as I was having shoulder pain that prevented me from having a good sleep posture. The pills were deemed to be less likely to have the side effects of, say, Valium. Luckily, before I popped one on a particularly toss-and-turn night, I read the leaflet first. It said those pills were not recommended for people with glaucoma or an enlarged prostate. Whew!

So now, I approach "condition-relieving" medication with caution. I thought this article below is helpful in this regard:

http://www.wcvb.com/Sponsors/bethisrael/medication-management/30040714