primitives discuss taking pharmaceuticals

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1147737

Oh my.

And probably most of them paid for by other people.

hedgehog (27,832 posts)

Damn, I take a lot of pills!

I've picked up a lot scripts over the years for various chronic conditons, and added Vitamin D, Fish oil, calcium etc. I look like a hypochondriac, but I'm feeling a lot better! I notice if I forget one pill or another. Thank heavens for super size pill of the day boxes, though!

TexasTowelie (1,134 posts)

1. 21!

No, I didn't win at black jack--that's how many pills I taking each day (if diligent). I could probably back off some anti-oxidants and a couple of the pills are for antibiotics since I had oral surgery awhile ago. But those potassium pills could gag Rafalca--how do they expect a human to be able to swallow those things?

franksolich dines on.....zero pills a day.

Well, actually, maybe two or three aspirin a week.

hedgehog (27,832 posts)

2. Sometimes I crack the calcium pills in half to get them down.

I have you beat - I'm up to 30 pills - (10 medications, some with multiple pills!)

kickysnana (2,704 posts)

3. ...

You have a way to go. I get 21-27 prescriptions per month and I never counted how many pills but I take them at 5 different times a day because of interactions. I saw a new doctor in September and she looked at my records and said well you probably will feel a lot better if we can get you off so many medications. She has added 5 so far. Like you if I miss a dose or two, even on the handful of supplements I feel it.

dixiegrrrrl (25,602 posts)

4. Ithe trick to getting stubborn pills down...

I use a pill cutter if need be and I buy orange juice with lots of pulp. Somehow if I can't feel the pill, it goes down better.

The gelatin capsules go down better if I have a mouthful of the OJ and then, standing, lean over a bit so gravity can assist, since otherwise, the gelatin pills want to float back up in your mouth instead of down.

The fish oil caps I use are pretty large.

and yeah, somewhere along the line I got a bunch of pills in my life. Have no idea how that became the new normal.

Bragging about how many pharmaceuticals one takes every day is like bragging about how retarded one is.

[BlueStateSaint]

Bragging about how many pharmaceuticals one takes every day is like bragging about how retarded one is.

Don't give them any ideas, Coach!

[Karin]

All those supplements...are they just a scam?  You see rows and rows of them in the stores.  I feel no different today than when I was taking a Centrum once a day.  I did used to swear by Osteo Biflex, for "mouse wrist."  But I'm OK without it. 

[Randy]

I used to take/supposed to take all sorts of crap for various maladies. Right now, like Frank I take some aspirin as needed. I quit taking all that crap and feel a lot better for it.

[Gina]

I am on a few meds for my back and blood pressure.  I am getting a RF nerve block come the 16th and I hope that means I come off those narcotics for pain.  I am sick of swallowing pills.

[franksolich]

I am on a few meds for my back and blood pressure.  I am getting a RF nerve block come the 16th and I hope that means I come off those narcotics for pain.  I am sick of swallowing pills.

I hope it works out for you.

The thing to remember about the primitives and pills, though, is this: the primitives have an insatiable appetite for things paid for by other people.  No matter what it is, just so other people have to bear the onerous cost.  The primitives are proud of sucking off other people; it proves their 'self-worth' that others are compelled to support them.

That's all it is.

[Aristotelian]

I'm not in the least bit surprised to see the hedgehog DUmmy as a pill popper. She hangs around the stunningly misnamed 'Catholic & Orthodox Group' bashing the Holy Father, the Bishops (at least the decent ones), and indeed every single vibrant part of the Church. Calling for women-priests, married priests, gay priests and all the rest of their usual agenda. I've met the type in real life, all old (usually ugly) women bitter and twisted that Holy Mother doesn't bend to their every whim and crazy-mad idea.

[GOBUCKS]

All those supplements...are they just a scam? 

Yes.

They improve health as much as paying double price for "organic" produce and meat.

[Scoobie]

Yes.

They improve health as much as paying double price for "organic" produce and meat.

Oh i dunno. Since the DUmmies' diet consists mostly of stale Cheetos and bong water, I could see how a vitamin supplement might be helpful for them.