[Natalie8]

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?

[Snoopy]

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

[Judy2]

Nine prescriptions every day along with two Aleve.

[freeinhou]

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

Tom

[Kitty]

Two prescription meds plus a boatload of supplements/vitamins.

[ginnie]

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

[JENNIEO]

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