How Many Meds Do You Take Daily? (pain, thyroid, blood pressure)

[imcurious]

How many meds do you take daily and what are they for? If you don't know the name, just put "Med #1" and state what it is for.

Here is what I take:

1) Synthetic thyroid . . .for hypothyroidism. Would like to get off it but I had hyperthyroidism and they nuked my thyroid so I don't know what else I can do.

2) I don't take these daily, because I am not in the habit, but I do LIKE to take vitamins.

3) If I need something to help me sleep (around once a month), I take "Inner Balance" which has calcium, magnesium, iron, iodine and manganese in it. It works like a charm.

My doctor TRIES to get me to take all kinds of meds, but I do research and pretty much know what I need and what the risks are for the suggested meds.

[AnonChick]

Levothyroxine - maintenence because half my thyroid had to be surgically removed.
Ambien - To sleep.

[jtur88]

A quarter aspirin.
Lutien and A-Palmitate, OTC, heavy doses, for compromised vision.
1-cc Cyanocobalomin every 3 weeks injected, because my digestive system does not process B-12.
My doctor thinks I have high blood pressure, so I take 20mg Diovan twice a week, to keep it around 160/70.
Nothing else, ever, not even pain meds, unless specifically prescribed for a temporary condition.

[Tia 914]

none.

[bellalunatic]

I used to only take a multivitamin.
Then I had to have a total thyroidectomy.
So now it's
1. Levothyroxine
2. Cytomel

[*Sixy*]

-Levothyroxine
-50,000iu Vit. D supp on Mondays and Thursdays

[Milleka]

Originally Posted by imcurious

How many meds do you take daily and what are they for? If you don't know the name, just put "Med #1" and state what it is for.

Here is what I take:

1) Synthetic thyroid . . .for hypothyroidism. Would like to get off it but I had hyperthyroidism and they nuked my thyroid so I don't know what else I can do.

2) I don't take these daily, because I am not in the habit, but I do LIKE to take vitamins.

3) If I need something to help me sleep (around once a month), I take "Inner Balance" which has calcium, magnesium, iron, iodine and manganese in it. It works like a charm.

My doctor TRIES to get me to take all kinds of meds, but I do research and pretty much know what I need and what the risks are for the suggested meds.

I'm a 36 YO female:
Bystolic - BP (hoping to get off of when I quit teaching)
Multivitamin
Singulair - allergic reactive airway disease
Savella - Fibromyalgia
Diclofenac - Fibromyalgia
Xanax - as needed for anxiety (also hoping to do without when I quit teaching)

[Marlow]

Female, 49

I don't take any meds regularly. I take the occasional ibuprofen for a headache or muscle ache and sometimes Advil PM to sleep.

[syracusa]

Multivitamin when I remember. Sometimes I take probiotics and some other supplements like Alpha Lipoic Acid but I don't see these as meds.

At 38, I hope the days when I have to take pharmaceuticals daily are as far away as they can be. Maybe never.

Very occasionally, Ibuprofen.

[PinkString]

None. Once in a great while, I may take some tylenol for pain, but the pain has to be really uncontrollable for me to go that route.