Prescription Drugs: Do you take any? |
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SteveG
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Posted: August 22 2016 at 04:13 | |||||||
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The T
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Posted: August 22 2016 at 07:25 | |||||||
I'm not opposed to any kind of drugs
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emigre80
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Posted: August 22 2016 at 08:27 | |||||||
me too (blood pressure, statin and omeprazole, mild doses only) but the pill caddy helps me to remember whether I've taken them or not.
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Catcher10
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Posted: August 22 2016 at 08:46 | |||||||
Zippo.......I don't take any prescription drugs at all. Last time was about 4yrs ago had a bad bout of vertigo and they gave me 3 Rx for nausia. Before that I could not guess for the life of me the last Rx I took......
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 02:27 | |||||||
2 on a regular basis - what my wife & I refer to as my nutter pills & my death pills -
Nutter pills = Citalopram (anti-depressants, mild dose) Death pills = Avorvastatin (stops my blood becoming treacle) Also, when needed, Sumatriptan for migraine (tricky ones these - if you take them too early, they don't work; if you take them too late, they don't work) [edit] Is there a drug available which enables you to spell 'prescription' correctly? Edited by Jim Garten - August 26 2016 at 02:29 |
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SteveG
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 03:30 | |||||||
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Dean
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 05:35 | |||||||
I see Jim is on the expensive luxury statins but how many of us UK wrinklies here are paying (what I like to call) "statin tax" for the twenty-five times cheaper Simvastatins that nets the British government £7.28 each month?
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someone_else
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 05:44 | |||||||
Note on correct spelling: the death pills are named Atorvastatin .
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Dean
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 06:16 | |||||||
Well almost, I think you may need to triple the dose
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emigre80
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 06:57 | |||||||
Simivastin is cheaper than dirt here. I think my monthly copay is $2.00. If in the UK the charge is the same for all drugs then I expect the British govt is in fact making a profit off you.
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Dean
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 07:17 | |||||||
Yup - the retail price would be £1.12 here but as they are a prescription drug we have to pay £8.40, hence the £7.28 profit they make on each script. Unfortunately because death by stroke is prevalent in my family our GP says I'm on them whether I change my lifestyle or not, a fact born out by my thin-as-a-rake, non-smoking, younger sister who is also on them but has had two angioplasty operations in recent years... Edited by Dean - August 26 2016 at 07:20 |
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caretaker
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 07:51 | |||||||
I'm assuming chemo counts.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 26 2016 at 08:49 | |||||||
Simvastatins didn't work for me, count kept hitting 8+ so GP put me on the pricey ones & now I'm down to just over 4 (despite my exclusively lard sandwich, cigarette, beer & black pudding diet)
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SteveG
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 10:23 | |||||||
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Dean
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 13:25 | |||||||
Nevermind, you corrected most of it, if I close one eye and wear a patch over the other I can't see the remaining typo. |
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SteveG
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 13:29 | |||||||
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Finnforest
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 13:37 | |||||||
Heartburn meds.....sigh
But at least I got off the harsher ones and supposedly the ones I'm on are not quite so bad on the body. You people that can eat anything you like without heartburn don't know how good you have it. Enjoy! |
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Dean
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 13:59 | |||||||
Perhaps alll you need is stronger prescription glasses, just because you've overlooked a typo it doesn't mean that everyone will. |
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SteveG
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Dean
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Posted: August 31 2016 at 10:44 | |||||||
Perhaps if you stop availing yourself of dr wu's remedies while I cut and paste the poll question back at you then you'll find being a smart-arse takes dedication, charm and years of practice: Poll Question: Presription Drugs: Do You Take Any? *insert image of roflopter here* |
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