What prescription pills do you take every day.....

none

Aunty Post     23 Nov 12 13:48 
.....if it isn't too intrusive to ask?

Me.....

Amlodipene and Bendroflumethiazide  for blood pressure

Amitrptylene for my Peripheral Neuropathy

Atarvastatin for Cholesterol


That's the A's and B's are we doing the C's and D's tomorrow. As we have 26 letters to play with think there may be a possible series in this.

Lucky old you DFMS!

Nocash, well done for picking up on that one!

I've been taking them for years and never noticed!

I could chuck in another two that I can request when needed but they
don't fit in with the every day requirement of the thread.

Just glad I don't have to pay for them!

None on a daily basis, I get sinusitis two or three times a year and take something for that. I forget what it is called but that is it. Luckily enough I never feel unwell as a rule.

Please can people not come on here bragging about good health! 

As it happens (JS quote) I too never felt unwell very much, and hadn't been to a doctor in almost twenty years.

That was until my Brother in Law **** me up to his blood pressure gadget and I was almost off the scale.

Ever since it's been constant taking of pills, going for blood tests and reviews.

I have to wonder what would have happened if, I never had found out about it!
Would I still be here or a gonner?

How bloody stupid! An innocent word has been ****ed!

Now I can't remember what word I used! I think it was ****.

Yes it was r!gged.

So what the heck is wrong with that please?

Simvastatin 20mg
Amitryptiline 10 mg
Cc-codamol  half a ton (addicted, apparently)

Sorry AP Just to make you feel a bit better I had a dose of gout in February, I forgot about that.
Jesus H Christ that was very painful. Not in the big toe where it normally hits but in my ankle, I was absolutely crippled.

Peripheral Neuropathy, as the name suggests, starts at the end of the longest nerves which are to the feet.

They send confused signals to the brain of numbness (think how it feels to have worn shoes that were too tight)

Then the same numbness can also be painful.

My toes are effectively "dead".

I can prick with a sterilised needle and feel nothing.

Some times it affects my gait (no five bar jokes please) and doesn't help when driving. Also people don't realise how much
you use your toes for balance.

At worst it extends to my ankles where it is very painful and even to my shins. I wouldn't wish it on any decent person.

The worrying thing is, that people who nave taken Statins, complain of this being a side effect of the drug.

None fortunately.Sympathies to those that do.

Haven't told you the good news!

Some may have heard me talk about my "Happy Pills".

As it happens (JS quote) "Amitrptylene" is also prescribed for people with depression as it acts on the same area of the brain.

I am deliriously happy as I take two per day.

Did we ever figure out why "r i g g e d" is a banned word?

citalopram which is an anti-depressant and Zydol which is an opium based drug that kills (or supposed to) feelings in the nerves

nothing

My missus is taking citalopram atm. It's doing the job but she doesn't get on too well with the side effects

Lansoprazole (for acid indigestion but not caused by all the booze I sup)

Fixed used to be banned as well, and bent. Apparently to stop people talking about r!gged races.

Obviously these don't exist and jockeys weren't layers.

lol

Two heaped teaspoons of shrewdiosity ... I'm not sure it's working

I get no side effects nick and if you want to argue about it I will ******* shoot you you ******* ****

She gets dizziness and forgetfulness (s/e's)

Could be very useful....eg "you said you didn't want a present this year" and "I gave you the money last week"!

Ciprofloxacin (Ciproxin) twice daily, and have been taking it for the last 8 years or so.  For those that say you shouldn't be permanently on antibiotics, well, my consultant seems quite relaxed about it all .  Apparently the longer you are on Cipro, and the older you get, the more susceptible you are to achilles tendon ruptures.  So that's something to look forward to I guess!

actually nick now you mention it my memory is not that brilliant lately but I never bother to read the paperwork that comes with any medication

junky

even on drugs I still wouldn't do Liz

Sorry............not a member................keep giving em samples wiv my catapult.........

None for me but I am currently dispensing the following to Mrs Toteboard on a daily basis
Omeprazole x1
Donperidone 3x2
Buscopan x3
Cocodomol 3x2
Cetirizine x1
Lispronil x1

She's not very well, bless her

mmm         has she got any money.................

Gabapentin 300m x7day
bisoprolol 5mg
atorvastatin 20mg
Lansoprazole 15mg
Escitalopram 10mg
co-codamol 8mg x8day
aspirin 75mg
amlodipine 5mg
fluorometholne 4 times a day
sodium hyaluronate when required
viagra x2, 1 for the weekend and one for redtube on tuesdays

Allapuranol for gout...

Simvastatin - Cholesterol
Metformin - Diabetes
Omeprazole - Acid Reflux
(small)Aspirin - advised by Dr
Indometacin - When I get Gout
Quinine Sulphate - Night cramp
Started and stopped amitryptilene for an unexplained neuropathy problem which also involved MRSI scans and a lumbar puncture. Only 15mg which is a tiny dose, but when I stopped after just 3 weeks, I didn't sleep at all for over 3 days - it was horrible.
Loads of different creams and ointments for Psoriasis.
Co-codamol (sometimes Diazapem)- Bit of a disc slippage in my neck causing arm pain/tingling/numbness, coupled with frequent visits to an Osteopath.

All the above, when I remember/can be bothered.

Fecking huck, I'm a mess.
(Yet still somehow surprisingly lovely).

uurrghh what a bag of disease

Prednisolone 6 daily for Crohn's Disease
Co-codamol 6-12 daily
DF118 2 daily
Mirtazapine for depression
Mesalazine for Crohn's
Adcal 4 daily for osteoporosis

Not bad for 42 yr old

Bloody hell, you lot need putting down!

solway - what dosage of prednisolone? 6 x 1mg or 6 x 5mg?

6 x 5mg

on reduction cycle now - was on 12 x 5mg side effects brutal on such a high dose.

Anusol

Farmers ?

Itching ?

or both ?

Lypsyl not getting it done?

God solway, my Cipro is for a Crohn's related issue, you make me feel fit as a flea!

Clements

People with far worse illnesses King thats the way I see it, though when an aggressive flare up happens it does screw u up a bit. My mantra is I have Crohn's but won't let it have me.

Was also on mercaptopurine for a while which is a tablet form of chemotheraphy.

Osteoporosis is direct result of so many steroids in 18 years destroying the bones.

Steroids helping with weight gain - hope to be up to 8 stone by Xmas.

Nothing on a daily basis, but I do suffer from frequent migraines during which I'll take anything I can lay my hands on.

Good luck to you solway mate, you've got the right attitude and that's the crux as far as I'm concerned.  I had it bad when I was in my late teens, been through a lot of surgery, but been good for years now.  Wish you all the best.

thanks king.

had 3 parts of stomach removed so far.

going for more in new year.

Gosh, what a collective shocking state we are all in!

Burton B..... if you do read the notes on the leaflets, or on line, you might well elect to stick with your condition as is,
rather than risk the hideous potential side effects, of which there are very many, even down to 'one in xxxxxxx' fatalities
and crazily, that the drug prescribed for your condition can actually be a cause of it!

Im King Statin(or Stain as Tommy Toes would call me)
40mg per day,tasty they are.

Amitriptyline..

Nasty fcker almost 100 poss side effects.(Paranoia & Suicide tendancies) are 2

Wouldn't allow it in the house..you're better off without it