How Many Pills do You take Daily?

You are very welcome and have a wonderful evening. Many blessings to you and keep well.

Yes I will try to take care of this thing now. Yes you are right if we start a dose it is not good to leave it midway. It spoils the immune system. Thanks for the advise.

This is what I need. There must be a pharmacy in NY near the hotel and is is in a busy area. I am putting the box on my list. Flax seed oil is good to take. They are so expensive to buy out here. Hope it is cheaper in the States. Thank God that I don't have arthritis - I do not do pain well at all.

One thing on the fish oil though - the naturopath I'm seeing said to make sure that it was fresh. If it smells fishy at all, it's gone rancid and can do more harm than good!

Thanks Dawn - I did not know this although I do check the expiry date on everything

It is very important to take the fish oil ones as it has been proven to help protect your heart. So please dig them out wherrever they are and begin to take them. Also a low dosage or baby aspirin can reduce your risk of heart attack or strokes by nearly 50% - and that is a lot. I've taken a baby aspirin for about 20 years. Ask your docor about taking it. It is a great blood thinner

are u a doctor? just wondered if u knew more than my doctor does????

As we get older (and I appreciate that I have lived to get older and to give thanks for this ) we develop complaints that modern medicine can keep us living longer and living in better health. Sometimes we have no choice. I was well and did not have any problems until I reached 50. Keep healthy my friend and thank you for responding

That's very true Binthu, natural medicines are effectively slower and takes many doses but side effects are much less. Modern medicines too has it's place today. It's just that sometimes we must be very careful in what we are taking. Some people has more severe side effects than others. This applies to traditional medicines too. Not everyone can tolerate traditonal medicines as well. We still need modern medicine.

I'm older now and have a stressful time these past 10 years and it has taken its toll on me. Keep healthy by keeping on what you are doing. Many blessings

I need to take zinc - I know that I do so when I go away next week will try to buy a few bottles. So expensive where I live so I should get it much more cheaply in NY where I am stopping overnight. I haven't heard of the 3 in one tablet so I should loo out for this one next week. Many thanks for responding to my post

I used to suffer a lot of ear infections. It was a nurse that discovered what was wrong. The wax in my ears did not drain out naturally and if I use waxsol or something like that a few times a week I do not get an infection. The wax inn the ear gets nice and moist and breeds bacteria. The pain was horrible. why don't you try this for a say 3 nights a week in a row and see if the wax will come out?

Thanks for the advice, they've been looking in my ears and wax buildup isn't the problem. They think it's something with my ear canal...my dad is trying to find me an ENT and see what he says. It's to the point where I've had so many ear infections that I don't feel the pain until my ear is completely blocked.

I was hoping that this would solve your problem as I suffered for 20 years until it was found out what was wrong. The pain is awful, I so remembered how I suffered. I do hope that you can gt it sorted out soon so that you do not suffer - you could lose some hearing and this has happened to me also. Not much - but some in one ear. many blessings

Hi Hatley, yes we seem to take the same number of pills but I think there is one other person who may be taking the most each day. Are you in a nursing home? You spoke of a nurse this is why I am wondering but I do not mean to be intrusive. The good news is that you do not have to count them out each day and remember to take them. I hope that you have a good evening and I am so glad that you responded to my post.

The worst was a disk injury that I had, but that is so much better. The fibro and the arthritis don't bother me that much. I generally don't even take pain meds unless I do something to piss it off (like sit too much or lift things or whatever).

Gosh! almost as many as I do. I am so sorry about the fibromyalgia and I do hope that you do not have too much pain. I don't do pain well and would be addicted to happy pills if I had pain. I know this to be true. I am not joking as we do have an addictive gene in our family. I use to take a lot of natural products but they have got so pricey and what with the cost of the meds......

To dawnald: have you tried magnesium for fibromyalgia? A friend of mine used to suffer from it (though I don't know why it stopped troubling him now), and he found out taking a large dose of magnesium help to ease the syndrome. Even now he still take it regularly.

This is sad as you are so young but if it is necessary then you just have to take it. Take care of yourself and I hope that you do not suffer too much pain. I do not do pain well.!

Allow me to ask you a question my friend have the doctors found the real cause of the problem?

My heart is enlarged and I have a faulty ventricle and now I have developed irregular heart beats. The enlargement has not increased over the past 4 years but the irregular heart beats are caused by stress at work.

I so agree with you. I habe noticed the difference in my energy level when I am not taking vitamins. and we do not all eat the perfect meals all the time. lol

Cyrus, Getting old is part of life if we're lucky. Thanks for your kind remarks. leenie

wow leenie - I think that you are the winner! I agree with you. The pills help us to live a better quality of life than our parents or grandparents did and if this is what we need to live longer then we just do it. Keep well my friend and I do hope that you do not suffer pain. Many blessings to you

I'm sorry you have to take all these medications. At least, getting old is better than the alternative. Look at it that way. Kathy.

Many thanks for your well wishes and like wise I hope your medical issues remain under control and hopefully improve. My need for pain killers stems from a degenrative back condition which is crippling which sort of explains why the need for so many pain killers. the strange thing is, and I'm sure you are the same, taking all the tablets comes as second nature after a while and it's not untill you sit down and work out how many you actually take does it sort of shock you.

Can yo believe that I have responded twice to your response and both times managed to send my response to computer heaven? I am sorry that you are suffering this way and do hope that your condition can be arrested or contained. Pain is horrible. Have you tried other things like acupuncture for pain? Probably you have tried everything. I looked at your profile and see that you live in the U.K. I was from there until I married a Jamaican and came to live here here 40 years ago. But I try to go back every few years or so. I do hope that you are receiving good treatment and wish you everything that is good. Many blessings

There are herbs that I use where I live too. Especially peppermint and ginger and a few iothers I use them regularly

Hi!! Yes, I have been away also... But, this company does operate where you live also - if your profile is correct. The Health Cafe banner on my profile will have a little information on it, but I'll PM you also.

I've been away on vacation so have just read your response. Please can you pm me wit6h the information of what you and your husband actually take ? I would love to try it if available where I live.

Yes. I haven't seen any on the Island where I live but will be in NY at the end of next week so I guess that this will go on my list of things to buy. Many thanks for responding

Thank God my kidneys are still o.k. Or at least I think they are as I am having blood tests tomorrow morning for a batch of things to test for. Continue with the multi vitamin - it really does help

I think that you are possibly the winner by taking so many pills. lol I know exactly what you mean and agree with you - if we have to take them then we have to take them. I am going to get a pill box next week - I am going to NY and I am sure that I get get one there quite cheaply than here on the Island. I get tired of taking mine too but we just have to think of the alternative! Many thanks for your input!

As we get older we seem to need meds as we develop some kind of illness. Some who have responded take more than I do! But if it keeps me alive and well then I will take them. Many thanks for responding

I once saw the pill box out here for sale and it was the equivalent of US25 so I will wait until I reach NY next week to buy one. I must can get one at a cheaper price. We will have time for shopping before going on the cruise so I must find a pharmacy. I think that I should get something to sleep too as I do not sleep well if not in my own bed!

I have a pill box with daily reminders on it, too. If I didn't use it, I wouldn't be able to remember whether I took my medicines or not. I can tell the difference in the way I feel emotionally when I don't take my Premarin for a day or two. I don't use the pill box for my Fosamax or the Tylenol P.M.. Somehow, I just always remember those. Kathy.

Are you going to NYC? If you are, I hope you have a good time. I have been there twice. I went when I was 5 and then again when I was 16. I don't remember very much about the first time I went but I do remember standing on top of the Empire State Building. All of the cars looked like toys from up there! I was told that we rode a boat around the statue of liberty but I don't remember anything about it. We didn't got up in it, though. That was in 1957 and I don't think people went up in it in the '50s. When we went when I was 16, we went up on top of the Empire State Building again. That is an awesome experience! We also saw Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and we rode down Broadway and saw Macy's Department Store. That night, we went to church at Manhattan Church Of Christ. After that, we went to Greenwich Village and Chinatown. We had a great time! My sister and her husband were living in Stamford, Connecticut at the time, which is not far from NYC. We went to see them and we spent one day in NYC one day. Kathy.