Medication Time

My Current Prescribed Medications

The joys of having various chronic health conditions... oh, I've gotta laugh!

► NB. I am on NO DMT medication for my MS.

[laffs]

• 💥 Rivaroxaban / Xarelto: 20mg once daily (a blood thinner, to prevent any further PE's).

• 💥 Valsartan (Diovan): 320mg once daily (for my Blood Pressure).

• 💥 Effexor / Venlafaxine: 150mg once daily (an anti-depressant... I nickname this one my "Happy Pill").

• 💥 Mercaptopureine / Puri-Nethol: 100mg twice daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis... I nickname this one "Metaporcupine").

• 💥 Pantoprazole / Somac: 20mg once daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis... I nickname this one "Soma").

• 💥 Salazopyrin (Pyralin): 500mg 3 x twice daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis).

• 💥 Entocort for my UC: 3mg daily.

I call these six meds of mine:

"For my 'blood', 'brain', 'bum' and 'bastard' "!

• Vitamin D supplement: 1,000 IU/day (for my MS).

• A few days a week, I take a Maltofer Iron tablet, for my iron /anemia... sure, it turns everything black [cough...], but, for me, it really seems to be helping.

• I have a (Ferinject) Iron infusion about every c.6/9 months (for my Anaemia).

• Prednisone: Occasionally, 25/mg daily, tapering off 5mg/weekly to nil (this helps reduce a flare of my Ulcerative Colitis).

• Cortiment / Budesonide (Corticosteriods): Occasionally, 9mg once daily (this helps reduce a flare of my Ulcerative Colitis)

• I was considering going onto monthly Tysabri infusions for my MS (back in 2017), but decided against it - for various reasons. My Neuro was considering putting me on Gilenya in 2022, but after my MRI in mid-2022, he saw no need for any MS medications - yay!

• I'll need ongoing bi-annual MRI brain and neck scans, to check the progress of my MS (if any!) as well.

• One walking stick and/or walker (external application only...)

I was on Mesalamine / Pentasa: 500mg two tabs twice daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis), but not now - it was having negative side effects on me!

I finally got myself one of these Daily Pill Sorters, after too bloody long [why hadn't I done this years ago? Doh!] - this is way too easy. (It's my own 'Webster Pack' as such... it's a drag having to be your own Chemist doing this, but it really helps.).

💥 To be honest, I hate being on all these daily meds, but catch-22: I'd be stuffed without them.

💥 Thank goodness for the PBS - there's no way I could afford these medicines otherwise!

► I have a Blood Pressure Monitor here at home.

► It's all a bit of a "Balancing Act" for me, really.

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Also: Mal's Meds

Peas be with ewe 
Mal