What medication are you on and why?

Victoria Sponge · 21/10/10 - 23:57

I would like to know what medication(s) you are on, and for what reason(s). Is it permanent medication, or just temporary?

Not for any particular reason, but I am curious (nosey) to know which conditions and diseases are present in this forum.

Please tell me about your medications.

darkmoth · 21/10/10 - 23:57

Thyroxine, underactive thyroid.

QWERTYOP · 21/10/10 - 23:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWr0E_Qb39A

Victoria Sponge · 21/10/10 - 23:59

darkmoth wrote: »

Thyroxine, underactive thyroid.

Is that the one which makes you put on weight? Or lose weight? Or am I thinking of OVERactive thyroid?

Đirona · 22/10/10 - 00:00

none yet but anti-biotics tomorrow, got a tooth problem!

darkmoth · 22/10/10 - 00:00

Victoria Sponge wrote: »

Is that the one which makes you put on weight? Or lose weight? Or am I thinking of OVERactive thyroid?

Put on sadly.

[Deleted User] · 22/10/10 - 00:20

Mood stabiliser for bipolar disorder

Cythna · 22/10/10 - 00:21

Humira (injections)
Prednisolone (steroids)
Atenolol
Doxasosin
Trimethoprim
HRT
B12
Co Dydromol
Calcium

All long term. The Humira costs about £10,000 a year.

[Deleted User] · 22/10/10 - 00:42

Oxycontin, Gabapentin, Dexoketoprofen. Back injury etc. etc.

CANDYANGEL · 22/10/10 - 00:58

I take Mefenamic Acid for Period Pains, and obviously just take them for a few days a month.

Victoria Sponge · 22/10/10 - 00:59

Killer Smurf wrote: »

Oxycontin, Gabapentin, Dexoketoprofen. Back injury etc. etc.

Snap. I used to swallow my Gabapentin without a drink, until one time one opened up after I swallowed it and it was not far down enough, I could suddenly the insides of the capsule and it was VILE!! But I don't take mine for back injury.

wns_195 · 22/10/10 - 01:00

I haven't taken any medication for at least 12 years.

Sentenza · 22/10/10 - 01:01

Victoria Sponge wrote: »

Snap. I used to swallow my Gabapentin without a drink, until one time one opened up after I swallowed it and it was not far down enough, I could suddenly the insides of the capsule and it was VILE!! But I don't take mine for back injury.

I was on gabapentin once it made me sleep for 23 hours a day and the hour I was awake I was tired - I had to stop taking it.

Alt-F4 · 22/10/10 - 01:01

Exercise, healthy food and water.

Victoria Sponge · 22/10/10 - 01:03

wns_195 wrote: »

I haven't taken any medication for at least 12 years.

You are very lucky. Before I had to have permanent medication, I would not even have neurofen or paracetamol for a headache, because I believe in fighting things off naturally if possible.

I am bloody terrible at taking my meddies though.

Victoria Sponge · 22/10/10 - 01:06

Sentenza wrote: »

I was on gabapentin once it made me sleep for 23 hours a day and the hour I was awake I was tired - I had to stop taking it.

I had a similar problem with Carbemazapine. I slept for 16-18 hours a day, and for the few hours I was awake, I was soooo tired and felt like I hadn't slept for days.

I am ok on Gabapentin. But sometimes they don't work on me.

[Deleted User] · 22/10/10 - 01:07

I very rarely have any medication. I don't even take antibiotics when I am ill. Sometimes I will take codeine, ibuprofen or paracetamol (usually useless) if I have a serious headache, otherwise just water and rest does it for me.

Victoria Sponge · 22/10/10 - 01:08

Sometimes I wonder...how the bloody hell would I cope if I was in a really poor country or in a remote tribe or something...how the hell would I cope without my meddies??!

wns_195 · 22/10/10 - 01:10

Victoria Sponge wrote: »

You are very lucky.

When I consider the illnesses some people have to live with every day, perticularly the conditions old people develop and conditions that can severely affect people, I feel lucky. One time my wife was in hospital with asthma, there was a woman on her ward who spends most of every year in hospital. She was only in her thirties. I don't know if she's still alive. Spending a few days in hospital lying on a bed is boring enough.

I believe in fighting things off naturally if possible.

So do I. Even if I get a severe cold and high temperature and I feel week (which is as bad as it gets), I won't take any medication at all. I hope I never have to take medication.

silentNate · 22/10/10 - 01:10

Fairly hardcore bronchodilators

Biffo the Bear · 22/10/10 - 01:10

I'm on haloperidol.

Biffo the Bear · 22/10/10 - 01:11

Hey, I'm on haloperidol as well!

Victoria Sponge · 22/10/10 - 01:11

Carmen Queasy wrote: »

I very rarely have any medication. I don't even take antibiotics when I am ill. Sometimes I will take codeine, ibuprofen or paracetamol (usually useless) if I have a serious headache, otherwise just water and rest does it for me.

Me too, I choose not to take anti biotics. When I have tonsilitis/flu, I prefer to fight it off myself.

Henderson · 22/10/10 - 01:13

Biffo the Bear wrote: »

Hey, I'm on haloperidol as well!

....:D

JC_GTA2010 · 22/10/10 - 01:14

Biffo the Bear wrote: »

Hey, I'm on haloperidol as well!

lol i just got that....:D

Achtung! · 22/10/10 - 01:17

I'm not on anything. Are all the users here really ill or something? I feel like I've wandered onto the set of "One flew over the cuckoo's nest"

Hey there!

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