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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

kickysnana

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Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 05:14 PM

Aug 2012

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.

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Damn, I take a lot of pills! [View all] hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

21! TexasTowelie Aug 2012 #1

Sometimes I crack the calcium pills in half to get them down. hedgehog Aug 2012 #2

... kickysnana Aug 2012 #3

Ithe trick to getting stubborn pills down... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #4

beware grasswire Aug 2012 #5

I had a prescription for a 600mg tablet......... mrmpa Aug 2012 #6

I'm at...29 nickinSTL Feb 2013 #7

I should add - Last year my GP insisted on what I thought at the time to be a lot hedgehog Feb 2013 #8

19 on Mondays, 13 the rest of the week NightWatcher Feb 2013 #9

i refuse to count mopinko Feb 2013 #10

never, EVER trust your doctor's scripts to be okay to take together. Herself Feb 2014 #11

I check each new script against all the others - hedgehog Feb 2014 #12

I have many symptoms of Sjogrens, but I've smoked, so everything gets blamed on it Herself Feb 2014 #13

I ws very overweight, so that got the blame for my problems! hedgehog Feb 2014 #14

BTW - finding a rheumotologist is almost like hunting unicorns hedgehog Feb 2014 #15

hedgehog, Thank you! n/t Herself Feb 2014 #16

I feel lucky that my PCP is willing to treat my fibro... moriah Feb 2014 #18

I'm up to 16 scripts, but only 10 are pills. moriah Feb 2014 #17