How Many Pills do You take Daily?

But if you need them to keep healthy shouldn't you take them? Couldn't you crush them or something and put the powder in something sweet to swallow?

some I can, but just a couple, the others are not as effective according to the Dr. Yes, I should take them, but they get stuck and no matter what I do, they are still there, It scares me

I have a young friend who has the same problem. Her father was an abusive man who happened to be a doctor and she was the one who would stand up for her mother when the father physically abused the mother. He would force her to take Valium twice a day and from that to this day she cannot swallow a pill. She has to crush them up an sweetened milk to take them. I was so sorry for her when she told me this. The man is still practicing but the marriage broke up about 12 years ago. Their mother could not take it any more and finally moved out. don't take me wrong I am not saying that there is an emotional reason why you cannot swallow pills - but your response just reminded me of this event

Generally when the peoples are get old and older may they are
facing lots of problems like joint pain, heart attach, mild
sugar, hypertension, etc., so we must need the medicines prior
to control all and also enjoy our life without any more fear.
But most of the cases if we are started some medicines for the
hypertension then we have to continue for long times till the
pressure will be reduced. So in other words we can not neglect
the doctor's advise completely because of the high risk.

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.

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

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

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 Cynthian,

When you have the problems in the ear you must visit to the
ENT specialist to check properly in order to treat the pain
immediately, and as you have said that the waxol is one of the
best ear wax solution which remove the excess of wax in the ears,
but at the same time we need the help from the ENT doctor to remove
the wax by the special types of machine which will remove the wax
from the ear by sucking, then you will feel good relax after your
pain is gone. So better to remember that if you have similar problems
again then you must visit to the doctor ( ENT ) immediately.

How both kind and knowledge you are my friend. I will take your advice and see an ENT specialist

Thank you so much for your good advice. My problem is the amount of stress that is given to me by my boss at work. He really makes my life hell and as I should be retired he makes my life hell on earth. I could not get another job as I have reached retirement age and I need to work for 3 more years before retiring to finish paying for my house and car. Many blessings

Growing old is not for the faint of heart. It is for the brave but aren't I lucky to be alive as many of my friends have died so very young. I am so glad that you are taking your medication. I had so much trouble in getting my husband to take his and now I am a widow for the past nine years. Mind you - I take comfort in knowing that with my care he lived far longer than expected. Treasure your marriage and your wife. Thank you so very much for responding and keep healthy!

To astonysh: you did really well I have to say, without taking any pill until prescribed medication. No matter how perfectly we lead our lifestyle, when the function of the body goes down, we have to rely on tablets. Of course our body can still carry on without any treatment but in the modern time we can achieve longivity and enjoy better quality of life with the help of tablets. It is certainly a sensible thing to do.

I so agree with you. As we age all these things happen to us. May you live for at least another 20 years without any further problems.

Appreciating good answer too. Being as a younger we have to appreciate
the good health of the elder because it is a gift from the God and
also we can not say that how many peoples are having the chance
to be alive in this world, under the high age group, so better to
tack more care as much as possible in order to live in this world
without any more complication or problems in the health.

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......

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).

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.

Disc problems can be a nightmare to deal with. Am glad that you do not have too much pain to deal with - that would be worse than a nightmare.

I take magnesium citrate, but for other reasons.

The disk problem was solved by seeing a chiropractor who uses a device called a disk pump. Way better than surgery or epidurals or any of that far as I'm concerned!

of COURSE - ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN SURGERY. My sister is having back surgery next Tuesday and I am so concerned for her. she was in a car accident and had to lay there in the car for 4 hours until she was cut free. The injuries have on by emerged over the past 2 months and she needs her spine shaved to release the pressure on her nerves. I really am concerned for her as she can only stay up a few hours a day at present as the pain is so severe. Chiropractor any day for me.

Hi Dawnald,

Taking lots of medicines for the various disorder especially
for your disk problems, and also most of your medicines are
pain killers and muscle relaxants, so try to change your diet
with high source of calcium and also add lots of milk along with
fruits and milk which will supports and boosts your health,
in order to have the strong bones as well as to reduce the pains
in the disk.

I think that we will have to call you our resident doctor!

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

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

Fish Oil capsules is one of the best and natural products
and containing lots of omega-3 fatty acids which is very
important in order to maintain the health of the heart.,
as well as to reduce the blood pressure and cholesterol.
Adding the fish oil capsules everyday will boost the natural
energy in order to improve the health of the heart, cholesterol
and blood pressure.

I am happy that you do not have to take any medication on a regular basis but if you are given tablets then please take all the pills as the illness could return and what is worse is that it may have developed immunity to the drug if it wasn't completely killed out in the first time. Then you have to take stronger medication and that is not good. So please do what your doctor advises you. Many blessings and thanks for responding

Yes even my mother used to worry for me when I used to miss my medication but I never listened to her.
But a good point you told. If the virus is not killed the first time it can develop immunnity to the drug and then I have to take some stronger drug. I will keep this in mind and hopefully from next time take my medication regularly. Thanks.

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

Hi Vickie,

Whenever a doctor prescribed some medicines for your treatments
then you must take all properly without any more omission
otherwise it may harm you and also to give the sensitive to the
particular medicines then finally it will not work on your body
if any emergency caused, so better to complete the dose fully
in order to eradicate the infections or microbes completely
prior to stop any medicines.

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.