Are You On Permanent Medication

[Canary42]

Having recently joined the permanent medication brigade (in my case blood-thinning Clopidogrel and cholesterol-reducing Atorvastatin) and slowly coming to terms with the repeat-prescription process, I began to wonder how many other Abers are under a similar life-sentence.

[Caran]

Indapamide, Ezetimibe, Lansoprazole, Amitripyline. Metformine and Thiamine.

[FatticusInch]

I don’t know if I consider myself fortunate or not but I’m 57 and am on no medication for anything whatsoever.
I’m certainly overweight but eat healthily, only dairy I eat is yogurt (odd block of cheese on holiday!) and I don’t eat chips, crisps or sweets(except when cycling).
Don’t drink coffee, one cup of tea in work, never drink either at home, don’t drink alcohol in the house, have a night with the lads once a fortnight/3 weeks.
Eat a lot of couscous, rice, pasta, fruit/veg and fish(tinned), red meat too when I make a chilli.
As mentioned I cycle roughly 20 miles a week to work and a shopping journey 3-4 times a week(I buy ‘fresh’ foods every other day).
In short I’m overweight but active and eat fairly healthily, I consider myself fortunate to not be on medication.
If not working on a weekend I’ll complete a further 30-40 miles of cycling on average.

Before anyone asks why I’m overweight despite my lifestyle my sister has narrowed it down for me to ‘portion sizes’.
I have a mindset that thinks because it’s healthy I can eat it in abundance, which is clearly wrong but hey, we’ve all gotta die of something eventually!

[Zacs-Master]

My grandad had a secret about toast and dieting.

[bobbie22]

I am on loads of medications I just take them every day and it doesn't bother me. My medication includes insulin and metformin. I order once a month and get them all delivered. It works well. You get used to it

[goodgoalie]

No, but I soon will be - sort of. Having recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease, I'm told my GP can prescribe a certain number of gluten-free loaves, which will be great help as they're so expensive. No idea how many.

Still waiting for my first prescription (and a colonoscopy).

[Buenchico]

GoodGoalie:
If you're in England, the guidance figure for prescriptions is 12 x 400g loaves per month:
https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/once-diagnosed/prescriptions/national-prescribing-guidelines/

However if you live in a red area on the map here, you're simply out of luck, it seems :(
https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/once-diagnosed/prescriptions/prescription-policies/

[Bazile]

//I'm on women's HRT patches (as a medical trial for prostate cancer)//

Chris
How does the HRT work against prostate cancer ?

[Buenchico]

Bazile:
Here's the official blurb about the trial:
https://www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/studies/all-studies/p/patch-pr09/

[roopower]

Simvastatin for cholestrol which is lower but dr believes in taking it anyway. Levothyroxine for underactive thyroid, checked annually, which is a family problem. At the moment various pain killers for arthritis, haven't found right one yet and am hoping to come off them when I get replacement.

[gness]

What a lot of pills! There was a post recently about the "hysterics" over weather warnings during the last heatwave. It attracted some ill informed answers.

I wonder how many people are aware that their medication (some mentioned on this thread) can increase the risk of heat-related illness during a heatwave.

[theshedman]

I have 3 in the morning then a different 3 at night plus 2 to be taken during the day and night for pain relief then there are the usual creams and lotions.

[davebro]

yes - the medicine cabinet certainly gets fuller as I age!

[goodgoalie]

Thanks for those links, Chris. Seems I'm just inside an 'under review' area.
I wonder why there are such discrepancies - in Scotland and Wales I could get breakfast cereal, oats and pasta!

[choux]

Yes thanks, Canary. You did very well to hold out until now!

While I would rather not have illnesses and conditions I am more than happy to shovel down the meds as it means my doctors think I have a life worth saving, just like yours :)

[barry1010]

Good goalie, have you tried Tesco own brand gluten free bread?

[goodgoalie]

Yes, am well into my new regime, and have tried that bread and some others - it's okay but tastes 'cakey' and not properly cooked. It's all very depressing, and having been a vegetarian for over 40 years, I feel I'll never be able to go away anywhere again, certainly no breaks in Europe, as I'd never be able to feed myself.

Gutted, no pun intended.