“The big tablet is for my stomach.
But it makes me feel sick.
So I take the little one to stop that.
But that makes me itchy.
So the cream is for the itch.
The red and green one?
No idea what that’s for. I take two a day”.
“The big tablet is for my stomach.
But it makes me feel sick.
So I take the little one to stop that.
But that makes me itchy.
So the cream is for the itch.
The red and green one?
No idea what that’s for. I take two a day”.
beetleypete 
As a younger one you have to schedule your working time. Becoming older you have to count the tablets. ;-(
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It becomes hard to remember why you are taking them, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s true. Experience it with my mother. When I read the package insert, I think I’m studying pharmacy. xx
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The real problem is when they are all the same color and size, The print (indentations) on them seems to get smaller by the day , Warmest regards, Theo
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I only have eye drops. I cannot read the expiry date, even using my strongest reading glasses. Julie has to do that for me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The problem with the medication chain is the missing link.
“Which medication did I miss taking? And what are the consequences of that?”
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They hardly ever remember why they were taking any of them in the first place, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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And after reading the post and comments, I know will take my handful of pills.
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This is what an old lady said to me once, Don. She was taking pills for so many years, she had forgotten what they were for! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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🤣🤣🤣
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My parents have enough medication every day to comprise a meal and they are younger than you. One leads to the other, which leads to third, that leads to fourth…
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That’s right, Shaily. The merry-go-round of modern medicine.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Medication side effects are awful.
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They are often worse than the problem you are taking them for, that’s for sure.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Like you say, you take one pill for one thing and then another to counteract that one and so on. Barmy. When my mother was in hospital and I was sent to talk to her consultant who warned me she didn’t have much longer I asked him to take her off her medication as it was making her very confused. He did and she rallied round and lived another three years! Sometimes they prescribe too many pills and don’t follow up on the consequences. One reason why I am reluctant to take more than the occasional painkiller.
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There are so many stories of people stopping medication and being so much better afterwards.
I was on Statins for years with no check-ups, and then my doctor in Norfolk found that they had seriously damaged my muscles and she stopped me taking them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I took arthritis pills for four years but my bodies ‘desire’ for the next pill eventually became the worst symptom of all. I took a chance one day stopped taking them and never went back. I feel physically a little better comparatively, and can at least think that I’m saving my liver.
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Glad to hear you no longer need them mate. Sometimes those long-term prescriptions just become a ‘prescribing habit’ for our doctors.
Cheers, Pete.
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i see the confusion Pete. sad.
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An old lady told me that. She had stopped taking her medicines because she was too confused about which ones to take.
Best wishes, Pete.
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😳
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My mum gave up all her tablets in the last couple of years of her life and strangely enough felt much better, lol.
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I can understand that, Stevie. My mum used to get so stressed about all the different medications, she often didn’t take any at all.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Aw. I dread the days of needing a pill tray!
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They always seemed to forget what they were taking them for. It used to worry me. Even my mum couldn’t remember, and I used to check her meds in my ambulance drugs book.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It is a bother, but the alternative is . . . Warmest regards, Ed
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Some people just stop taking their pills completely. Many of them seem none the worse for that. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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One never knows what is going on with most pills. Warmest regards, Theo
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