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Subject: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: catspaw49 Date: 16 May 09 - 03:50 PM This kinda' came up on another thread and it reminded me of the old days when we were getting to know each other and ran a ton of this type of thread which culminated with Art Thieme (as a joke because he was disgusted) asking what condoms Mudcatters used.....It of course became a Mudcat Classic. Here I'm just curious as a lot of us have had health problems or age problems or both!!! LOL............Don't get uptight and you don't have to play.....this is just for fun. You don't have to name them unless you want to and simply the number of prescription meds will do. In my case, I don't care so I'll go first. I take 9 different prescription meds daily and some twice a day. Here's the list: Lovastatin Tabs 40MG Digoxin Tabs 0.125MG Spironolactone Tabs (Aldactone) 25MG Furosemide Tabs (Lasix) 40MG (x2) Enalapril Mal Tabs (Vasotech) 20MG (x2) Carvedilol Tabs (Coreg) 25MG (x2) Potassium Chlor Er Tabs 20MEQ (x2) Spaw.......Barely living through Chemistry |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: heric Date: 16 May 09 - 03:54 PM I wish I could imitate his voice but my old neighbor was hobbling over to his ride and bitching at me that "I goota go to the doctor just so he can give me meds just so I can go to the doctor again to get more meds." |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Janie Date: 16 May 09 - 04:07 PM Well, there are the medications I take, vs. the medications I'm supposed to take. I"m not supposed to take a whole slew, and would be in big trouble if I was, because I have a hard time making myself take medications on a regular basis, have problems with side effects and a lousy insurance plan with a $5000 deductible that makes me reluctant to go back to the good doctor when I have trouble tolerating side effects. I'm supposed to take lovastatin 20 mg. qd Aspirin 81 mg. qd Zolpidem 10mg qhs prn sertraline 50 mg qd 1500 mg. calcium citrate with magnesium qd. Ibuprofen, 800mg, bid glucosamine sulfate The only pharmacoligical agents I seem to be sure to get into my body everyday are nicotine, caffeine, and vino. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Janie Date: 16 May 09 - 04:09 PM Ain't nuttin' wrong with me that being 17 years younger wouldn't cure. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 May 09 - 04:45 PM The only one I could not do without is Diprosalic ointment. It wouldn't kill me to be without it, but I might... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Ebbie Date: 16 May 09 - 08:21 PM Good grief. We appear to be lucky that we have you here at all. I am 73. Medications I take? None. (Oh, I'm smarmy, me.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Joe Offer Date: 16 May 09 - 08:26 PM I'm trying to find out where to sign up for medical marijuana. Sounds like fun - although I still haven't gotten up the nerve to try marijuana in any iteration. It's been eight years since I had a security clearance, so I don't need to worry any more about losing it. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 16 May 09 - 08:41 PM At 72, I do not take any pharmaceuticals but I do take a number of supplements- type, brand and dose as determined by my trusty pendulum. I do not ask the pendulum about chocolate, which this woman runs on! I have been environmentally poisoned and detox frequently. I was recently termed "hyperactive" by a couple HS students who were helping me move. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: RangerSteve Date: 16 May 09 - 10:34 PM Glyburide, Actos, Nephrocaps, Renegel, Plavix, I don't remember the rest, they're on the other side of the house and I'm too lazy to go look. The problems they cure are high blood sugar, cholesterol, and kidney related problems. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 17 May 09 - 02:57 AM Gin counts doesn't it? I'm experiencing a prescription drug free period again, having just finished amoxycillin for a chest infection and nurofen for the pulled muscle... been without the fluoxetine (the other name for Prozac) for some time now, which is a two edged sword... it means I'm not depressed but it also means I'm going to be at some point. Nothing wrong with me that being 4" taller and 10 years younger might cure, except that 10 years ago I didn't know about the dicky ticker that got fixed 5 years ago. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dave Hanson Date: 17 May 09 - 03:08 AM Medicinal whisky, red wine and Taylors Landlord, several times daily, they don't cure anything but you don't care. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: GUEST,Shimrod Date: 17 May 09 - 04:09 AM I find that long walks, plenty of contact with the natural world and as much sunshine as it is possible to encounter here in Manchester, UK are quite effective forms of medication. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Neil D Date: 17 May 09 - 05:14 AM Enalapril 20mg Simvastatin 20mg Oxycontin 40mg 2xday Percocet as needed Plus Prilosec 1 baby aspirin Iron 325mg with Vitamin C 3xday 1 multivitamin I think thats all...it's kinda fuzzy... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Neil D Date: 17 May 09 - 05:19 AM From: Joe Offer - PM Date: 16 May 09 - 08:26 PM I'm trying to find out where to sign up for medical marijuana. Sounds like fun - although I still haven't gotten up the nerve to try marijuana in any iteration. C'mon Joe. You live in California doncha? If not there then where? Courtesy of Ron White: If the Doctor asks what condition you have that marijuana can treat, tell him that running out of marijuana really bums you out. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: wysiwyg Date: 17 May 09 - 07:08 AM Hm, it's the least I've taken in a longlonglong time. The industrial-sized pill-sorter, I've recently been thinking, looks so funny with only 4 little pills in it. 'Course that's the MAIN one. There are several others with "might-needs." Gotta: Diovan Toprol Norvasc (generics thereof) Might: Tylenol Diphenhydramine Lomotil Ultracet Diuretic Then there are the topicals as needed: Witch hazel (swimmer's ear) Cipro Otic (ditto) Saline (nasal wash, eye wash) Various anti-itchers The big 90-day supplies live together against damp in a storage-size super-heavy Ziploc bag, from which I refill the sorters as needed. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Terry McDonald Date: 17 May 09 - 07:42 AM None whatsoever - at 69 I'm still instinctively against them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 17 May 09 - 08:31 AM I am with you 100% Mr. McDonald.
Howver, my innoculation card is full and current - from all the 3Heps/Typhus/Cholora/Tetinus/ etc. etc. etc. I carry for travel an emergency cache of Cipro/Tamaflu/Bismuth/Lomatil/ but blessedly - have never had to go beyound Bismuth (Pepto-Bismol tablets)
Sincerely,
As I always surmised - There are some mighty sick people here!!!- Prevention is better than treatment - and daily exercise is one of the best preventives - use it or loose it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 17 May 09 - 08:32 AM Seth Lakeman Bruce Murdoch Show of Hands Ron Bankley The Oysterband Kate Rusby Reg Meuross Dougie Maclean Paul Sachs Dan O'Connell Harry Chapin Eddie Reid Noah Zacharin Noa Bursie Martyn Joseph The Beatles Al Green George Benson The Bee Gees Earth Wind and Fire The Imagined Village The Afro Celts Salsa Celtica .... ... .. . ad infinitums.... .....at least four times a day before, after and during meals. ;0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Ed T Date: 17 May 09 - 10:20 AM A minimum daily dose of Synthroid (levothyroxine) for a slightly underactive thyroid gland. Maxalt once and awhile in the winter, to abort occasional migraines (I dont enjoy the aura, except when doing abstract paintings:). Occasionally (mostly winter) hydrocortisone cream for a few dry skin areas. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 17 May 09 - 10:41 AM Lizzies got it! Music is the great healer. Laughter, too. Norman Cousins used the latter to great effect. A drip feed of good music beats all. Mudoch's "old" music is still stuck in my CD player - two weeks of music therapy everywhere I go! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 May 09 - 11:26 AM Mudcat with breakfast weekdays Mudcat after dinner weekdays Mudcat all frigging weekend long. It is as good as any excuse to get out of ironing, for which I will need meds. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 May 09 - 11:27 AM Oh I should said Medcat |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 17 May 09 - 11:34 AM Only an occasional mead! ;-)> |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 17 May 09 - 12:33 PM OK, everyone understands the typo, right? MURDOCH. But like many meds, it could be addictive. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 May 09 - 01:02 PM Some of these lists are pretty $cary for a number of reasons. None I absolutely have to take. Two to keep my bones healthy (along with calcium rich foods and exercise) are HRT and calcium. Because I lost the H through surgery about 10 years ago. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Mrrzy Date: 17 May 09 - 01:09 PM effexor (an antidepressant) and seroquel (an anti-psychotic to keep from going manic on the antidepressants), daily. Occasional aspirin. Frequent THC. Alcohol probably somewhere between the latter two. Annual, roughly, psilocybin (sp?). I used to take Darvon for migraine-ish headaches but nobody likes to prescribe it anymore. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: GUEST,jeddy Date: 17 May 09 - 07:42 PM i'm only 30 and i don't want to get any older coz by the sounds of it i'm screwed. i'm on antidepressants coz if not i can't stop crying being a folkie is a dangerous buisiness! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: pdq Date: 17 May 09 - 08:06 PM A couple of cups of Yuban in the morning. Never after 2:00 in the afternoon (house rule). After 6:00 (house rule): Coors on an "as needed" basis. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Bobert Date: 17 May 09 - 08:17 PM THC and Viagra!!! Get 'er done!!! B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Mallee Date: 17 May 09 - 08:22 PM The Medicine man I am not here to be laughed at chaffed at or any other at iam here to sell my wares. Garanteeeed to cure coughs, colds, scabby holes, pimples on your bum, rum tum, scalp scum. PRICE one penny What about Lily The Pinks medicinal compound. Yes Folks There's a cure for you. I personally stick with pints of lunatic soup. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Janie Date: 17 May 09 - 08:45 PM Right now, I need something for a sore throat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: katlaughing Date: 17 May 09 - 08:49 PM Medcat I vote that the best newly coined word on Mudcat in a long time. I LIKE it Tam! Spaw, I have resisted the listing, it just seems too personal, but then I thought total strangers know when get a prescription filled or, heaven forbid, I wind up in the ER, so...naw...still feels too personal, not gonna do it.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Bobert Date: 17 May 09 - 08:50 PM Hot toddie, Janie... Take you 'bout 3 ounces of yer best Western Carolina shine and a cup of lemonaide and I'll double-damned-guarentee that in 30 minutes you'll not only have no sore throat but that you might be able to typo and speel like me... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Janie Date: 17 May 09 - 08:53 PM All I got on hand is a cheap cabernet. I'll let you know shortly if it works. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Joe_F Date: 17 May 09 - 09:00 PM If by a med you mean something recommended by a doctor, then 1 aspirin a day, because I had a couple of TIAs (I think they're called) a few years ago. I have some Viagra, in case I meet someone who wants to get fucked. Also I put some antibiotic in my ears every morning, to forestall lowgrade infections, and some antipruritic (but I scratch them anyway). And lotion on my fingers & feet. The only psychotropic drugs I use are caffeine in the morning & alcohol in the evening. They happen to be legal & available without prescription. I suppose that won't last forever, but neither will I. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Little Hawk Date: 17 May 09 - 09:02 PM Meds? None. I don't believe in taking meds. I do take various vitamins and dietary supplements, though: Vitamin D, Magnesium Citramate, an anti-oxident, cod liver oil, stuff like that. What most people need to have and maintain good health (in my opinion) is a complete diet, NOT overeating, getting enough excercise, sunlight, and fresh air, and drinking enough clean water. It also helps to have friends and activities that one finds interesting and enjoyable, of course. Having a Dachshund can help too...but it's a double-edged sword, because the little rascal can cause you a bit of stress now and then... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Ebbie Date: 17 May 09 - 09:16 PM Oh, yes, I do take vitamins and a couple of minerals. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Janie Date: 17 May 09 - 09:18 PM LH, You know I like and respect you and agree with you on many things. But it always bothers me when some one patly says "I don't believe in taking meds." Besides, the last time I took a Dachshund, all that dog hair got caught in my throat and nearly choked me to death. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: open mike Date: 17 May 09 - 09:38 PM they're trying to kill me off with daily doses of rat poison.. warfarin/coumadin...i had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung)a couple of years back so now i do this blood thinner...to prevent clots and i also all Co Q 10 cuz i heard it helps with circulation (The name warfarin stems from the acronym WARF, for Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation} |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Little Hawk Date: 17 May 09 - 09:38 PM Regarding the Dachshund...you probably didn't take him in the recommended manner, Janie.... ;-D Hey, look, just because I don't believe in taking meds, I'm not saying that belief has to apply to anyone else. We all have the right to our own belief systems. I might have qualified it this way: I will take pharmaceuticals IF I can find no other way of dealing effectively with a health problem I have. Otherwise, I prefer other methods. I did take pharmaceuticals once, for example, to cure a mild eye infection, and I have taken aspirin on occasion to get rid of a headache. It's just that in general...I tend to opt for other methods first rather than reaching for a drug of some kind...specially on a regular basis over a lengthy period of time. I do not in general tend to trust the overall effects of pharmaceuticals on bodily health. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: mouldy Date: 18 May 09 - 04:19 AM I don't like taking meds either, but unfortunately the high blood pressure and non-stop acid reflux has put me on ramipril and bendroflumethiazide, and lanzoprazole. I'm up for a meds review in the next month, and I'll fight tooth and nail if he tries to put me on any more. Going onto daily meds about 5 years ago was the first sign of the onset of late middle age for me - my mum did too, and for the same reasons. The BP is a bit higher than they would like, but it's up and down all the time anyway. I am sure it's nothing that losing a bit more weight, being more active, getting the house fixed up, sold, and moving to pastures new won't solve. Until then I just put up with the frustrations and angst that recent widowhood, and a house renovation that seems to have stalled have foisted on me! It don't help when you have a pharmacist for a daughter, either! Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Catherine Jayne Date: 18 May 09 - 04:25 AM Symbicort Salbutamol (in inhaler and nebulizer) Metformin Prednisolone. I take vit c in the morning too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Bryn Pugh Date: 18 May 09 - 04:54 AM Like Mouldy (supra), I, too, am on ramipril and lanzaprozole. I,m also on Amlodipline 10 mg for the BP. I'm on Tramadol 400mg and Naproxen 400mg for the arthritis - years of Morris dancing has left my kees buggered. Add a one gram dose of vitamin C, a goodly dose of Vitamin B complex (for the nerves, dear) and a multivitamin and mineral tablet - belt, braces and baler twine ? Oh, and let's not forget the cod liver oil capsule. This is nothing as compared with the meds. my beloved Erica is on. Apart from the above, large doese of caffeine at regular intervals. Sad, ain't it, when one's "drug of choice" is a Strepsil. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Jack Campin Date: 18 May 09 - 05:25 AM Woke up this morning, got those red skin blotches blues I said I woke up this morning, got those auto-immunity blues Slap on clobetasol, read the Mudcat in the nude... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 May 09 - 06:05 AM So Janie - would that make it a medicine cabernet? I'll get me white coat... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dave Hanson Date: 18 May 09 - 06:17 AM It made no difference what this thread was about, it was another opportunity fir Lizzie Dripping, oops sorry, Cornish to mention SOH. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Wesley S Date: 18 May 09 - 09:15 AM One med I'm NOT taking anymore is insulin. If you lose 40 pounds like I did you get to give up something. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Gervase Date: 18 May 09 - 09:19 AM Blimey - there'll be no missing the mudgather at the next festival I go to; I'll be able to hear them all rattling! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 18 May 09 - 01:05 PM LH: I'm with you! I use Paud'Arco for infections, including this tooth that "needed a root canal" two years ago. I used to get terrible weather induced headaches but not since I started drinking GREEN tea. Black tea gives me a migraine. I detox to keep the environmental chemicals from building up in my bod; if they do, I get tired first and almost a couch potato next. I prefer being hyperactive. Used Glucosamine to heal the "shin splints" resulting from 11 hours of Bulgarian dancing and a couple months later a sore knee from another 11 hours of Bulgarian dancing. MAGIC! Yeah - the dancing! Also the Glucosamine - but I did not mess with "recommended dose"; I took what the pendulum said to take - lots! And now down to none and the knee is fine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What Meds Do You Take? From: Little Hawk Date: 18 May 09 - 01:56 PM Excellent! What is "Paud'Arco"? I've been getting good results from Oil of Oregano. Powerful stuff. |
