How many total prescriptions are you on??
 

Do you sometimes feel like you are on SO many medications? My husband and I laugh when we travel and I have a giant bag of pill bottles I carry on the plane (never check in my luggage) -- I think it's now up to 8 or 9 prescriptions, some used only as needed.

But sometimes I hate being on all of these drugs, especially when I recall a previous life of NO prescriptions and complete health!

When is the number just too much? I feel like I am a walking pharmacy! And then I wonder what the long term affects are. :confused: Then I think well yikes, I look like a serious pill popper! :eek:

What about you guys?

I am on one (1) prescription medication and I take that on an as needed basis.

I take quite a few vitamins/supplements and feel like I run a home vitamin store :eek: ;)

When is the number of prescription medications considered too much?
That's something only you and your doctor can answer :hug:

:eek:Nine prescriptions every day along with two Aleve.:(:eek:

3 prescriptions - all for high blood pressure. Plus a multi-vitamin and an aspirin every day.

Tom

Two prescription meds plus a boatload of supplements/vitamins.

I do feel like I am on sooo many things - when I was first diagnosed, the meds I was given made me feel so loopy, and being a newbie I just thought "crap - this is what my life is going to be like with MS?"! The thing is, once I figured out that the meds were the issue and stopped some of them, I felt so much better. I do take a big handful of stuff every day still , much of it is supplements. No more strong neurontin (200mg instead, 3x a day), no more Lyrica at all - didn't tolerate that well, Copaxone, Vitamin D, Omegas, multivitamin, plus other stuff for non-MS problems. Just realized my nice little weekly pill box is really not big enough. :)
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JennieO
MS dxd 8.4.2008
Copaxone since 9.2008

Hi
 

[Seven scripts, and a host of vitamines. Have hernia in throat, each pill is hard to swallow. I hate all of it. ginnie

hmmm...let me count...9 prescriptions, 5 supplements...but a total of 19 pills daily and one injection daily.

I am down to 4 prescriptions (one of which is vitamin D which I'll be done with in a couple of weeks). I also take a multivitamin every day.

Eight Rx's.

Ibuprofen and ice to R knee.

Heat to L neck spasms.
ANN :(

Zero now for about 2 years, after a long term trial of them I couldn`t see, or feel that any were making a difference except Baclofen when I has a muscle issue.

I take an 81 mg asprin, b 12, d 3, vitamin e and a multi vitamin.

2 Scripts 3 Vitas

I don't know how you all do it. I am on 15 prescriptions. Some of those, I think 3 are not 'prescriptions' per se but are still prescribed by the doctor, it's jsut that they are all over the counter. I hope if I can get this 75 pounds gone I can get rid of 3 of the blood pressure meds and the diabetic med. I am on 4 blood pressure meds but one was originally for a high heart rate and I would have to stay on that one. But I still have the one for bladder and I guess I might be able to get rid of my stomach pill if I didn't take so much meds.

:Thats-Funneh::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Hi doydie
 

I just wanted you to know getting off the stomach meds. is possible. I had acid reflux so bad, that I got barretts esophagus. I was put on a heavy dose of delexant for a few years. This med. however prevents the B12 in your body. I started on tumeric, and low and behold, the acid reflux went away. I take alot of medications too, and this suppliment really helped me in a way that I didn't expect. Maybe ask your doctor about this. I also use agee, which is clarified butter, which is soothing and healing in the stomach in place of butter in all cooking, toast, etc. Maybe ask your doc about these two things. It is nice to take less medicaitons! ginnie:hug:

5 regular rx's and 3 for as-needed use.

Prescriptions
 

I take 4 different prescriptions and one over the counter medication.
It looks like I may be adding more soon though.
Brain patch

I'm on about nine prescriptions (including Copaxone) and about ten supplements. It's a large container in my carry on bag when we travel, lol.

Thanks for answering! Now I don't feel like such a freak with my big bag of meds. :)