Poll: Do you take medication on a daily basis?

Do you take medication on a daily basis?

  • Yes

    Votes: 219 42.2%
  • No

    Votes: 300 57.8%

  • Total voters
    519
Yes. A blend of blood pressure tablets. And 75mg aspirin.

I do agree with comments above about a danger of "first resort" prescribing though. However, there are many circumstances where not taking them would be truly moronic. The most obvious example would be post-stroke or post-heart attack meds, post-surgery meds, or meds to treat specific conditions, from HIV antivirals to hormone-suppressing drugs as a precaution for hormone-sensitive cancers.

In my case, my BP isn't too bad but is still above what doctors consider a safe, normal range and with that elevated BP comes serious increases to risk of stroke, heart attack, diabetes, etc. As none of these sound like much fun to me, I take GP prescribed precautions.


A word of advice to EVERYBODY. Whether young or old, fit or not, get your blood pressure checked periodically. Seriously, do.

I was mid-30s, fit, active, not overweight and regularly indulging in energetuc sports, including squash, tennis, skiing, water-skiing and so on. Still do, by the way, though not so much. Age has a price attached.

Anyway, for random irrelevant reasons I had my BP checked and, on several reading over several weeks, it was just a little too high. But it is to all practical purposes symtom-free.

So, whatever your age and circumstances, get it checked from time to time. Doing so might save your life, or at least avoid a stroke, heart attack, etc. And don't make the mistake of thinking that because you feel fine, you necessarily are. High BP is known as a silent killer for good reason.

I don't like taking meds every day, but it's better than the alternative

Or at least, I don't like most daily meds. My doctor did tell me a couple of blood tests showed low potassium levels. He prescribed two bananas daily. Seriously, he did. That's medicine I can happily take daily. :D

I also eat a lot more spinach. The wife, cheeky cow, calls me Popeye. ;)
 
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Yes. :( Morphine, co-codamol, naproxen (pain killers); omeprazole (to protect my stomach from the naproxen); trimethoprim (prophylactic for my kidneys); solifenacin (my bladder is 'broken' after so many kidney surgeries, this stops me peeing too often); steroids; others but you get the idea. I'm 34.
 
Don't take anything, although been offered lots of different things they would only take away quality of life with side-effects, best medication for my condition is exercise and stubbornness.
 
Yes. :( Morphine, co-codamol, naproxen (pain killers); omeprazole (to protect my stomach from the naproxen); trimethoprim (prophylactic for my kidneys); solifenacin (my bladder is 'broken' after so many kidney surgeries, this stops me peeing too often); steroids; others but you get the idea. I'm 34.
At that age, that's a harsh regimen.

It also is things like that that remind me that whatever I go through, it coukd be worse.

Respect, dude.
 
I take eye drops every other day to dilate my pupil. Used to be more frequent but I changed to a different type a few years back and it seems to last for longer.
 
Yep, thyroxine cos my thyroid is buggered.

A multivitamin, an extra vitamin c tablet and a glucosamine sulphate tablet for my dodgy knee.

I'm nearly 37
 
Nothing classed as medication.

I do take vitamins every other day though, and sometimes herbs like valerian to calm me down or melatonin to fix my sleep cycle after a weekend.

25 here though

Also whey protein shakes/bars/crisps after a gym day. On occasion weight gain shakes.

Why the supplements? Because I hate eating in general and this allows to be to get my daily vitamins&minerals and 120 grams of protein every day, and I'm trying to gain weight.
 
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I answered no because I don't all year round but I can go for a couple of days, weeks or months at a time on omeprazole and methylphenidate.
 
Asthma stuff, twice a day since I was 5

33 years later, still taking it. Have tried to drop the daily stuff several times in the past, it didn't go very well!
 
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