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Old 03-01-2013, 02:47 AM #1
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Default 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. Then I think well yikes, I look like a serious pill popper!

What about you guys?
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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

When is the number of prescription medications considered too much?
That's something only you and your doctor can answer
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Nine prescriptions every day along with two Aleve.
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3 prescriptions - all for high blood pressure. Plus a multi-vitamin and an aspirin every day.

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Two prescription meds plus a boatload of supplements/vitamins.
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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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[Seven scripts, and a host of vitamines. Have hernia in throat, each pill is hard to swallow. I hate all of it. ginnie
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hmmm...let me count...9 prescriptions, 5 supplements...but a total of 19 pills daily and one injection daily.
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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.
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Eight Rx's.

Ibuprofen and ice to R knee.

Heat to L neck spasms.
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