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
Putting aside the irregular use of pain relief medication for my chronic back, I just try and use that when the situation is acute as the medication is then more effective and it is much kinder on the body, I take one tablet a day for blood pressure.
Most days for my back condition I will use a Tens machine and or a water bottle at night.

Many years ago (when I was 16) I joined the army and I have vague memories then of my BP being noted as being normal but on the high side. Regardless of my very good diet (limited exercise due to chronic back issues) as the years have passed my BP has naturally increased. Thankfully this was picked up on at the Docs when a nurse suggested that I had it tested and it showed to be higher than recommended.

So one BP tablet a day and my BP is now in the normal range, I monitor it at home with my own BP machine.

BP is something that we should all be aware of, my mother in laws was dangerously high and yet she was symptom free.
 
Prescribed meds, amlodopine and ramipril for hypertension and simvastatin for elevated cholesterol.
All on baseline doses.
Self-medication, omega3 capsule daily, been taking one for nearly 20 years after my 50 year old mate had an MI and died while playing football, shocked me to my core.
Plant sterol tablets to reduce and control cholesterol and 500ml beetroot juice for circulatory and hypertension control.
All my test levels are now normal. I take all that lot and exercise daily ( well I claim to anyway), what more can I do?
Oh yes, lose a few million kilos!
I'm 69, just checked my BP, 121/79 HR 47.
 
so many taking pills for depression/ anxiety.

i tried prozac for 5 days and i was ready to kill myself, came off them.
now been taking Ashwagandha Supplement and vitamin b complex which seem to be helping a lot.
 
Naproxen, Omeprozole, Oramorph, (liquid Morphine), Pregabalin & Duloxetine

All taken for spinal injury and recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.


Vimes said:
BP is something that we should all be aware of, my mother in laws was dangerously high and yet she was symptom free.
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Yeah my dad found this out too late to save his career.

He was selected to be one of the very first paramedics on the London air ambulance, he passed everything until he got to the flight medical when he was told that his BP was dangerously high.

He was immediately signed off sick and eventually was discharged on medical grounds after 29.5 years of service in the London Ambulance Service.
 
Unfortunately yes. I have been on increasingly strong painkillers since I injured my back in 1997 while serving in the RAF in Germany. For the past two years I have also been suffering with a prolapse disc in my neck for which I am still waiting on a operation. I take Ramipril for my blood pressure, 150g Diclofenic MR for anti-inflammatory and 300mg Tramadol for pain relief per day.
 
Yep, 100mg Sertraline for PTSD :( That combined with CBT and EMDR put me back in a place where I can actually function. Was 150mg but I took it down (after consulting my doc) to 100mg and it keeps me bouncy without giving me brain fog or leaving me absolutely drained.
 
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SexyGreyFox said:
Such as?
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Sweating, depression, anxiety, mental confusion, incredible bouts of uncontrollable rage, cramps at night in my hamstrings, heart palpitations, headaches, dry skin, using the wrong words in sentences "can you open the light (instead of door" for example), Fatigue and insomnia.

Was a horrible experience, I'm on the Losartin Potassium which I don't seem to get any side effects on.
 
footman said:
When they doubled my dosage a few years back I grew magnificent breasts. Shrank back when I binned them, saved buying a bra though!
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I must admit I have recently (last several years) acquired man boobs and it could be linked to those pills but I thought it was because I am a fat *******

Lord-Jaffa said:
Sweating, depression, anxiety, mental confusion, incredible bouts of uncontrollable rage, cramps at night in my hamstrings, heart palpitations, headaches, dry skin, using the wrong words in sentences "can you open the light (instead of door" for example), Fatigue and insomnia.

Was a horrible experience, I'm on the Losartin Potassium which I don't seem to get any side effects on.
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Wow, I'm grateful for the boobs.


When I took Simvastatin for 2 years my lower joints got so bad I could hardly walk and thought it was just the progression of my arthritis.
I then found out from 3 seperate people who all had to stop because of the same problems so I stropped (after consulatation with the GP) and I got my walking powers back within a week.
However, about 7 years on I'm in a worse mess because my arthritis has now taken over.
 
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I take 20mg of Codeine Phosphate every day to help control my IBS, works wonderfully, though not being able to drink is a bit of a bummer.
 
I used to use my blue ventolin inhaler at least twice a day from a kid to maybe late 20s, but now in my early 30s i maybe need it twice a year...

I have to use cream to keep my eczema at bay every day though if that counts.
 
I'm 55 and the only medication I take is anti-hayfever stuff for five months a year. I recently had to take ibuprofen and I realised the box had expired because it was at least six years since I bought them.

I work in the drug testing industry, and we do workplace screening. We screen mostly young healthy people, but the almost all of them declare drugs of some kind (usually legal I should point out) in the last six months.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I must admit I have recently (last several years) acquired man boobs and it could be linked to those pills but I thought it was because I am a fat *******



Wow, I'm grateful for the boobs.


When I took Simvastatin for 2 years my lower joints got so bad I could hardly walk and thought it was just the progression of my arthritis.
I then found out from 3 seperate people who all had to stop because of the same problems so I stropped (after consulatation with the GP) and I got my walking powers back within a week.
However, about 7 years on I'm in a worse mess because my arthritis has now taken over.
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Surprising how badly they can affect you sometimes, I switched and the side effects went away within a few days.
 
pastymuncher said:
Unfortunately yes. I have been on increasingly strong painkillers since I injured my back in 1997 while serving in the RAF in Germany. For the past two years I have also been suffering with a prolapse disc in my neck for which I am still waiting on a operation. I take Ramipril for my blood pressure, 150g Diclofenic MR for anti-inflammatory and 300mg Tramadol for pain relief per day.
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Pretty sure I was Germany around that time, but I would have been 7 years old :p dad was in the RAF and served in Germany a few times :)
 
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